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I have a number of 32-bit-float single-band GeoTIFFs where about 30% of the values are NaN. I have confirmed the presence of these NaN values by reading the GeoTIFFs using GDAL and libTIFF. However, when I open these GeoTIFFs in QGIS as raster height layers, all the NaN values are somehow replaced with what appears to be valid ground heights.

Why is QGIS doing this and is there a way to force QGIS to load the raw values from a GeoTIFF?

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    What does gdalinfo say about the NODATA value? What does QGIS return if you retrieve the pixel value at such location? What does QGIS say about NODATA?
    – bugmenot123
    Jun 7, 2017 at 8:25
  • gdalinfo does not report NODATA - I presume the GeoTIFF does not set it?
    – Jason L
    Jun 7, 2017 at 9:16
  • gdalinfo does not report NODATA - I presume the GeoTIFF has not set it. In that case, is there any way to tell QGIS to just show a blank cell for pixels which are NaN?
    – Jason L
    Jun 7, 2017 at 9:29

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There is a manual, read https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/raster_properties.html#transparency-properties, find "Additional no data value".

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Alternatively you can fix the source image with gdal_edit.py http://www.gdal.org/gdal_edit.html.

-a_nodata value:

Assign a specified nodata value to output bands.
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