which scanlines are requested would require
    random access to data within strips (something that is not supported
    by the library when strips are compressed).
  </p>
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  <h2 id="strips">Strip-oriented Image I/O</h2>
  <p>
    The strip-oriented interfaces provided by the library provide
    access to entire strips of data.  Unlike the scanline-oriented
    calls, data can be read or written compressed or uncompressed.
    Accessing data at a strip (or tile) level is often desirable
    because th