gdalinfo(1)

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

gdalinfo - lists information about a raster dataset

gdalinfo [--help-general] [-mm] [-stats] [-nogcp] [-nomd]
         [-noct] [-checksum] [-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.
-noct: Suppress printing of color table.
-checksum: Force computation of the checksum for each band in the dataset.
-mdd domain: Report metadata for the specified domain
The gdalinfo will report all of the following (if known):
o The format driver used to access the file. o Raster size (in pixels and lines). o The coordinate system for the file (in OGC WKT). o The geotransform associated with the file (rotational coefficients: are currently not reported).
o Corner coordinates in georeferenced, and if possible lat/long based: on the full geotransform (but not GCPs).
o Ground control points. o File wide (including subdatasets) metadata. o Band data types. o Band color interpretations. o Band block size. o Band descriptions. o Band min/max values (internally known and possibly computed). o Band checksum (if computation asked). o Band NODATA value. o Band overview resolutions available. o Band unit type (i.e.. 'meters' or 'feet' for elevation bands). o Band pseudo-color tables.

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

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