Programs

General

• Syntax of arguments of command-line utilities

Raster programs

• Common options

• gdal-config (Unix): Determines various information about a GDAL installation.

• gdal2tiles: Generates directory with TMS tiles, KMLs and simple web viewers.

• gdal2xyz: Translates a raster file into xyz format.

• gdal_calc: Command line raster calculator with numpy syntax.

• gdal_contour: Builds vector contour lines from a raster elevation model.

• gdal_create: Create a raster file (without source dataset).

• gdal_edit: Edit in place various information of an existing GDAL dataset.

• gdal_fillnodata: Fill raster regions by interpolation from edges.

• gdal_footprint: Compute footprint of a raster.

• gdal_grid: Creates regular grid from the scattered data.

• gdal_merge: Mosaics a set of images.

• gdal_pansharpen: Perform a pansharpen operation.

• gdal_polygonize: Produces a polygon feature layer from a raster.

• gdal_proximity: Produces a raster proximity map.

• gdal_rasterize: Burns vector geometries into a raster.

• gdal_retile: Retiles a set of tiles and/or build tiled pyramid levels.

• gdal_sieve: Removes small raster polygons.

• gdal_translate: Converts raster data between different formats.

• gdal_viewshed: Compute a visibility mask for a raster.

• gdaladdo: Builds or rebuilds overview images.

• gdalattachpct: Attach a color table to a raster file from an input file.

• gdalbuildvrt: Builds a VRT from a list of datasets.

• gdalcompare: Compare two images.

• gdaldem: Tools to analyze and visualize DEMs.

• gdalinfo: Lists information about a raster dataset.

• gdallocationinfo: Raster query tool

• gdalmanage: Identify, delete, rename and copy raster data files.

• gdalmove: Transform georeferencing of raster file in place.

• gdalsrsinfo: Lists info about a given SRS in number of formats (WKT, PROJ.4, etc.)

• gdaltindex: Builds an OGR-supported dataset as a raster tileindex.

• gdaltransform: Transforms coordinates.

• gdalwarp: Image reprojection and warping utility.

• nearblack: Convert nearly black/white borders to black.

• pct2rgb: Convert an 8bit paletted image to 24bit RGB.

• rgb2pct: Convert a 24bit RGB image to 8bit paletted.

Multidimensional Raster programs

• gdalmdiminfo: Reports structure and content of a multidimensional dataset.

• gdalmdimtranslate: Converts multidimensional data between different formats, and perform subsetting.

Vector programs

• Common options

• ogrinfo: Lists information about an OGR-supported data source.

• ogr2ogr: Converts simple features data between file formats.

• ogrtindex: Creates a tileindex.

• ogrlineref: Create linear reference and provide some calculations using it.

• ogrmerge: Merge several vector datasets into a single one.

• ogr_layer_algebra: Performs various Vector layer algebraic operations.

Geographic network programs

• gnmmanage: Manages networks

• gnmanalyse: Analyses networks

Other utilities

• sozip: Generate a seek-optimized ZIP (SOZip) file