gdal_translate(1)gdal_translate(1)NAMEgdal_translate - Converts raster data between different formats.
SYNOPSISgdal_translate [--help-general]
[-ot {Byte/Int16/UInt16/UInt32/Int32/Float32/Float64/
CInt16/CInt32/CFloat32/CFloat64}] [-strict]
[-of format] [-b band]* [-mask band] [-expand {gray|rgb|rgba}]
[-outsize xsize[%]|0 ysize[%]|0] [-tr xres yres]
[-r {nearest,bilinear,cubic,cubicspline,lanczos,average,mode}]
[-unscale] [-scale[_bn] [src_min src_max [dst_min dst_max]]]* [-exponent[_bn] exp_val]*
[-srcwin xoff yoff xsize ysize] [-epo] [-eco]
[-projwin ulx uly lrx lry] [-projwin_srs srs_def]
[-a_srs srs_def] [-a_ullr ulx uly lrx lry] [-a_nodata value]
[-gcp pixel line easting northing [elevation]]*
[-mo "META-TAG=VALUE"]* [-q] [-sds]
[-co "NAME=VALUE"]* [-stats] [-norat]
[-oo NAME=VALUE]*
src_dataset dst_dataset
DESCRIPTION
The gdal_translate utility can be used to convert raster data between
different formats, potentially performing some operations like
subsettings, resampling, and rescaling pixels in the process.
-ot: type
For the output bands to be of the indicated data type.
-strict:
Don't 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 an input band band for output. Bands are numbered from 1.
Multiple -b switches may be used to select a set of input bands to
write to the output file, or to reorder bands. Starting with GDAL
1.8.0, band can also be set to 'mask,1' (or just 'mask') to mean
the mask band of the first band of the input dataset.
-mask band:
(GDAL >= 1.8.0) Select an input band band to create output dataset
mask band. Bands are numbered from 1. band can be set to 'none' to
avoid copying the global mask of the input dataset if it exists.
Otherwise it is copied by default ('auto'), unless the mask is an
alpha channel, or if it is explicitly used to be a regular band of
the output dataset ('-b mask'). band can also be set to 'mask,1'
(or just 'mask') to mean the mask band of the 1st band of the input
dataset.
-expand gray|rgb|rgba:
(From GDAL 1.6.0) To expose a dataset with 1 band with a color
table as a dataset with 3 (RGB) or 4 (RGBA) bands. Useful for
output drivers such as JPEG, JPEG2000, MrSID, ECW that don't
support color indexed datasets. The 'gray' value (from GDAL 1.7.0)
enables to expand a dataset with a color table that only contains
gray levels to a gray indexed dataset.
-outsize xsize[%]|0 ysize[%]|0:
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. Starting with GDAL 2.0, if one of the 2 values is
set to 0, its value will be determined from the other one, while
maintaining the aspect ratio of the source dataset.
-tr xres yres :
(starting with GDAL 2.0) set target resolution. The values must be
expressed in georeferenced units. Both must be positive values.
This is mutually exclusive with -outsize and -a_ullr.
-r {nearest (default),bilinear,cubic,cubicspline,lanczos,average,mode}:
(GDAL >= 2.0) Select a resampling algorithm.
-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. Before GDAL 1.11, it can be specified only once,
and in that case, it applies to all bands of the output dataset.
Starting with GDAL 1.11, -scale can be repeated several times (if
specified only once, it also applies to all bands of the output
dataset), so as to specify per band parameters. It is also possible
to use the '-scale_bn' syntax where bn is a band number (e.g.
'-scale_2' for the 2nd band of the output dataset) to specify the
parameters of one or several specific bands.
-exponent exp_val:
(From GDAL 1.11) To apply non-linear scaling with a power function.
exp_val is the exponent of the power function (must be positive).
This option must be used with the -scale option. If specified only
once, -exponent applies to all bands of the output image. It can be
repeated several times so as to specify per band parameters. It is
also possible to use the '-exponent_bn' syntax where bn is a band
number (e.g. '-exponent_2' for the 2nd band of the output dataset)
to specify the parameters of one or several specific bands.
-unscale:
Apply the scale/offset metadata for the bands to convert scaled
values to unscaled values. It is also often necessary to reset the
output datatype with the -ot switch.
-srcwin xoff yoff xsize ysize:
Selects a subwindow from the source image for copying based on
pixel/line location.
-projwin ulx uly lrx lry:
Selects a subwindow from the source image for copying (like
-srcwin) but with the corners given in georeferenced coordinates
(by default expressed in the SRS of the dataset. Can be changed
with -projwin_srs). Note: in GDAL 2.1.0 and 2.1.1, using -projwin
with coordinates not aligned with pixels will result in a sub-pixel
shift. This has been corrected in later versions. When selecting
non-nearest neighbour resampling, starting with GDAL 2.1.0, sub-
pixel accuracy is however used to get better results.
-projwin_srs srs_def:
(GDAL >= 2.0) Specifies the SRS in which to interpret the
coordinates given with -projwin. The srs_def may be any of the
usual GDAL/OGR forms, complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file
containing the WKT. Note that this does not cause reprojection of
the dataset to the specified SRS.
-epo: (Error when Partially Outside)
(GDAL >= 1.10) If this option is set, -srcwin or -projwin values
that falls partially outside the source raster extent will be
considered as an error. The default behaviour starting with GDAL
1.10 is to accept such requests, when they were considered as an
error before.
-eco: (Error when Completely Outside)
(GDAL >= 1.10) Same as -epo, except that the criterion for erroring
out is when the request falls completely outside the source raster
extent.
-a_srs srs_def:
Override the projection for the output file. The srs_def may be any
of the usual GDAL/OGR forms, complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file
containing the WKT.
-a_ullr ulx uly lrx lry:
Assign/override the georeferenced bounds of the output file. This
assigns georeferenced bounds to the output file, ignoring what
would have been derived from the source file. So this does not
cause reprojection to the specified SRS.
-a_nodata value:
Assign a specified nodata value to output bands. Starting with GDAL
1.8.0, can be set to none to avoid setting a nodata value to the
output file if one exists for the source file. Note that, if the
input dataset has a nodata value, this does not cause pixel values
that are equal to that nodata value to be changed to the value
specified with this option.
-mo 'META-TAG=VALUE':
Passes a metadata key and value to set on the output dataset if
possible.
-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.
-gcp pixel line easting northing elevation:
Add the indicated ground control point to the output dataset. This
option may be provided multiple times to provide a set of GCPs.
-q:
Suppress progress monitor and other non-error output.
-sds:
Copy all subdatasets of this file to individual output files. Use
with formats like HDF or OGDI that have subdatasets. The output
file naming scheme has changed in GDAL 1.11 (e.g. ofile_1.tif,
ofile_2.tif).
-stats:
(GDAL >= 1.8.0) Force (re)computation of statistics.
-norat
(GDAL >= 1.11) Do not copy source RAT into destination dataset.
-oo NAME=VALUE:
(starting with GDAL 2.0) Dataset open option (format specific)
src_dataset:
The source dataset name. It can be either file name, URL of data
source or subdataset name for multi-dataset files.
dst_dataset:
The destination file name.
C API
Starting with GDAL 2.1, this utility is also callable from C with
GDALTranslate().
EXAMPLEgdal_translate-of GTiff -co "TILED=YES" utm.tif utm_tiled.tif
Starting with GDAL 1.8.0, to create a JPEG-compressed TIFF with
internal mask from a RGBA dataset :
gdal_translate rgba.tif withmask.tif -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -mask 4 -co COMPRESS=JPEG -co PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR --config GDAL_TIFF_INTERNAL_MASK YES
Starting with GDAL 1.8.0, to create a RGBA dataset from a RGB dataset
with a mask :
gdal_translate withmask.tif rgba.tif -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -b mask
AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam warmerdam@pobox.com, Silke Reimer silke@intevation.de
GDAL Sun Dec 17 2017 gdal_translate(1)
