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geotiff: VRT ResampleAlg is parsed but ignored (silent nearest-neighbour fallback) #1751

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@brendancol

Describe the bug

ComplexSource in read_vrt parses <ResampleAlg> (xrspatial/geotiff/_vrt.py:356-360) and stores it on the source record. The resample step at xrspatial/geotiff/_vrt.py:798-804 always calls _resample_nearest() when SrcRect and DstRect differ, regardless of the parsed algorithm.

A VRT requesting Bilinear, Cubic, Average, or Mode returns nearest-neighbour pixels with no warning. Downstream analytics see numerically different output from GDAL with no indication of why.

Expected behavior

At minimum, raise NotImplementedError (or warn) when resample_alg is set to anything other than Nearest / NEAR / None. The error message should name the requested algorithm and point at this issue.

If implementation scope allows, add bilinear and cubic resampling.

References

  • xrspatial/geotiff/_vrt.py:356 (parse site)
  • xrspatial/geotiff/_vrt.py:798 (resample call site)

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