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GDAL-INFO(1) GDAL GDAL-INFO(1) NAME gdal-info - Get information on a dataset Added in version 3.11. Acts as a shortcut for gdal raster info or gdal vector info depending on the nature of the specified dataset. SYNOPSIS Usage: gdal info [OPTIONS] <INPUT> Return information on a dataset (shortcut for 'gdal raster info' or 'gdal vector info'). Positional arguments: -i, --dataset, --input <INPUT> Input raster, vector or multidimensional raster dataset [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] Options: -f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT> Output format. OUTPUT-FORMAT=json|text For all options, run 'gdal raster info --help' or 'gdal vector info --help' RETURN STATUS CODE The program returns status code 0 in case of success, and non-zero in case of error (non-blocking errors emitted as warnings are considered as a suc- cessful execution). EXAMPLES Example 1: Getting information on the file utmsmall.tif (with text output) $ gdal info utmsmall.tif Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF Files: utmsmall.tif Size is 100, 100 Coordinate Reference System: - name: NAD27 / UTM zone 11N - ID: EPSG:26711 - type: Projected - projection type: Transverse Mercator - units: metre Data axis to CRS axis mapping: 1,2 Origin = (440720.000000000000000,3751320.000000000000000) Pixel Size = (60.000000000000000,-60.000000000000000) Metadata: AREA_OR_POINT=Area Image Structure Metadata: INTERLEAVE=BAND Corner Coordinates: Upper Left ( 440720.000, 3751320.000) (117d38'28.21"W, 33d54' 8.47"N) Lower Left ( 440720.000, 3745320.000) (117d38'26.75"W, 33d50'53.66"N) Upper Right ( 446720.000, 3751320.000) (117d34'34.59"W, 33d54' 9.62"N) Lower Right ( 446720.000, 3745320.000) (117d34'33.28"W, 33d50'54.82"N) Center ( 443720.000, 3748320.000) (117d36'30.71"W, 33d52'31.66"N) Band 1 Block=100x81 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray Example 2: Getting information on the file poly.gpkg (with JSON output), listing all features $ gdal vector info --format=JSON --features poly.gpkg { "description":"poly.gpkg", "driverShortName":"GPKG", "driverLongName":"GeoPackage", "layers":[ { "name":"poly", "metadata":{ "":{ "DBF_DATE_LAST_UPDATE":"2018-08-02" } }, "geometryFields":[ { "name":"geom", "type":"Polygon", "nullable":true, "extent":[ 478315.53125, 4762880.5, 481645.3125, 4765610.5 ], "coordinateSystem":{ "wkt":"PROJCRS[\"OSGB36 / British National Grid\",\n BASEGEOGCRS[\"OSGB36\",\n DATUM[\"Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936\",\n ELLIPSOID[\"Airy 1830\",6377563.396,299.3249646,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]]],\n PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433]],\n ID[\"EPSG\",4277]],\n CONVERSION[\"British National Grid\",\n METHOD[\"Transverse Mercator\",\n ID[\"EPSG\",9807]],\n PARAMETER[\"Latitude of natural origin\",49,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8801]],\n PARAMETER[\"Longitude of natural origin\",-2,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8802]],\n PARAMETER[\"Scale factor at natural origin\",0.9996012717,\n SCALEUNIT[\"unity\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8805]],\n PARAMETER[\"False easting\",400000,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8806]],\n PARAMETER[\"False northing\",-100000,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8807]]],\n CS[Cartesian,2],\n AXIS[\"(E)\",east,\n ORDER[1],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n AXIS[\"(N)\",north,\n ORDER[2],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n USAGE[\n SCOPE[\"Engineering survey, topographic mapping.\"],\n AREA[\"United Kingdom (UK) - offshore to boundary of UKCS within 49A<degree>45'N to 61A<degree>N and 9A<degree>W to 2A<degree>E; onshore Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). 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