== 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
}}}