diff --git a/gis/src/main/java/org/tinfour/gis/geotiff/GeoTiffTableBuilder.java b/gis/src/main/java/org/tinfour/gis/geotiff/GeoTiffTableBuilder.java
index ba0fdcd..ab21053 100644
--- a/gis/src/main/java/org/tinfour/gis/geotiff/GeoTiffTableBuilder.java
+++ b/gis/src/main/java/org/tinfour/gis/geotiff/GeoTiffTableBuilder.java
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageWriteException;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.PixelDensity;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.RationalNumber;
-import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.mylzw.MyLzwCompressor;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.TiffElement;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.TiffImageData;
 import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.GdalLibraryTagConstants.EXIF_TAG_GDAL_NO_DATA;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.GeoTiffTagConstants;
 import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.GeoTiffTagConstants.EXIF_TAG_MODEL_PIXEL_SCALE_TAG;
 import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.GeoTiffTagConstants.EXIF_TAG_MODEL_TIEPOINT_TAG;
-import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffConstants.TIFF_COMPRESSION_LZW;
+import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffConstants.TIFF_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE_ADOBE;
 import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffConstants.TIFF_COMPRESSION_UNCOMPRESSED;
 import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffTagConstants;
 import static org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffTagConstants.PLANAR_CONFIGURATION_VALUE_CHUNKY;
@@ -423,29 +423,29 @@ public byte[] encodeBlock(float[] f, int nRows, int scanSize) {
         b[aOffset + i] = (byte) ((b[aOffset + i] & 0xff) - (b[aOffset + i - 1] & 0xff));
       }
     }
-
-    try {
-      final int LZW_MINIMUM_CODE_SIZE = 8;
-      MyLzwCompressor compressor = new MyLzwCompressor(
-        LZW_MINIMUM_CODE_SIZE, ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN, true);
-      final byte[] compressed = compressor.compress(b);
-      return compressed;
-    } catch (IOException iex) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
     //
-    //    // apply the Deflate
-    //    Deflater deflater = new Deflater(6);
-    //    deflater.setInput(b, 0, b.length);
-    //    deflater.finish();
-    //    byte[] deflaterResult = new byte[b.length + 1024];
-    //    int dN = deflater.deflate(deflaterResult, 0, deflaterResult.length, Deflater.FULL_FLUSH);
-    //    if (dN <= 0) {
-    //      // deflate failed
-    //      return null;
-    //    }
-    //    return Arrays.copyOf(deflaterResult, dN);
+    //  try {
+    //    final int LZW_MINIMUM_CODE_SIZE = 8;
+    //    MyLzwCompressor compressor = new MyLzwCompressor(
+    //      LZW_MINIMUM_CODE_SIZE, ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN, true);
+    //    final byte[] compressed = compressor.compress(b);
+    //    return compressed;
+    //  } catch (IOException iex) {
+    //    return null;
+    //  }
+
+
+        // apply the Deflate compression technique
+        Deflater deflater = new Deflater(6);
+        deflater.setInput(b, 0, b.length);
+        deflater.finish();
+        byte[] deflaterResult = new byte[b.length + 1024];
+        int dN = deflater.deflate(deflaterResult, 0, deflaterResult.length, Deflater.FULL_FLUSH);
+        if (dN <= 0) {
+          // deflate failed
+          return null;
+        }
+        return Arrays.copyOf(deflaterResult, dN);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ public void writeTiles(File geoTiffFile, int width, int height, int tileSize, by
     short planarConfiguration;
 
     if (compressionEnabled) {
-      //compression = TIFF_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE_ADOBE;
-      compression = TIFF_COMPRESSION_LZW;
+      compression = TIFF_COMPRESSION_DEFLATE_ADOBE;
+      //compression = TIFF_COMPRESSION_LZW;
     } else {
       compression = TIFF_COMPRESSION_UNCOMPRESSED;
     }