Ubuntu Manpage: gdalwarp - Image reprojection and warping utility.

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NAME

       gdalwarp - Image reprojection and warping utility.

SYNOPSIS

          gdalwarp [--help-general] [--formats]
              [-s_srs srs_def] [-t_srs srs_def] [-ct string] [-to "NAME=VALUE"]* [-vshift | -novshift]
              [[-s_coord_epoch epoch] | [-t_coord_epoch epoch]]
              [-order n | -tps | -rpc | -geoloc] [-et err_threshold]
              [-refine_gcps tolerance [minimum_gcps]]
              [-te xmin ymin xmax ymax] [-te_srs srs_def]
              [-tr xres yres] [-tap] [-ts width height]
              [-ovr level|AUTO|AUTO-n|NONE] [-wo "NAME=VALUE"] [-ot Byte/Int16/...] [-wt Byte/Int16]
              [-srcnodata "value [value...]"] [-dstnodata "value [value...]"]
              [-srcalpha|-nosrcalpha] [-dstalpha]
              [-r resampling_method] [-wm memory_in_mb] [-multi] [-q]
              [-cutline datasource] [-cl layer] [-cwhere expression]
              [-csql statement] [-cblend dist_in_pixels] [-crop_to_cutline]
              [-if format]* [-of format] [-co "NAME=VALUE"]* [-overwrite]
              [-nomd] [-cvmd meta_conflict_value] [-setci] [-oo NAME=VALUE]*
              [-doo NAME=VALUE]*
              srcfile* dstfile

DESCRIPTION

The gdalwarp utility is an image mosaicing, reprojection and warping utility. The program can reproject
to any supported projection, and can also apply GCPs stored with the image if the image is "raw" with
control information.

-s_srs <srs def>
Set source spatial reference. If not specified the SRS found in the input dataset will be used.

The coordinate reference systems that can be passed are anything supported by the
OGRSpatialReference.SetFromUserInput() call, which includes EPSG Projected, Geographic or Compound
CRS (i.e. EPSG:4296), a well known text (WKT) CRS definition, PROJ.4 declarations, or the name of
a .prj file containing a WKT CRS definition.

Starting with GDAL 2.2, if the SRS has an explicit vertical datum that points to a PROJ.4
geoidgrids, and the input dataset is a single band dataset, a vertical correction will be applied
to the values of the dataset.

-s_coord_epoch <epoch>
New in version 3.4.

Assign a coordinate epoch, linked with the source SRS. Useful when the source SRS is a dynamic
CRS. Only taken into account if -s_srs is used.

Currently -s_coord_epoch and -t_coord_epoch are mutually exclusive, due to lack of support for
transformations between two dynamic CRS.

-t_srs <srs_def>
Set target spatial reference.

A source SRS must be available for reprojection to occur. The source SRS will be by default the
one found in the input dataset when it is available, or as overridden by the user with -s_srs

-t_coord_epoch <epoch>
New in version 3.4.

Assign a coordinate epoch, linked with the target SRS. Useful when the target SRS is a dynamic
CRS. Only taken into account if -t_srs is used.

Currently -s_coord_epoch and -t_coord_epoch are mutually exclusive, due to lack of support for
transformations between two dynamic CRS.

-ct <string>
A PROJ string (single step operation or multiple step string starting with +proj=pipeline), a WKT2
string describing a CoordinateOperation, or a urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation:EPSG::XXXX URN
overriding the default transformation from the source to the target CRS. It must take into account
the axis order of the source and target CRS.

New in version 3.0.

-to <NAME=VALUE>
Set a transformer option suitable to pass to GDALCreateGenImgProjTransformer2().

-vshift
Force the use of vertical shift. This option is generally not necessary, except when using an
explicit coordinate transformation (-ct), and not specifying an explicit source and target SRS.

New in version 3.4.

-novshift
Disable the use of vertical shift when one of the source or target SRS has an explicit vertical
datum, and the input dataset is a single band dataset.

NOTE:
this option was named -novshiftgrid in GDAL 2.2 to 3.3.

New in version 3.4.

-order <n>
order of polynomial used for warping (1 to 3). The default is to select a polynomial order based
on the number of GCPs.

-tps Force use of thin plate spline transformer based on available GCPs.

-rpc Force use of RPCs.

-geoloc
Force use of Geolocation Arrays.

-et <err_threshold>
Error threshold for transformation approximation (in pixel units - defaults to 0.125, unless,
starting with GDAL 2.1, the RPC_DEM warping option is specified, in which case, an exact
transformer, i.e. err_threshold=0, will be used).

-refine_gcps <tolerance minimum_gcps>
Refines the GCPs by automatically eliminating outliers. Outliers will be eliminated until
minimum_gcps are left or when no outliers can be detected. The tolerance is passed to adjust when
a GCP will be eliminated. Not that GCP refinement only works with polynomial interpolation. The
tolerance is in pixel units if no projection is available, otherwise it is in SRS units. If
minimum_gcps is not provided, the minimum GCPs according to the polynomial model is used.

-te <xmin ymin xmax ymax>
Set georeferenced extents of output file to be created (in target SRS by default, or in the SRS
specified with -te_srs)

-te_srs <srs_def>
Specifies the SRS in which to interpret the coordinates given with -te. The <srs_def> may be any
of the usual GDAL/OGR forms, complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the WKT. This must
not be confused with -t_srs which is the target SRS of the output dataset. -te_srs is a
convenience e.g. when knowing the output coordinates in a geodetic long/lat SRS, but still wanting
a result in a projected coordinate system.

-tr <xres> <yres>
Set output file resolution (in target georeferenced units).

If not specified (or not deduced from -te and -ts), gdalwarp will generate an output raster with
xres=yres, and that even when using gdalwarp in scenarios not involving reprojection.

-tap (target aligned pixels) align the coordinates of the extent of the output file to the values of
the -tr, such that the aligned extent includes the minimum extent.

-ts <width> <height>
Set output file size in pixels and lines. If width or height is set to 0, the other dimension will
be guessed from the computed resolution. Note that -ts cannot be used with -tr

-ovr <level|AUTO|AUTO-n|NONE>
To specify which overview level of source files must be used. The default choice, AUTO, will
select the overview level whose resolution is the closest to the target resolution. Specify an
integer value (0-based, i.e. 0=1st overview level) to select a particular level. Specify AUTO-n
where n is an integer greater or equal to 1, to select an overview level below the AUTO one. Or
specify NONE to force the base resolution to be used (can be useful if overviews have been
generated with a low quality resampling method, and the warping is done using a higher quality
resampling method).

-wo `"NAME=VALUE"`
Set a warp option. The GDALWarpOptions::papszWarpOptions docs show all options. Multiple -wo
options may be listed.

-ot <type>
Force the output image bands to have a specific data type supported by the driver, which may be
one of the following: Byte, UInt16, Int16, UInt32, Int32, Float32, Float64, CInt16, CInt32,
CFloat32 or CFloat64.

-wt <type>
Working pixel data type. The data type of pixels in the source image and destination image
buffers.

-r <resampling_method>
Resampling method to use. Available methods are:

near: nearest neighbour resampling (default, fastest algorithm, worst interpolation quality).

bilinear: bilinear resampling.

cubic: cubic resampling.

cubicspline: cubic spline resampling.

lanczos: Lanczos windowed sinc resampling.

average: average resampling, computes the weighted average of all non-NODATA contributing pixels.

rms root mean square / quadratic mean of all non-NODATA contributing pixels (GDAL >= 3.3)

mode: mode resampling, selects the value which appears most often of all the sampled points.

max: maximum resampling, selects the maximum value from all non-NODATA contributing pixels.

min: minimum resampling, selects the minimum value from all non-NODATA contributing pixels.

med: median resampling, selects the median value of all non-NODATA contributing pixels.

q1: first quartile resampling, selects the first quartile value of all non-NODATA contributing
pixels.

q3: third quartile resampling, selects the third quartile value of all non-NODATA contributing
pixels.

sum: compute the weighted sum of all non-NODATA contributing pixels (since GDAL 3.1)

-srcnodata <value [value...]>
Set nodata masking values for input bands (different values can be supplied for each band). If
more than one value is supplied all values should be quoted to keep them together as a single
operating system argument. Masked values will not be used in interpolation. Use a value of None
to ignore intrinsic nodata settings on the source dataset.

When this option is set to a non-None value, it causes the UNIFIED_SRC_NODATA warping option (see
GDALWarpOptions::papszWarpOptions) to be set to YES, if it is not explicitly set.

If -srcnodata is not explicitly set, but the source dataset has nodata values, they will be taken
into account, with UNIFIED_SRC_NODATA at PARTIAL by default.

-dstnodata <value [value...]>
Set nodata values for output bands (different values can be supplied for each band). If more than
one value is supplied all values should be quoted to keep them together as a single operating
system argument. New files will be initialized to this value and if possible the nodata value
will be recorded in the output file. Use a value of None to ensure that nodata is not defined. If
this argument is not used then nodata values will be copied from the source dataset.

-srcalpha
Force the last band of a source image to be considered as a source alpha band.

-nosrcalpha
Prevent the alpha band of a source image to be considered as such (it will be warped as a regular
band)

New in version 2.2.

-dstalpha
Create an output alpha band to identify nodata (unset/transparent) pixels.

-wm <memory_in_mb>
Set the amount of memory that the warp API is allowed to use for caching. The value is interpreted
as being in megabytes if the value is less than 10000. For values >=10000, this is interpreted as
bytes.

-multi Use multithreaded warping implementation. Two threads will be used to process chunks of image and
perform input/output operation simultaneously. Note that computation is not multithreaded itself.
To do that, you can use the -wo NUM_THREADS=val/ALL_CPUS option, which can be combined with -multi

-q Be quiet.

-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.

New in version 3.2.

-of <format>
Select the output format. Starting with GDAL 2.3, if not specified, the format is guessed from the
extension (previously was GTiff). Use the short format name.

-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.

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.

-cutline <datasource>
Enable use of a blend cutline from the name OGR support datasource.

-cl <layername>
Select the named layer from the cutline datasource.

-cwhere <expression>
Restrict desired cutline features based on attribute query.

-csql <query>
Select cutline features using an SQL query instead of from a layer with -cl.

-cblend <distance>
Set a blend distance to use to blend over cutlines (in pixels).

-crop_to_cutline
Crop the extent of the target dataset to the extent of the cutline.

-overwrite
Overwrite the target dataset if it already exists.

-nomd Do not copy metadata. Without this option, dataset and band metadata (as well as some band
information) will be copied from the first source dataset. Items that differ between source
datasets will be set to * (see -cvmd option).

-cvmd <meta_conflict_value>
Value to set metadata items that conflict between source datasets (default is "*"). Use "" to
remove conflicting items.

-setci Set the color interpretation of the bands of the target dataset from the source dataset.

-oo <NAME=VALUE>
Dataset open option (format specific)

-doo <NAME=VALUE>
Output dataset open option (format specific)

New in version 2.1.

<srcfile>
The source file name(s).

<dstfile>
The destination file name.

Mosaicing into an existing output file is supported if the output file already exists. The spatial extent
of the existing file will not be modified to accommodate new data, so you may have to remove it in that
case, or use the -overwrite option.

Polygon cutlines may be used as a mask to restrict the area of the destination file that may be updated,
including blending. If the OGR layer containing the cutline features has no explicit SRS, the cutline
features must be in the SRS of the destination file. When writing to a not yet existing target dataset,
its extent will be the one of the original raster unless -te or -crop_to_cutline are specified.

Starting with GDAL 3.1, it is possible to use as output format a driver that only supports the CreateCopy
operation. This may internally imply creation of a temporary file.

EXAMPLES

       • Basic transformation:

          gdalwarp -t_srs EPSG:4326 input.tif output.tif

       • For instance, an eight bit spot scene stored in GeoTIFF with control  points  mapping  the  corners  to
         lat/long could be warped to a UTM projection with a command like this:

          gdalwarp -t_srs '+proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84' -overwrite raw_spot.tif utm11.tif

       • For  instance,  the  second  channel  of  an  ASTER image stored in HDF with control points mapping the
         corners to lat/long could be warped to a UTM projection with a command like this:
            New in version 2.2.

          gdalwarp -overwrite HDF4_SDS:ASTER_L1B:"pg-PR1B0000-2002031402_100_001":2 pg-PR1B0000-2002031402_100_001_2.tif

       • To apply a cutline on a un-georeferenced image and clip from pixel (220,60) to pixel (1160,690):

          gdalwarp -overwrite -to SRC_METHOD=NO_GEOTRANSFORM -to DST_METHOD=NO_GEOTRANSFORM -te 220 60 1160 690 -cutline cutline.csv in.png out.tif

       where cutline.csv content is like:

          id,WKT
          1,"POLYGON((....))"

       • To transform a DEM from geoid elevations (using EGM96) to WGS84 ellipsoidal heights:
            New in version 2.2.

          gdalwarp -overwrite in_dem.tif out_dem.tif -s_srs EPSG:4326+5773 -t_srs EPSG:4979

AUTHOR

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

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