= User Docs = == Extended documentation and tips for the GDAL and OGR end user utilities == * [UserDocs/GdalMerge GdalMerge] - mosaic a set of images * [UserDocs/GdalTranslate GdalTranslate]- for converting rasters to other formats * [UserDocs/GdalWarp GdalWarp] - transforming (projecting) rasters to different coordinate systems * [wiki:UserDocs/Gdal2Tiles Gdal2Tiles] - creates a TMS tile structure, KML !SuperOverlay and simple html files with viewers * [UserDocs/RasterProcTutorial Raster Processing Tutorial] - A one hour tutorial on GDAL raster processing utilities. * [http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/workshop/foss4ge2015/ "Raster and vector processing with GDAL"] - 4h workshop given initially at FOSS4G Europe 2015 * [UserDocs/OgrInfo OgrInfo] - report information on vector files (feature type, projection, schema, etc.) * [UserDocs/GdalGrid GdalGrid] - create a regular grid (raster) from the scattered data read from OGR source * [UserDocs/ReadInZip ReadInZip] - reading a GDAL dataset in a .gz file or a .zip archive * [http://www.ogr2gui.ca/en/ ogr2gui] - a windows only gui similar to ogr2ogr * [wiki:UserDocs/JPEG2000Utils JPEG2000 utilities] - Documentation of validate_jp2.py, dump_jp2.py and build_jp2_from_xml.py scripts * [https://github.com/gina-alaska/dans-gdal-scripts Dan's GDAL scripts] - a collection of GDAL-compatible utilities & alternative implementations of gdal tools. * [http://graemebell.net/foss4gcomo.pdf Let's Get Parallel] - Tools and opportunities for end-user parallel raster & geometry processing - presentation from FOSS4G Europe 2015. == External User contributed documentation and tips for the GDAL and OGR end user utilities == * [http://courses.neteler.org/gdal-raster-data-tips-and-tricks/ GDAL raster data tips and tricks] * [http://courses.neteler.org/ogr-vector-data-tips-and-tricks/ OGR vector data tips and tricks] * [http://code.google.com/apis/kml/articles/raster.html Creating super-overlays with gdal2tiles] by Mano Marks presents usage of gdalinfo, gdal_translate and gdalwarp * [http://latuviitta.org/documents/Geospatial_PDF_maps_from_OSM_with_GDAL.pdf Making geospatial PDF maps from OSM with GDAL] (pdf) == File Formats == * [UserDocs/GeoTiff GeoTiff] - the most versatile format for geo-referenced rasters (images) * [UserDocs/WebMapService OGC Web Map Service WMS] - a collection of service description XML files * [UserDocs/Shapefiles Shapefiles] - about the ESRI Shapefile format * ["UserDocs/SQLite" SQLite] - good to know for using SQLite based drivers (GeoPackage, SpatiaLite, ...) == GDAL/OGR docs in PDF == NOTE: all GDAL/OGR user docs also available as one [http://gis-lab.info/docs/gdal/gdal_ogr_user_docs.pdf PDF] and as a single [http://gis-lab.info/docs/gdal/gdal_ogr_user_docs.html HTML-page] from GIS-Lab (russian GIS community). == Rbuild Framework == This is an end-user framework built around GDAL for huge rasters. It organises national/continental-scale tiled parallel GDAL operations efficiently. It allows structured re-use of optimal GDAL configurations. * [http://graemebell.net/foss4g2013.pdf Rbuild & GDAL presentation from FOSS4G2013]. Includes notes on storage & performance efficiency in GDAL. * [https://github.com/gbb/rbuild Git repository]. * [https://github.com/gbb/rbuild_demo Demonstration project]. * [https://github.com/gbb/ruleparser A tool that compiles Excel spreadsheet descriptions into efficient gdal_calc raster algebra]. ----- When you create a new page please use the subwiki syntax `UserDocs/ANewWikiPage` so it will be properly nested in the TitleIndex and easy to seperate from the developer and trac system pages. If you don't like `UserDocs` being prefixed in front, use the bracket syntax of `[UserDocs/EasyToReadName Easy to read name]`, which will be displayed as ''Easy to read name''