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GDAL-RASTER-CONVERT(1) GDAL GDAL-RASTER-CONVERT(1) 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 datasets [required] [not available in pipelines] -o, --output <OUTPUT> Output raster dataset [required] [not available in pipelines] 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] -q, --quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar or warning message) [not available in pipelines] Options: -f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT> Output format ("GDALG" allowed) [not available in pipelines] --co, --creation-option <KEY>=<VALUE> Creation option [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] --overwrite Whether overwriting existing output dataset is allowed [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with --append --append Append as a subdataset to existing output [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with --overwrite Advanced Options: --if, --input-format <INPUT-FORMAT> Input formats [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] --oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE> Open options [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] DESCRIPTION gdal raster convert can be used to convert raster data between different formats. STANDARD OPTIONS --append Append input raster as a new subdataset to an existing output file. Only works with drivers that support adding subdatasets such as GTiff -- GeoTIFF File Format and GPKG -- GeoPackage raster This also creates the output dataset if it does not exist yet. --co, --creation-option <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 sim- ple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options sup- ported 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 for- mat specific documentation for legal creation options for each for- mat. --if, --input-format <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 sev- eral 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. --oo, --open-option <NAME>=<VALUE> Dataset open option (format specific). May be repeated. -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 --overwrite Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Other- wise, by default, gdal errors out if the target file or dataset al- ready exists. -q, --quiet Suppress progress bar and some warning messages. 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: 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> COPYRIGHT 1998-2026 Jun 05, 2026 GDAL-RASTER-CONVERT(1)
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