rtifc error

I am using R2009b and got this error ?? Error using ==> rtifc /tmp/tp435461ed_de42_4349_a21f_41845004f3cc: Not a TIFF file, bad magic number 16188 (0x3f3c).

this error comes by command ... [xbathy,ybathy,zbathy]=read_srtm30plus(lon_range,lat_range,60);

so please tell what i can do so that i get rid off this error

thanks

Answer 1

[Ashish Uthama]

A magic number is "A constant numerical or text value used to identify a file format or protocol".

The error message indicates that the file was expected to be a valid TIFF file, but the magic number in the file did not match that of the TIFF format.

It appears that you are using a third party function. Your best bet is to debug the code to figure out why a bad tiff is being passed in. You could also consider contacting the author of the code/data source.