gdaltindex(1)
NAME
gdaltindex - .TH "gdaltindex" 1 "Sun Sep 5 2010" "GDAL"
NAME
gdaltindex - builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex
SYNOPSIS
gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] [-write_absolute_path] [-skip_different_projection] index_file [gdal_file]*
DESCRIPTION
This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster
file, an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry
outlining the raster. This output is suitable for use with UMN
MapServer as a raster tileindex.
- o The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already
- exist, otherwise it will append to the existing file.
- o The default tile index field is 'location'.
o Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are - specified on the commandline unless the option -write_absolute_path
is used. - o If -skip_different_projection is specified, only files with same
- projection ref as files already inserted in the tileindex will be
inserted. - o Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same coordinate
- system as the rasters.
EXAMPLE
gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
AUTHOR
- Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>