NAME

gdal-raster-convert - Convert a raster dataset

Added in version 3.11.

SYNOPSIS

Usage: gdal raster convert [OPTIONS] <INPUT> <OUTPUT>
Convert a raster dataset.
Positional arguments:


  -i, --input <INPUT>                                  Input raster dataset [required]


  -o, --output <OUTPUT>                                Output raster dataset (created by algorithm) [required]
Common Options:


  -h, --help                                           Display help message and exit


  --json-usage                                         Display usage as JSON document and exit


  --config <KEY>=<VALUE>                               Configuration option [may be repeated]


  --progress                                           Display progress bar
Options:


  -f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT>  Output format


  --co, --creation-option <KEY>=<VALUE>                Creation option [may be repeated]


  --overwrite                                          Whether overwriting existing output is allowed


                                                       Mutually exclusive with --append


  --append                                             Append as a subdataset to existing output


                                                       Mutually exclusive with --overwrite
Advanced Options:


  --oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE>                    Open options [may be repeated]


  --if, --input-format <INPUT-FORMAT>                  Input formats [may be repeated]

DESCRIPTION

gdal raster convert can be used to convert raster data between different formats.

The following options are available:

Standard options

-f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT>: Which output raster format to use. Allowed values may be given by gdal --formats | grep raster | grep rw | sort

--co <NAME>=<VALUE>

Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can be used to control particulars about the file created. For instance, the GeoTIFF driver supports creation options to control compression, and whether the file should be tiled.

May be repeated.

The creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the --formats command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See Raster drivers format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format.

--overwrite: Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Otherwise, by default, gdal errors out if the target file or dataset already exists.

--append: Append input raster as a new subdataset to existing output file. Only works with drivers that support adding subdatasets such as GTiff -- GeoTIFF File Format and GPKG -- GeoPackage raster

Advanced options

--oo <NAME>=<VALUE>: Dataset open option (format specific).
May be repeated.

--if <format>: Format/driver name to be attempted to open the input file(s). It is generally not necessary to specify it, but it can be used to skip automatic driver detection, when it fails to select the appropriate driver. This option can be repeated several times to specify several candidate drivers. Note that it does not force those drivers to open the dataset. In particular, some drivers have requirements on file extensions.
May be repeated.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Converting file utm.tif to a cloud-optimized GeoTIFF using JPEG compression

$ gdal raster convert --format=COG --co COMPRESS=JPEG utm.tif utm_cog.tif

Example 2: Converting file utm.tif to GeoPackage raster

$ gdal raster convert utm.tif utm.gpkg

AUTHOR

Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>

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