Handling geoTIFF files

[alastair]

Hi,

I am trying to use Python to do the following:

- read in an image in geoTIFF format
- extract the tags from the file
- do something interesting with the tags

I've read about the Python Imaging Library (PIL) which seems to do
what I need with TIFF files. I was wondering if anyone knows if this
library will work with geoTIFF files or if there are any other methods
of doing what I need.

Many thanks,

Alastair.