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\page gdal_utilities
GDAL Utilities
The following utility programs are distributed with GDAL.
gdalinfo
The gdalinfo program lists various information about a GDAL supported
raster dataset.
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Usage: gdalinfo [-mm] datasetname
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The -mm switch will force computation of the actual min/max values for
each band in the dataset.
The gdalinfo will report all of the following (if known):
- The format driver used to access the file.
- Raster size (in pixel and lines).
- The coordinate system for the file (in OGC WKT).
- The geotransform associated with the file (rotational coefficients are
currently not reported).
- Corner coordinates in georeferenced, and if possible lat/long based on
the full geotransform (but not GCPs).
- Ground control points.
- File wide (including subdatasets) metadata.
- Band data types.
- Band color interpretations.
- Band block size.
- Band descriptions.
- Band min/max values (internally known and possibly computed).
- Band NODATA value.
- Band overview resolutions available.
- Band unit type (ie. "meters" or "feet" for elevation bands).
- Band pseudo-color tables.
Example:
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warmerda@gdal[138]% gdalinfo ~/openev/utm.tif
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 512, 512
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 11N",
GEOGCS["NAD27",
DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213901]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",-117],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
UNIT["metre",1]]
Origin = (440720.000000,3751320.000000)
Pixel Size = (60.000000,-60.000000)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left ( 440720.000, 3751320.000) (117d38'28.21"W, 33d54'8.47"N)
Lower Left ( 440720.000, 3720600.000) (117d38'20.79"W, 33d37'31.04"N)
Upper Right ( 471440.000, 3751320.000) (117d18'32.07"W, 33d54'13.08"N)
Lower Right ( 471440.000, 3720600.000) (117d18'28.50"W, 33d37'35.61"N)
Center ( 456080.000, 3735960.000) (117d28'27.39"W, 33d45'52.46"N)
Band 1 Block=512x16 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray
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gdal_translate
The gdal_translate utility can be used to convert raster data between
different formats, potentially peforming some operations like subsettings,
resampling, and rescaling pixels in the process.
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Usage: gdal_translate
[-ot {Byte/UInt16/UInt32/Int32/Float32/Float64/CInt16/
CInt32/CFloat32/CFloat64}] [-not_strict]
[-of format] [-b band] [-outsize xsize[%] ysize[%]]
[-scale [src_min src_max [dst_min dst_max]]]
[-srcwin xoff yoff xsize ysize] [-co "NAME=VALUE"]*
src_dataset dst_dataset
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- -ot: For the output bands to be of the indicated data type.
- -not_strict: Be forgiving of mismatches and lost data when
translating to the output format.
- -of format: Select the output format. The default is
GeoTIFF (GTiff). Use the short format name.
- -b band: Select only input band band for output.
Bands are numbered from 1.
- -outsize xsize[%] ysize[%]: Set the size of the output
file. Outsize is in pixels and lines unless '%' is attached in which case it
is as a fraction of the input image size.
- -scale [src_min src_max [dst_min dst_max]]: Rescale the
input pixels values from the range src_min to src_max to
the range dst_min to dst_max. If omitted the output range is
0 to 255. If omitted the input range is automatically computed from the
source data.
- -srcwin xoff yoff xsize ysize: Selects a subwindow from
the source image for copying.
- -co "NAME=VALUE": passes a creation option to the output
format driver. Multiple -co options may be listed. See format
specific documentation for legal creation options for each format.
- src_dataset: The source file name.
- dst_dataset: The destination file name.
Example:
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% gdal_translate -of GTiff -co "TILED=YES" utm.tif utm_tiled.tif
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gdaladdo
The gdaladdo utility can be used to build or rebuild overview images for
most supported file formats with one over several downsampling algorithms.
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Usage: gdaladdo [-r {nearest,average,average_mp,average_magphase,mode}]
filename levels
Example:
% gdaladdo -r average abc.tif 2 4 8 16
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- -r {nearest,average,average_mp,average_magphase,mode}:
Select a resampling algorithm.
- filename: The file to build overviews for.
- levels: A list of integral overview levels to build.
Mode is not actually implemented, and average_mp is unsuitable
for use. Average_magphase averages complex data in mag/phase space.
Nearest and average are applicable to normal image data.
Nearest applies a nearest neighbour (simple sampling) resampler, while
average computes the average of all non-NODATA contributing pixels.
Selecting a level value like 2 causes an overview level that is 1/2
the resolution (in each dimension) of the base layer to be computed. If
the file has existing overview levels at a level selected, those levels will
be recomputed and rewritten in place.
Some format drivers do not support overviews at all. Many format drivers
store overviews in a secondary file with the extension .ovr. The GeoTIFF
driver stores overviews internally to the file operated on.
gdaltindex
This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster file,
an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry outlining the
raster. This output is suitable for use with UMN MapServer as a raster
tileindex.
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Usage: gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] index_file [gdal_file]*
eg.
% gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
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- The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist.
- The default tile index field is 'location'.
- Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified
on the commandline.
- Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same
coordinate system as the rasters.
rgb2pct.py
This utility will compute an optimal pseudo-color table for a given RGB image
using a median cut algorithm on a downsampled RGB histogram. Then it
converts the image into the a pseudo-colored image using the color table.
This conversion utilizes Floyd-Steinberg dithering (error diffusion) to
maximize output image visual quality.
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Usage: rgb2pct.py [-n colors] [-of format] source_file dest_file
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- -n colors: Select the number of colors in the generated
color table. Defaults to 256. Must be between 2 and 256.
- -of format: Format to generated (defaults to GeoTIFF). Same
semantics as the -of flag for gdal_translate. Only output formats
supporting pseudocolor tables should be used.
- source_file: The input RGB file.
- dest_file: The output pseudo-colored file that will be created.
NOTE: rgb2pct.py is a Python script, and will only work if GDAL was built
with Python support. It is also not installed by default. It is found
at $GDAL_HOME/pymod.
gdal_merge.py
This utility will automatically mosaic a set of images. All the images must
be in the same coordinate system and have a matching number of bands, but
they may be overlapping, and at different resolutions.
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Usage: gdal_merge.py [-o out_filename] [-f out_format] [-v]
[-ps pixelsize_x pixelsize_y]
[-ul_lr ulx uly lrx lry] input_files
\endverbatim
- -o out_filename: The name of the output file to be created.
- -f out_format: Output format, defaults to GeoTIFF.
- -ps pixelsize_x pixelsize_y: Pixel size to be used for the
output file. If not specified the resolution of the first input file will
be used.
- -ul_lr ulx uly lrx lry: The extents of the output file.
If not specified the aggregate extents of all input files will be used.
- -v: Generate verbose output of mosaicing operations as they are
done.
NOTE: gdal_merge.py is a Python script, and will only work if GDAL was built
with Python support. It is also not installed by default. It is found
at $GDAL_HOME/pymod.
gdal-config
This utility script (available on Unix systems) can be used to determine
various information about a GDAL installation. It is normally just used
by configure scripts for applications using GDAL but can be queried by an
end user.
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Usage: gdal-config [OPTIONS]
Options:
[--prefix[=DIR]]
[--libs]
[--cflags]
[--version]
[--ogr-enabled]
[--formats]
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- --prefix: the top level directory for the GDAL installation.
- --libs: The libraries and link directives required to use GDAL.
- --cflags: The include and macro definition required to compiled
modules using GDAL.
- --version: Reports the GDAL version.
- --ogr-enabled: Reports "yes" or "no" to standard output depending
on whether OGR is built into GDAL.
- --formats: Reports which formats are configured into GDAL to
stdout.
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