How do you write a compressed GeoTiff

[JonesRusty]

Hi,

It is probably really easy but I don't see how to write a compressed TIF file. I would want to use a lossless compression algorithm like L77 or LZW.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[snowman2]

The good news is that it is pretty simple. You just pass the compress kwarg into to_raster:

xds.rio.to_raster("file.tif", compress='LZW')

[JonesRusty]

Thanks Alan. It is great to post a message to the internet and get an answer from a local and familiar face.

[snowman2]

Happy to help!