rastertype
Rastertype is a term used in geospatial data processing to describe the data type and storage characteristics of raster data. It specifies how pixel values are encoded, including the number of bits per sample and whether the values are integers or floating-point numbers. Typical raster types include 8-bit unsigned integers (Byte), 16-bit signed or unsigned integers (Int16, UInt16), 32-bit integers (Int32, UInt32), and floating-point types (Float32, Float64).
Rasters may be single-band or multi-band, with each band potentially having its own rastertype. In many formats,
Management and processing considerations include casting or resampling rastertypes to a common type to avoid overflow
Rastertype is related to, but distinct from, the raster file format (for example GeoTIFF, HDF5, NetCDF) and