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NAME
gdalmdimtranslate - Converts multidimensional data between different formats, and perform subsetting.
SYNOPSIS
gdalmdimtranslate [--help] [--help-general]
[-if <format>]... [-of <format>]
[-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]...
[-array <array_spec>]...
[-group <group_spec>]...
[-subset <subset_spec>]...
[-scaleaxes <scaleaxes_spec>]
[-oo <NAME>=<VALUE>]...
<src_filename> <dst_filename>
DESCRIPTION
gdalmdimtranslate program converts multidimensional raster between different formats, and/or can perform
selective conversion of specific arrays and groups, and/or subsetting operations.
The following command line parameters can appear in any order.
--help Show this help message and exit
--help-general
Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline options and exit.
-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.
New in version 3.2.
-of <format>
Select the output format. This can be a format that supports multidimensional output (such as
NetCDF: Network Common Data Form, Multidimensional VRT), or a "classic" 2D formats, if only one
single 2D array results of the other specified conversion operations. When this option is not
specified, the format is guessed when possible from the extension of the destination filename.
-co <NAME>=<VALUE>
Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can be used to control particulars
about the file created.
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.
Array-level creation options may be passed by prefixing them with ARRAY:. See
GDALGroup::CopyFrom() for further details regarding such options.
-array <array_spec>
Instead of converting the whole dataset, select one array, and possibly perform operations on it.
This option can be specified several times to operate on different arrays.
<array_spec> may be just an array name, potentially using a fully qualified syntax
(/group/subgroup/array_name). Or it can be a combination of options with the syntax:
name={src_array_name}[,dstname={dst_array_name}][,resample=yes][,transpose=[{axis1},{axis2},...][,view={view_expr}]
The following options are processed in that order:
• resample=yes asks for the array to run through GDALMDArray::GetResampled().
•
[{axis1},{axis2},...] is the argument of GDALMDArray::Transpose().
For example, transpose=[1,0] switches the axis order of a 2D array.
• {view_expr} is the value of the viewExpr argument of GDALMDArray::GetView()
When specifying a view_expr that performs a slicing or subsetting on a dimension, the equivalent
operation will be applied to the corresponding indexing variable.
-group <group_spec>
Instead of converting the whole dataset, select one group, and possibly perform operations on it.
This option can be specified several times to operate on different groups. If only one group is
specified, its content will be copied directly to the target root group. If several ones are
specified, they are copied under the target root group
<group_spec> may be just a group name, potentially using a fully qualified syntax
(/group/subgroup/subsubgroup_name). Or it can be a combination of options with the syntax:
name={src_group_name}[,dstname={dst_group_name}][,recursive=no]
-subset <subset_spec>
Performs a subsetting (trimming or slicing) operation along a dimension, provided that it is
indexed by a 1D variable of numeric or string data type, and whose values are monotically sorted.
<subset_spec> follows exactly the OGC WCS 2.0 KVP encoding for subsetting.
That is dim_name(min_val,max_val) or dim_name(sliced_val) The first syntax will subset the
dimension dim_name to values in the [min_val,max_val] range. The second syntax will slice the
dimension dim_name to value sliced_val (and this dimension will be removed from the arrays that
reference to it)
Using -subset is incompatible of specifying a view option in -array.
-scaleaxes <scaleaxes_spec>
Applies a integral scale factor to one or several dimensions, that is extract 1 value every N
values (without resampling).
<scaleaxes_spec> follows exactly the syntax of the KVP encoding of the SCALEAXES parameter of OGC
WCS 2.0 Scaling Extension, but limited to integer scale factors.
That is <dim1_name>(<scale_factor>)[,<dim2_name>(<scale_factor>)]...
Using -scaleaxes is incompatible of specifying a view option in -array.
-oo <NAME>=<VALUE>
New in version 3.4.
Source dataset open option (format specific)
<src_dataset>
The source dataset name.
<dst_dataset>
The destination file name.
C API
This utility is also callable from C with GDALMultiDimTranslate().
EXAMPLES
• Convert a netCDF file to a multidimensional VRT file
$ gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.vrt
• Extract a 2D slice of a time,Y,X array
$ gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.tif -subset 'time("2010-01-01")' -array temperature
• Subsample along X and Y axis
$ gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc -scaleaxes "X(2),Y(2)"
• Reorder the values of a time,Y,X array along the Y axis from top-to-bottom to bottom-to-top (or the
reverse)
$ gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc -array "name=temperature,view=[:,::-1,:]"
• Transpose an array that has X,Y,time dimension order to time,Y,X
$ gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc -array "name=temperature,transpose=[2,1,0]"
AUTHOR
Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>
COPYRIGHT
1998-2024
Feb 08, 2024 GDALMDIMTRANSLATE(1)