Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of gdalinfo

Timestamp:

Apr 9, 2007, 6:50:57 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Mike Taves

Comment:

started article for "gdalinfo"

gdalinfo

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+== Purpose ==
+
+Lists information about a raster dataset.
+
+== Usage ==
+{{{
+gdalinfo [--help-general] [-mm] [-stats] [-nogcp] [-nomd]
+         [-mdd domain]* datasetname
+}}}
+
+The gdalinfo program lists various information about a GDAL supported raster dataset.
+
+ -mm::
+  Force computation of the actual min/max values for each band in the dataset. 
+ -stats::
+  Read and display image statistics. Force computation if no statistics are stored in an image. 
+ -nogcp::
+  Suppress ground control points list printing. It may be useful for datasets with huge amount of GCPs, such as L1B AVHRR or HDF4 MODIS which contain thousands of the ones. 
+ -nomd::
+  Suppress metadata printing. Some datasets may contain a lot of metadata strings. 
+ -mdd domain::
+  Report metadata for the specified domain 
+
+The gdalinfo will report all of the following (if known):
+
+  * The format driver used to access the file.
+  * Raster size (in pixels 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 (i.e.. "meters" or "feet" for elevation bands).
+  * Band pseudo-color tables.
+
+== Example ==
+{{{
+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
+}}}