gdal_contour(1)

NAME

gdal_contour - .TH "gdal_contour" 1 "Sun Sep 5 2010" "GDAL"

NAME

gdal_contour - builds vector contour lines from a raster elevation
model

SYNOPSIS

Usage: gdal_contour [-b <band>] [-a <attribute_name>] [-3d] [-inodata]
                    [-snodata n] [-f <formatname>] [-i <interval>]
                    [-off <offset>] [-fl <level> <level>...]
                    [-nln <outlayername>]
                    <src_filename> <dst_filename>

DESCRIPTION

This program generates a vector contour file from the input raster
elevation model (DEM).

-b band:

picks a particular band to get the DEM from. Defaults to band 1.

-a name:

provides a name for the attribute in which to put the elevation. If not provided no elevation attribute is attached.

-3d:

Force production of 3D vectors instead of 2D. Includes elevation at every vertex.

-inodata:

Ignore any nodata value implied in the dataset - treat all values
as valid.

-snodata value:

Input pixel value to treat as 'nodata'.

-f format:

create output in a particular format, default is shapefiles.

-i interval:

elevation interval between contours.

-off offset:

Offset from zero relative to which to interpret intervals.

-fl level:

Name one or more 'fixed levels' to extract.

-nln outlayername:

Provide a name for the output vector layer. Defaults to 'contour'.

EXAMPLE

This would create 10meter contours from the DEM data in dem.tif and
produce a shapefile in contour.shp/shx/dbf with the contour elevations in the 'elev' attribute.

gdal_contour -a elev dem.tif contour.shp -i 10.0

AUTHORS

Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>, Silke Reimer
<silke@intevation.de>

GDAL Sun Sep 5 2010 gdal_contour(1)