Figure positions and sizing

Question

I have the following figure code :

\begin{figure}[h]
   \centering
   \includegraphics[scale=.7,bb=0 0 804 401]{f5.png}
   \caption{Case Adaptation \cite{16} }
   \label{fig:f5}
\end{figure}

Even though this figure is not at the end of the document, it is not appear as it supposed to be. Instead, it comes at the end of the document!

One more thing, why do I have to use the bb parameters for the PNG images? Is there any work around?

Have you tried [!h]? The placeins package provides the command \FloatBarrier which can also be helpful. Keeping tables and figures close to where they are mentioned is a pretty definitive guide — cmhughes, Feb 06 '12 at 02:31
I assume your choice of scale=.7 is because the resulting image seems to fit within the text block. Is this in fact the case? Do you have any "Overfull \hbox" warnings in your .log? I would suggest using width=\textwidth instead, rather than guessing the scaling factor. — Werner, Feb 06 '12 at 05:16
Have a look at: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39017/how-to-influence-the-position-of-float-environments-like-figure-and-table-in-lat — Marco Daniel, Feb 06 '12 at 09:54
!htbp works fine , but it makes a gap ~4 lines before the figure !! — M.M, Feb 06 '12 at 10:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '12 at 09:36

[h] in floats almost always means "take to end of document" as putting just h there stops LaTeX putting the float in any of its normal places (t p b), and typically the actual position of the float in the document is unsuitable (too close to bottom of page to fit for example).

on why you need bb (or one of the equivalent options) LaTeX needs to know how big the image is to know how much space to leave. pdftex can read the png file and get the natural size from that, but classic TeX can not read the png so needs to be told.

@DavidCarliste: Have you seen the (great) answer of Frank Mittelbach: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39017/how-to-influence-the-position-of-float-environments-like-figure-and-table-in-lat — Marco Daniel, Feb 06 '12 at 09:55

Figure positions and sizing

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