These functions can be used to get or set the scale (gain) and offset parameters used to transform values when reading raster data from a file. The parameters are applied to the raw values using the formula below:
value <- value * scale + offset
The default value for scale is 1 and for offset is 0. 'scale' is sometimes referred to as 'gain'.
Note that setting the scale and/or offset are intended to be used with values that are stored in a file. When values are memory, assigning scale or offset values will lead to the immediate computation of new values; in such cases it would be clearer to use Arith-methods
.