Usage: [--help] [--help-general]
- To generate a shaded relief map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster :
gdaldem hillshade <input_dem> <output_hillshade>
[-z <zfactor>] [-s <scale>]
[-az <azimuth>] [-alt <altitude>]
[-alg ZevenbergenThorne] [-combined | -multidirectional | -igor]
[-compute_edges] [-b <Band>] [-of <format>] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
- To generates a slope map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster :
gdaldem slope <input_dem> <output_slope_map>
[-p] [-s <scale>]
[-alg ZevenbergenThorne]
[-compute_edges] [-b <band>] [-of <format>] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
- To generate an aspect map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster
Outputs a 32-bit float tiff with pixel values from 0-360 indicating azimuth :
gdaldem aspect <input_dem> <output_aspect_map>
[-trigonometric] [-zero_for_flat]
[-alg ZevenbergenThorne]
[-compute_edges] [-b <band>] [-of format] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
- To generate a color relief map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster
gdaldem color-relief <input_dem> <color_text_file> <output_color_relief_map>
[-alpha] [-exact_color_entry | -nearest_color_entry]
[-b <band>] [-of format] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
where color_text_file contains lines of the format "elevation_value red green blue"
- To generate a Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI) map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster
gdaldem TRI <input_dem> <output_TRI_map>
[-alg Wilson|Riley]
[-compute_edges] [-b <band>] [-of <format>] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
- To generate a Topographic Position Index (TPI) map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster
gdaldem TPI <input_dem> <output_TPI_map>
[-compute_edges] [-b <band>] [-of <format>] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
- To generate a roughness map from any GDAL-supported elevation raster
gdaldem roughness <input_dem> <output_roughness_map>
[-compute_edges] [-b <band>] [-of <format>] [-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-q]
Notes :
Scale is the ratio of vertical units to horizontal
for Feet:Latlong use scale=370400, for Meters:LatLong use scale=111120
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