# Warper C++ API

GDAL warper related entry points and definitions.

Eventually it is expected that this file will be mostly private to the implementation, and the public C entry points will be available in gdal_alg.h.

Defines

`WARP_EXTRA_ELTS`

  This is the number of dummy pixels that must be reserved in source arrays in order to satisfy assumptions made in GWKResample(), and more specifically by GWKGetPixelRow() that always read a even number of pixels.

  So if we are in the situation to read the last pixel of the source array, we need 1 extra dummy pixel to avoid reading out of bounds.

Typedefs

typedef void *`GDALWarpOperationH`

  Opaque type representing a GDALWarpOperation object.

Enums

enum `GDALResampleAlg`

  Warp Resampling Algorithm

  Values:

  `GRA_NearestNeighbour` = 0

    Nearest neighbour (select on one input pixel)

  `GRA_Bilinear` = 1

    Bilinear (2x2 kernel)

  `GRA_Cubic` = 2

    Cubic Convolution Approximation (4x4 kernel)

  `GRA_CubicSpline` = 3

    Cubic B-Spline Approximation (4x4 kernel)

  `GRA_Lanczos` = 4

    Lanczos windowed sinc interpolation (6x6 kernel)

  `GRA_Average` = 5

    Average (computes the weighted average of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Mode` = 6

    Mode (selects the value which appears most often of all the sampled points)

  `GRA_Max` = 8

    Max (selects maximum of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Min` = 9

    Min (selects minimum of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Med` = 10

    Med (selects median of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Q1` = 11

    Q1 (selects first quartile of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Q3` = 12

    Q3 (selects third quartile of all non-NODATA contributing pixels)

  `GRA_Sum` = 13

    Sum (computes the weighed sum of all non-NODATA contributing pixels). Added in GDAL 3.1

enum `GWKAverageOrModeAlg`

  GWKAverageOrMode Algorithm

  Values:

  `GWKAOM_Average` = 1

    Average

  `GWKAOM_Fmode` = 2

    Mode

  `GWKAOM_Imode` = 3

    Mode of GDT_Byte, GDT_UInt16, or GDT_Int16

  `GWKAOM_Max` = 4

    Maximum

  `GWKAOM_Min` = 5

    Minimum

  `GWKAOM_Quant` = 6

    Quantile

  `GWKAOM_Sum` = 7

    Sum

Functions

GDALWarpOptions *`GDALCreateWarpOptions`(void)

  Create a warp options structure.

  Must be deallocated with GDALDestroyWarpOptions()

void `GDALDestroyWarpOptions`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  Destroy a warp options structure.

GDALWarpOptions *`GDALCloneWarpOptions`(const GDALWarpOptions *psSrcOptions)

  Clone a warp options structure.

  Must be deallocated with GDALDestroyWarpOptions()

void `GDALWarpInitDstNoDataReal`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, double dNoDataReal)

  Initialize padfDstNoDataReal with specified value.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `dNoDataReal`: value to initialize to.

void `GDALWarpInitSrcNoDataReal`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, double dNoDataReal)

  Initialize padfSrcNoDataReal with specified value.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `dNoDataReal`: value to initialize to.

void `GDALWarpInitNoDataReal`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, double dNoDataReal)

  Initialize padfSrcNoDataReal and padfDstNoDataReal with specified value.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `dNoDataReal`: value to initialize to.

void `GDALWarpInitDstNoDataImag`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, double dNoDataImag)

  Initialize padfDstNoDataImag with specified value.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `dNoDataImag`: value to initialize to.

void `GDALWarpInitSrcNoDataImag`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, double dNoDataImag)

  Initialize padfSrcNoDataImag with specified value.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `dNoDataImag`: value to initialize to.

void `GDALWarpResolveWorkingDataType`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  If the working data type is unknown, this method will determine a valid working data type to support the data in the src and dest data sets and any noData values.

  Parameters

    - `psOptions`: options to initialize.

void `GDALWarpInitDefaultBandMapping`(GDALWarpOptions *psOptionsIn, int nBandCount)

  Init src and dst band mappings such that Bands[i] = i+1 for nBandCount Does nothing if psOptionsIn->nBandCount is non-zero.

  Parameters

    - `psOptionsIn`: options to initialize.

    - `nBandCount`: bands to initialize for.

CPLErr `GDALReprojectImage`(GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, const char *pszSrcWKT, GDALDatasetH hDstDS, const char *pszDstWKT, GDALResampleAlg eResampleAlg, double dfWarpMemoryLimit, double dfMaxError, GDALProgressFunc pfnProgress, void *pProgressArg, GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  Reproject image.

  This is a convenience function utilizing the GDALWarpOperation class to reproject an image from a source to a destination. In particular, this function takes care of establishing the transformation function to implement the reprojection, and will default a variety of other warp options.

  No metadata, projection info, or color tables are transferred to the output file.

  Starting with GDAL 2.0, nodata values set on destination dataset are taken into account.

  Return

    CE_None on success or CE_Failure if something goes wrong.

  Parameters

    - `hSrcDS`: the source image file.

    - `pszSrcWKT`: the source projection. If NULL the source projection is read from from hSrcDS.

    - `hDstDS`: the destination image file.

    - `pszDstWKT`: the destination projection. If NULL the destination projection will be read from hDstDS.

    - `eResampleAlg`: the type of resampling to use.

    - `dfWarpMemoryLimit`: the amount of memory (in bytes) that the warp API is allowed to use for caching. This is in addition to the memory already allocated to the GDAL caching (as per GDALSetCacheMax()). May be 0.0 to use default memory settings.

    - `dfMaxError`: maximum error measured in input pixels that is allowed in approximating the transformation (0.0 for exact calculations).

    - `pfnProgress`: a GDALProgressFunc() compatible callback function for reporting progress or NULL.

    - `pProgressArg`: argument to be passed to pfnProgress. May be NULL.

    - `psOptions`: warp options, normally NULL.

CPLErr `GDALCreateAndReprojectImage`(GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, const char *pszSrcWKT, const char *pszDstFilename, const char *pszDstWKT, GDALDriverH hDstDriver, char **papszCreateOptions, GDALResampleAlg eResampleAlg, double dfWarpMemoryLimit, double dfMaxError, GDALProgressFunc pfnProgress, void *pProgressArg, GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  Reproject an image and create the target reprojected image.

GDALDatasetH `GDALAutoCreateWarpedVRT`(GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, const char *pszSrcWKT, const char *pszDstWKT, GDALResampleAlg eResampleAlg, double dfMaxError, const GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  Create virtual warped dataset automatically.

  This function will create a warped virtual file representing the input image warped into the target coordinate system. A GenImgProj transformation is created to accomplish any required GCP/Geotransform warp and reprojection to the target coordinate system. The output virtual dataset will be “northup” in the target coordinate system. The GDALSuggestedWarpOutput() function is used to determine the bounds and resolution of the output virtual file which should be large enough to include all the input image

  If you want to create an alpha band if the source dataset has none, set psOptionsIn->nDstAlphaBand = GDALGetRasterCount(hSrcDS) + 1.

  Note that the constructed GDALDatasetH will acquire one or more references to the passed in hSrcDS. Reference counting semantics on the source dataset should be honoured. That is, don’t just GDALClose() it unless it was opened with GDALOpenShared().

  The returned dataset will have no associated filename for itself. If you want to write the virtual dataset description to a file, use the GDALSetDescription() function (or SetDescription() method) on the dataset to assign a filename before it is closed.

  Return

    NULL on failure, or a new virtual dataset handle on success.

  Parameters

    - `hSrcDS`: The source dataset.

    - `pszSrcWKT`: The coordinate system of the source image. If NULL, it will be read from the source image.

    - `pszDstWKT`: The coordinate system to convert to. If NULL no change of coordinate system will take place.

    - `eResampleAlg`: One of GRA_NearestNeighbour, GRA_Bilinear, GRA_Cubic, GRA_CubicSpline, GRA_Lanczos, GRA_Average or GRA_Mode. Controls the sampling method used.

    - `dfMaxError`: Maximum error measured in input pixels that is allowed in approximating the transformation (0.0 for exact calculations).

    - `psOptionsIn`: Additional warp options, normally NULL.

GDALDatasetH `GDALAutoCreateWarpedVRTEx`(GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, const char *pszSrcWKT, const char *pszDstWKT, GDALResampleAlg eResampleAlg, double dfMaxError, const GDALWarpOptions *psOptions, CSLConstList papszTransformerOptions)

  Create virtual warped dataset automatically.

  Compared to GDALAutoCreateWarpedVRT() this function adds one extra argument: options to be passed to GDALCreateGenImgProjTransformer2().

  Since

    3.2

GDALDatasetH `GDALCreateWarpedVRT`(GDALDatasetH hSrcDS, int nPixels, int nLines, double *padfGeoTransform, GDALWarpOptions *psOptions)

  Create virtual warped dataset.

  This function will create a warped virtual file representing the input image warped based on a provided transformation. Output bounds and resolution are provided explicitly.

  If you want to create an alpha band if the source dataset has none, set psOptions->nDstAlphaBand = GDALGetRasterCount(hSrcDS) + 1.

  Note that the constructed GDALDatasetH will acquire one or more references to the passed in hSrcDS. Reference counting semantics on the source dataset should be honoured. That is, don’t just GDALClose() it unless it was opened with GDALOpenShared().

  Return

    NULL on failure, or a new virtual dataset handle on success.

  Parameters

    - `hSrcDS`: The source dataset.

    - `nPixels`: Width of the virtual warped dataset to create

    - `nLines`: Height of the virtual warped dataset to create

    - `padfGeoTransform`: Geotransform matrix of the virtual warped dataset to create

    - `psOptions`: Warp options. Must be different from NULL.

CPLErr `GDALInitializeWarpedVRT`(GDALDatasetH hDS, GDALWarpOptions *psWO)

  Set warp info on virtual warped dataset.

  Initializes all the warping information for a virtual warped dataset.

  This method is the same as the C++ method VRTWarpedDataset::Initialize().

  Return

    CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

  Parameters

    - `hDS`: dataset previously created with the VRT driver, and a SUBCLASS of “VRTWarpedDataset”.

    - `psWO`: the warp options to apply. Note that ownership of the transformation information is taken over by the function though everything else remains the property of the caller.

GDALWarpOperationH `GDALCreateWarpOperation`(const GDALWarpOptions *psNewOptions)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::Initialize()

void `GDALDestroyWarpOperation`(GDALWarpOperationH hOperation)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::~GDALWarpOperation()

CPLErr `GDALChunkAndWarpImage`(GDALWarpOperationH hOperation, int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::ChunkAndWarpImage()

CPLErr `GDALChunkAndWarpMulti`(GDALWarpOperationH hOperation, int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::ChunkAndWarpMulti()

CPLErr `GDALWarpRegion`(GDALWarpOperationH hOperation, int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, int nSrcXOff, int nSrcYOff, int nSrcXSize, int nSrcYSize)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegion()

CPLErr `GDALWarpRegionToBuffer`(GDALWarpOperationH hOperation, int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, void *pDataBuf, GDALDataType eBufDataType, int nSrcXOff, int nSrcYOff, int nSrcXSize, int nSrcYSize)

  See

    GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegionToBuffer()

struct `GDALWarpOptions`
  #include <gdalwarper.h>

  Warp control options for use with GDALWarpOperation::Initialize()

  Public Members

  char **`papszWarpOptions`

    A string list of additional options controlling the warp operation in name=value format.

    A suitable string list can be prepared with CSLSetNameValue().

    The following values are currently supported:

    - INIT_DEST=[value] or INIT_DEST=NO_DATA: This option forces the destination image to be initialized to the indicated value (for all bands) or indicates that it should be initialized to the NO_DATA value in padfDstNoDataReal/padfDstNoDataImag. If this value isn’t set the destination image will be read and overlaid.

    - WRITE_FLUSH=YES/NO: This option forces a flush to disk of data after each chunk is processed. In some cases this helps ensure a serial writing of the output data otherwise a block of data may be written to disk each time a block of data is read for the input buffer resulting in a lot of extra seeking around the disk, and reduced IO throughput. The default at this time is NO.

    - SKIP_NOSOURCE=YES/NO: Skip all processing for chunks for which there is no corresponding input data. This will disable initializing the destination (INIT_DEST) and all other processing, and so should be used carefully. Mostly useful to short circuit a lot of extra work in mosaicing situations. Starting with GDAL 2.4, gdalwarp will automatically enable this option when it is assumed to be safe to do so.

    - UNIFIED_SRC_NODATA=YES/NO: By default nodata masking values considered independently for each band. However, sometimes it is desired to treat all bands as nodata if and only if, all bands match the corresponding nodata values. To get this behavior set this option to YES. Note: UNIFIED_SRC_NODATA=YES is set by default, when called from gdalwarp / GDALWarp()

    - CUTLINE: This may contain the WKT geometry for a cutline. It will be converted into a geometry by GDALWarpOperation::Initialize() and assigned to the GDALWarpOptions hCutline field. The coordinates must be expressed in source pixel/line coordinates. Note: this is different from the assumptions made for the -cutline option of the gdalwarp utility !

    - CUTLINE_BLEND_DIST: This may be set with a distance in pixels which will be assigned to the dfCutlineBlendDist field in the GDALWarpOptions.

    - CUTLINE_ALL_TOUCHED: This defaults to FALSE, but may be set to TRUE to enable ALL_TOUCHEd mode when rasterizing cutline polygons. This is useful to ensure that that all pixels overlapping the cutline polygon will be selected, not just those whose center point falls within the polygon.

    - OPTIMIZE_SIZE: This defaults to FALSE, but may be set to TRUE typically when writing to a compressed dataset (GeoTIFF with COMPRESSED creation option set for example) for achieving a smaller file size. This is achieved by writing at once data aligned on full blocks of the target dataset, which avoids partial writes of compressed blocks and lost space when they are rewritten at the end of the file. However sticking to target block size may cause major processing slowdown for some particular reprojections.

    - NUM_THREADS: (GDAL >= 1.10) Can be set to a numeric value or ALL_CPUS to set the number of threads to use to parallelize the computation part of the warping. If not set, computation will be done in a single thread.

    - STREAMABLE_OUTPUT: (GDAL >= 2.0) This defaults to FALSE, but may be set to TRUE typically when writing to a streamed file. The gdalwarp utility automatically sets this option when writing to /vsistdout/ or a named pipe (on Unix). This option has performance impacts for some reprojections. Note: band interleaved output is not currently supported by the warping algorithm in a streamable compatible way.

    - SRC_COORD_PRECISION: (GDAL >= 2.0). Advanced setting. This defaults to 0, to indicate that no rounding of computing source image coordinates corresponding to the target image must be done. If greater than 0 (and typically below 1), this value, expressed in pixel, will be used to round computed source image coordinates. The purpose of this option is to make the results of warping with the approximated transformer more reproducible and not sensitive to changes in warping memory size. To achieve that, SRC_COORD_PRECISION must be at least 10 times greater than the error threshold. The higher the SRC_COORD_PRECISION/error_threshold ratio, the higher the performance will be, since exact reprojections must statistically be done with a frequency of 4*error_threshold/SRC_COORD_PRECISION.

    - SRC_ALPHA_MAX: (GDAL >= 2.2). Maximum value for the alpha band of the source dataset. If the value is not set and the alpha band has a NBITS metadata item, it is used to set SRC_ALPHA_MAX = 2^NBITS-1. Otherwise, if the value is not set and the alpha band is of type UInt16 (resp Int16), 65535 (resp 32767) is used. Otherwise, 255 is used.

    - DST_ALPHA_MAX: (GDAL >= 2.2). Maximum value for the alpha band of the destination dataset. If the value is not set and the alpha band has a NBITS metadata item, it is used to set DST_ALPHA_MAX = 2^NBITS-1. Otherwise, if the value is not set and the alpha band is of type UInt16 (resp Int16), 65535 (resp 32767) is used. Otherwise, 255 is used.

    Normally when computing the source raster data to load to generate a particular output area, the warper samples transforms 21 points along each edge of the destination region back onto the source file, and uses this to compute a bounding window on the source image that is sufficient. Depending on the transformation in effect, the source window may be a bit too small, or even missing large areas. Problem situations are those where the transformation is very non-linear or “inside out”. Examples are transforming from WGS84 to Polar Steregraphic for areas around the pole, or transformations where some of the image is untransformable. The following options provide some additional control to deal with errors in computing the source window:

    - SAMPLE_GRID=YES/NO: Setting this option to YES will force the sampling to include internal points as well as edge points which can be important if the transformation is esoteric inside out, or if large sections of the destination image are not transformable into the source coordinate system.

    - SAMPLE_STEPS: Modifies the density of the sampling grid. The default number of steps is 21. Increasing this can increase the computational cost, but improves the accuracy with which the source region is computed.

    - SOURCE_EXTRA: This is a number of extra pixels added around the source window for a given request, and by default it is 1 to take care of rounding error. Setting this larger will increase the amount of data that needs to be read, but can avoid missing source data.

  double `dfWarpMemoryLimit`

    In bytes, 0.0 for internal default

  GDALResampleAlg `eResampleAlg`

    Resampling algorithm to use

  GDALDataType `eWorkingDataType`

    data type to use during warp operation, GDT_Unknown lets the algorithm select the type

  GDALDatasetH `hSrcDS`

    Source image dataset.

  GDALDatasetH `hDstDS`

    Destination image dataset - may be NULL if only using GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegionToBuffer().

  int `nBandCount`

    Number of bands to process, may be 0 to select all bands.

  int *`panSrcBands`

    The band numbers for the source bands to process (1 based)

  int *`panDstBands`

    The band numbers for the destination bands to process (1 based)

  int `nSrcAlphaBand`

    The source band so use as an alpha (transparency) value, 0=disabled

  int `nDstAlphaBand`

    The dest. band so use as an alpha (transparency) value, 0=disabled

  double *`padfSrcNoDataReal`

    The “nodata” value real component for each input band, if NULL there isn’t one

  double *`padfSrcNoDataImag`

    The “nodata” value imaginary component - may be NULL even if real component is provided. This value is not used to flag invalid values. Only the real component is used.

  double *`padfDstNoDataReal`

    The “nodata” value real component for each output band, if NULL there isn’t one

  double *`padfDstNoDataImag`

    The “nodata” value imaginary component - may be NULL even if real component is provided. Note that warp operations only use real component for flagging invalid data.

  GDALProgressFunc `pfnProgress`

    GDALProgressFunc() compatible progress reporting function, or NULL if there isn’t one.

  void *`pProgressArg`

    Callback argument to be passed to pfnProgress.

  GDALTransformerFunc `pfnTransformer`

    Type of spatial point transformer function

  void *`pTransformerArg`

    Handle to image transformer setup structure

  GDALMaskFunc *`papfnSrcPerBandValidityMaskFunc`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void **`papSrcPerBandValidityMaskFuncArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  GDALMaskFunc `pfnSrcValidityMaskFunc`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pSrcValidityMaskFuncArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  GDALMaskFunc `pfnSrcDensityMaskFunc`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pSrcDensityMaskFuncArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  GDALMaskFunc `pfnDstDensityMaskFunc`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pDstDensityMaskFuncArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  GDALMaskFunc `pfnDstValidityMaskFunc`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pDstValidityMaskFuncArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  CPLErr (*`pfnPreWarpChunkProcessor`)(void *pKern, void *pArg)

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pPreWarpProcessorArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  CPLErr (*`pfnPostWarpChunkProcessor`)(void *pKern, void *pArg)

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`pPostWarpProcessorArg`

    Unused.

    Must be NULL

  void *`hCutline`

    Optional OGRPolygonH for a masking cutline.

  double `dfCutlineBlendDist`

    Optional blending distance to apply across cutline in pixels, default is zero.

class `GDALWarpKernel`
  #include <gdalwarper.h>

  This class represents the lowest level of abstraction of warping.

  Low level image warping class.

  It holds the imagery for one “chunk” of a warp, and the pre-prepared masks. All IO is done before and after its operation. This class is not normally used by the application.

  This class is responsible for low level image warping for one “chunk” of imagery. The class is essentially a structure with all data members public - primarily so that new special-case functions can be added without changing the class declaration.

  Applications are normally intended to interactive with warping facilities through the GDALWarpOperation class, though the GDALWarpKernel can in theory be used directly if great care is taken in setting up the control data.

  Design Issues

  The intention is that PerformWarp() would analyze the setup in terms of the datatype, resampling type, and validity/density mask usage and pick one of many specific implementations of the warping algorithm over a continuum of optimization vs. generality. At one end there will be a reference general purpose implementation of the algorithm that supports any data type (working internally in double precision complex), all three resampling types, and any or all of the validity/density masks. At the other end would be highly optimized algorithms for common cases like nearest neighbour resampling on GDT_Byte data with no masks.

  The full set of optimized versions have not been decided but we should expect to have at least:

  - One for each resampling algorithm for 8bit data with no masks.

  - One for each resampling algorithm for float data with no masks.

  - One for each resampling algorithm for float data with any/all masks (essentially the generic case for just float data).

  - One for each resampling algorithm for 8bit data with support for input validity masks (per band or per pixel). This handles the common case of nodata masking.

  - One for each resampling algorithm for float data with support for input validity masks (per band or per pixel). This handles the common case of nodata masking.

  Some of the specializations would operate on all bands in one pass (especially the ones without masking would do this), while others might process each band individually to reduce code complexity.

  Masking Semantics

  A detailed explanation of the semantics of the validity and density masks, and their effects on resampling kernels is needed here.

  Public Functions

  `GDALWarpKernel`()
  `~GDALWarpKernel`()
  CPLErr `Validate`()

    Check the settings in the GDALWarpKernel, and issue a CPLError() (and return CE_Failure) if the configuration is considered to be invalid for some reason.

    This method will also do some standard defaulting such as setting pfnProgress to GDALDummyProgress() if it is NULL.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error is detected.

  CPLErr `PerformWarp`()

    This method performs the warp described in the GDALWarpKernel.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

  Public Members

  char **`papszWarpOptions`

    Warp options.

  GDALResampleAlg `eResample`

    Resample algorithm.

    Resampling algorithm.

    The resampling algorithm to use. One of GRA_NearestNeighbour, GRA_Bilinear, GRA_Cubic, GRA_CubicSpline, GRA_Lanczos, GRA_Average, GRA_Mode or GRA_Sum.

    This field is required. GDT_NearestNeighbour may be used as a default value.

  GDALDataType `eWorkingDataType`

    Working data type.

    Working pixel data type.

    The datatype of pixels in the source image (papabySrcimage) and destination image (papabyDstImage) buffers. Note that operations on some data types (such as GDT_Byte) may be much better optimized than other less common cases.

    This field is required. It may not be GDT_Unknown.

  int `nBands`

    Number of input and output bands (excluding alpha bands)

    Number of bands.

    The number of bands (layers) of imagery being warped. Determines the number of entries in the papabySrcImage, papanBandSrcValid, and papabyDstImage arrays.

    This field is required.

  int `nSrcXSize`

    Width of the source image.

    Source image width in pixels.

    This field is required.

  int `nSrcYSize`

    Height of the source image.

    Source image height in pixels.

    This field is required.

  double `dfSrcXExtraSize`

    Extra pixels (included in nSrcXSize) reserved for filter window.

    Number of pixels included in nSrcXSize that are present on the edges of the area of interest to take into account the width of the kernel.

    Should be ignored in scale computation

    This field is required.

  double `dfSrcYExtraSize`

    Extra pixels (included in nSrcYSize) reserved for filter window.

    Number of pixels included in nSrcYExtraSize that are present on the edges of the area of interest to take into account the height of the kernel.

    Should be ignored in scale computation

    This field is required.

  int `papabySrcImage`

    Array of nBands source images of size nSrcXSize * nSrcYSize.

    Array of source image band data.

    Each subarray must have WARP_EXTRA_ELTS at the end

    This is an array of pointers (of size GDALWarpKernel::nBands) pointers to image data. Each individual band of image data is organized as a single block of image data in left to right, then bottom to top order. The actual type of the image data is determined by GDALWarpKernel::eWorkingDataType.

    To access the pixel value for the (x=3, y=4) pixel (zero based) of the second band with eWorkingDataType set to GDT_Float32 use code like this:

        float dfPixelValue;
        int   nBand = 2-1;  // Band indexes are zero based.
        int   nPixel = 3; // Zero based.
        int   nLine = 4;  // Zero based.

        assert( nPixel >= 0 && nPixel < poKern->nSrcXSize );
        assert( nLine >= 0 && nLine < poKern->nSrcYSize );
        assert( nBand >= 0 && nBand < poKern->nBands );
        dfPixelValue = ((float *) poKern->papabySrcImage[nBand])
                                       [nPixel + nLine * poKern->nSrcXSize];

    This field is required.

  GUInt32 **`papanBandSrcValid`

    Array of nBands validity mask of size (nSrcXSize * nSrcYSize + WARP_EXTRA_ELTS) / 8.

    Per band validity mask for source pixels.

    Array of pixel validity mask layers for each source band. Each of the mask layers is the same size (in pixels) as the source image with one bit per pixel. Note that it is legal (and common) for this to be NULL indicating that none of the pixels are invalidated, or for some band validity masks to be NULL in which case all pixels of the band are valid. The following code can be used to test the validity of a particular pixel.

        int   bIsValid = TRUE;
        int   nBand = 2-1;  // Band indexes are zero based.
        int   nPixel = 3; // Zero based.
        int   nLine = 4;  // Zero based.

        assert( nPixel >= 0 && nPixel < poKern->nSrcXSize );
        assert( nLine >= 0 && nLine < poKern->nSrcYSize );
        assert( nBand >= 0 && nBand < poKern->nBands );

        if( poKern->papanBandSrcValid != NULL
            && poKern->papanBandSrcValid[nBand] != NULL )
        {
            GUInt32 *panBandMask = poKern->papanBandSrcValid[nBand];
            int    iPixelOffset = nPixel + nLine * poKern->nSrcXSize;

            bIsValid = panBandMask[iPixelOffset>>5]
                       & (0x01 << (iPixelOffset & 0x1f));
        }

  GUInt32 *`panUnifiedSrcValid`

    Unified validity mask of size (nSrcXSize * nSrcYSize + WARP_EXTRA_ELTS) / 8.

    Per pixel validity mask for source pixels.

    A single validity mask layer that applies to the pixels of all source bands. It is accessed similarly to papanBandSrcValid, but without the extra level of band indirection.

    This pointer may be NULL indicating that all pixels are valid.

    Note that if both panUnifiedSrcValid, and papanBandSrcValid are available, the pixel isn’t considered to be valid unless both arrays indicate it is valid.

  float *`pafUnifiedSrcDensity`

    Unified source density of size nSrcXSize * nSrcYSize + WARP_EXTRA_ELTS.

    Per pixel density mask for source pixels.

    A single density mask layer that applies to the pixels of all source bands. It contains values between 0.0 and 1.0 indicating the degree to which this pixel should be allowed to contribute to the output result.

    This pointer may be NULL indicating that all pixels have a density of 1.0.

    The density for a pixel may be accessed like this:

        float fDensity = 1.0;
        int nPixel = 3;  // Zero based.
        int nLine = 4;   // Zero based.

        assert( nPixel >= 0 && nPixel < poKern->nSrcXSize );
        assert( nLine >= 0 && nLine < poKern->nSrcYSize );
        if( poKern->pafUnifiedSrcDensity != NULL )
          fDensity = poKern->pafUnifiedSrcDensity
                                       [nPixel + nLine * poKern->nSrcXSize];

  int `nDstXSize`

    Width of the destination image.

    Width of destination image in pixels.

    This field is required.

  int `nDstYSize`

    Height of the destination image.

    Height of destination image in pixels.

    This field is required.

  GByte **`papabyDstImage`

    Array of nBands destination images of size nDstXSize * nDstYSize.

    Array of destination image band data.

    This is an array of pointers (of size GDALWarpKernel::nBands) pointers to image data. Each individual band of image data is organized as a single block of image data in left to right, then bottom to top order. The actual type of the image data is determined by GDALWarpKernel::eWorkingDataType.

    To access the pixel value for the (x=3, y=4) pixel (zero based) of the second band with eWorkingDataType set to GDT_Float32 use code like this:

        float dfPixelValue;
        int   nBand = 2-1;  // Band indexes are zero based.
        int   nPixel = 3; // Zero based.
        int   nLine = 4;  // Zero based.

        assert( nPixel >= 0 && nPixel < poKern->nDstXSize );
        assert( nLine >= 0 && nLine < poKern->nDstYSize );
        assert( nBand >= 0 && nBand < poKern->nBands );
        dfPixelValue = ((float *) poKern->papabyDstImage[nBand])
                                       [nPixel + nLine * poKern->nSrcYSize];

    This field is required.

  GUInt32 *`panDstValid`

    Validify mask of size (nDstXSize * nDstYSize) / 8.

    Per pixel validity mask for destination pixels.

    A single validity mask layer that applies to the pixels of all destination bands. It is accessed similarly to papanUnitifiedSrcValid, but based on the size of the destination image.

    This pointer may be NULL indicating that all pixels are valid.

  float *`pafDstDensity`

    Destination density of size nDstXSize * nDstYSize.

    Per pixel density mask for destination pixels.

    A single density mask layer that applies to the pixels of all destination bands. It contains values between 0.0 and 1.0.

    This pointer may be NULL indicating that all pixels have a density of 1.0.

    The density for a pixel may be accessed like this:

        float fDensity = 1.0;
        int   nPixel = 3; // Zero based.
        int   nLine = 4;  // Zero based.

        assert( nPixel >= 0 && nPixel < poKern->nDstXSize );
        assert( nLine >= 0 && nLine < poKern->nDstYSize );
        if( poKern->pafDstDensity != NULL )
          fDensity = poKern->pafDstDensity[nPixel + nLine * poKern->nDstXSize];

  double `dfXScale`

    X resampling scale, i.e.

    nDstXSize / nSrcXSize

  double `dfYScale`

    Y resampling scale, i.e.

    nDstYSize / nSrcYSize

  double `dfXFilter`

    X size of filter kernel.

  double `dfYFilter`

    Y size of filter kernel.

  int `nXRadius`

    X size of window to filter.

  int `nYRadius`

    Y size of window to filter.

  int `nFiltInitX`

    X filtering offset.

  int `nFiltInitY`

    Y filtering offset.

  int `nSrcXOff`

    X offset of the source buffer regarding the top-left corner of the image.

    X offset to source pixel coordinates for transformation.

    See pfnTransformer.

    This field is required.

  int `nSrcYOff`

    Y offset of the source buffer regarding the top-left corner of the image.

    Y offset to source pixel coordinates for transformation.

    See pfnTransformer.

    This field is required.

  int `nDstXOff`

    X offset of the destination buffer regarding the top-left corner of the image.

    X offset to destination pixel coordinates for transformation.

    See pfnTransformer.

    This field is required.

  int `nDstYOff`

    Y offset of the destination buffer regarding the top-left corner of the image.

    Y offset to destination pixel coordinates for transformation.

    See pfnTransformer.

    This field is required.

  GDALTransformerFunc `pfnTransformer`

    Pixel transformation function.

    Source/destination location transformer.

    The function to call to transform coordinates between source image pixel/line coordinates and destination image pixel/line coordinates. See GDALTransformerFunc() for details of the semantics of this function.

    The GDALWarpKern algorithm will only ever use this transformer in “destination to source” mode (bDstToSrc=TRUE), and will always pass partial or complete scanlines of points in the destination image as input. This means, among other things, that it is safe to the the approximating transform GDALApproxTransform() as the transformation function.

    Source and destination images may be subsets of a larger overall image. The transformation algorithms will expect and return pixel/line coordinates in terms of this larger image, so coordinates need to be offset by the offsets specified in nSrcXOff, nSrcYOff, nDstXOff, and nDstYOff before passing to pfnTransformer, and after return from it.

    The GDALWarpKernel::pfnTransformerArg value will be passed as the callback data to this function when it is called.

    This field is required.

  void *`pTransformerArg`

    User data provided to pfnTransformer.

    Callback data for pfnTransformer.

    This field may be NULL if not required for the pfnTransformer being used.

  GDALProgressFunc `pfnProgress`

    Progress function.

    The function to call to report progress of the algorithm, and to check for a requested termination of the operation.

    It operates according to GDALProgressFunc() semantics.

    Generally speaking the progress function will be invoked for each scanline of the destination buffer that has been processed.

    This field may be NULL (internally set to GDALDummyProgress()).

  void *`pProgress`

    User data provided to pfnProgress.

    Callback data for pfnProgress.

    This field may be NULL if not required for the pfnProgress being used.

  double `dfProgressBase`

    Base/offset value for progress computation.

  double `dfProgressScale`

    Scale value for progress computation.

  double *`padfDstNoDataReal`

    Array of nBands value for destination nodata.

class `GDALWarpOperation`
  #include “gdalwarper.h”

  High level image warping class.

  Warper Design

  The overall GDAL high performance image warper is split into a few components.

  - The transformation between input and output file coordinates is handled via GDALTransformerFunc() implementations such as the one returned by GDALCreateGenImgProjTransformer(). The transformers are ultimately responsible for translating pixel/line locations on the destination image to pixel/line locations on the source image.

  - In order to handle images too large to hold in RAM, the warper needs to segment large images. This is the responsibility of the GDALWarpOperation class. The GDALWarpOperation::ChunkAndWarpImage() invokes GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegion() on chunks of output and input image that are small enough to hold in the amount of memory allowed by the application. This process is described in greater detail in the Image Chunking section.

  - The GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegion() function creates and loads an output image buffer, and then calls WarpRegionToBuffer().

  - GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegionToBuffer() is responsible for loading the source imagery corresponding to a particular output region, and generating masks and density masks from the source and destination imagery using the generator functions found in the GDALWarpOptions structure. Binds this all into an instance of GDALWarpKernel on which the GDALWarpKernel::PerformWarp() method is called.

  - GDALWarpKernel does the actual image warping, but is given an input image and an output image to operate on. The GDALWarpKernel does no IO, and in fact knows nothing about GDAL. It invokes the transformation function to get sample locations, builds output values based on the resampling algorithm in use. It also takes any validity and density masks into account during this operation.

  Chunk Size Selection

  The GDALWarpOptions ChunkAndWarpImage() method is responsible for invoking the WarpRegion() method on appropriate sized output chunks such that the memory required for the output image buffer, input image buffer and any required density and validity buffers is less than or equal to the application defined maximum memory available for use.

  It checks the memory required by walking the edges of the output region, transforming the locations back into source pixel/line coordinates and establishing a bounding rectangle of source imagery that would be required for the output area. This is actually accomplished by the private GDALWarpOperation::ComputeSourceWindow() method.

  Then memory requirements are used by totaling the memory required for all output bands, input bands, validity masks and density masks. If this is greater than the GDALWarpOptions::dfWarpMemoryLimit then the destination region is divided in two (splitting the longest dimension), and ChunkAndWarpImage() recursively invoked on each destination subregion.

  Validity and Density Masks Generation

  Fill in ways in which the validity and density masks may be generated here. Note that detailed semantics of the masks should be found in GDALWarpKernel.

  Public Functions

  `GDALWarpOperation`()
  `~GDALWarpOperation`()
  CPLErr `Initialize`(const GDALWarpOptions *psNewOptions)

    This method initializes the GDALWarpOperation’s concept of the warp options in effect.

    It creates an internal copy of the GDALWarpOptions structure and defaults a variety of additional fields in the internal copy if not set in the provides warp options.

    Defaulting operations include:

    - If the nBandCount is 0, it will be set to the number of bands in the source image (which must match the output image) and the panSrcBands and panDstBands will be populated.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `psNewOptions`: input set of warp options. These are copied and may be destroyed after this call by the application.

  void *`CreateDestinationBuffer`(int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, int *pbWasInitialized = nullptr)

    This method creates a destination buffer for use with WarpRegionToBuffer.

    The output is initialized based on the INIT_DEST settings.

    Return

      Buffer capable for use as a warp operation output destination

    Parameters

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination buffer to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination buffer to be produced.

      - `pbInitialized`: Filled with boolean indicating if the buffer was initialized.

  const GDALWarpOptions *`GetOptions`()

    Return warp options.

  CPLErr `ChunkAndWarpImage`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)

    This method does a complete warp of the source image to the destination image for the indicated region with the current warp options in effect.

    Progress is reported to the installed progress monitor, if any.

    This function will subdivide the region and recursively call itself until the total memory required to process a region chunk will all fit in the memory pool defined by GDALWarpOptions::dfWarpMemoryLimit.

    Once an appropriate region is selected GDALWarpOperation::WarpRegion() is invoked to do the actual work.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

  CPLErr `ChunkAndWarpMulti`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)

    This method does a complete warp of the source image to the destination image for the indicated region with the current warp options in effect.

    Progress is reported to the installed progress monitor, if any.

    Externally this method operates the same as ChunkAndWarpImage(), but internally this method uses multiple threads to interleave input/output for one region while the processing is being done for another.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

  CPLErr `WarpRegion`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, int nSrcXOff = 0, int nSrcYOff = 0, int nSrcXSize = 0, int nSrcYSize = 0, double dfProgressBase = 0.0, double dfProgressScale = 1.0)

    This method requests the indicated region of the output file be generated.

    Note that WarpRegion() will produce the requested area in one low level warp operation without verifying that this does not exceed the stated memory limits for the warp operation. Applications should take care not to call WarpRegion() on too large a region! This function is normally called by ChunkAndWarpImage(), the normal entry point for applications. Use it instead if staying within memory constraints is desired.

    Progress is reported from dfProgressBase to dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale for the indicated region.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nSrcXOff`: source window X offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYOff`: source window Y offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcXSize`: source window X size (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYSize`: source window Y size (computed if window all zero)

      - `dfProgressBase`: minimum progress value reported

      - `dfProgressScale`: value such as dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale is the maximum progress value reported

  CPLErr `WarpRegion`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, int nSrcXOff, int nSrcYOff, int nSrcXSize, int nSrcYSize, double dfSrcXExtraSize, double dfSrcYExtraSize, double dfProgressBase, double dfProgressScale)

    This method requests the indicated region of the output file be generated.

    Note that WarpRegion() will produce the requested area in one low level warp operation without verifying that this does not exceed the stated memory limits for the warp operation. Applications should take care not to call WarpRegion() on too large a region! This function is normally called by ChunkAndWarpImage(), the normal entry point for applications. Use it instead if staying within memory constraints is desired.

    Progress is reported from dfProgressBase to dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale for the indicated region.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nSrcXOff`: source window X offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYOff`: source window Y offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcXSize`: source window X size (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYSize`: source window Y size (computed if window all zero)

      - `dfSrcXExtraSize`: Extra pixels (included in nSrcXSize) reserved for filter window. Should be ignored in scale computation

      - `dfSrcYExtraSize`: Extra pixels (included in nSrcYSize) reserved for filter window. Should be ignored in scale computation

      - `dfProgressBase`: minimum progress value reported

      - `dfProgressScale`: value such as dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale is the maximum progress value reported

  CPLErr `WarpRegionToBuffer`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, void *pDataBuf, GDALDataType eBufDataType, int nSrcXOff = 0, int nSrcYOff = 0, int nSrcXSize = 0, int nSrcYSize = 0, double dfProgressBase = 0.0, double dfProgressScale = 1.0)

    This method requests that a particular window of the output dataset be warped and the result put into the provided data buffer.

    The output dataset doesn’t even really have to exist to use this method as long as the transformation function in the GDALWarpOptions is setup to map to a virtual pixel/line space.

    This method will do the whole region in one chunk, so be wary of the amount of memory that might be used.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `pDataBuf`: the data buffer to place result in, of type eBufDataType.

      - `eBufDataType`: the type of the output data buffer. For now this must match GDALWarpOptions::eWorkingDataType.

      - `nSrcXOff`: source window X offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYOff`: source window Y offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcXSize`: source window X size (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYSize`: source window Y size (computed if window all zero)

      - `dfProgressBase`: minimum progress value reported

      - `dfProgressScale`: value such as dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale is the maximum progress value reported

  CPLErr `WarpRegionToBuffer`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, void *pDataBuf, GDALDataType eBufDataType, int nSrcXOff, int nSrcYOff, int nSrcXSize, int nSrcYSize, double dfSrcXExtraSize, double dfSrcYExtraSize, double dfProgressBase, double dfProgressScale)

    This method requests that a particular window of the output dataset be warped and the result put into the provided data buffer.

    The output dataset doesn’t even really have to exist to use this method as long as the transformation function in the GDALWarpOptions is setup to map to a virtual pixel/line space.

    This method will do the whole region in one chunk, so be wary of the amount of memory that might be used.

    Return

      CE_None on success or CE_Failure if an error occurs.

    Parameters

      - `nDstXOff`: X offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstYOff`: Y offset to window of destination data to be produced.

      - `nDstXSize`: Width of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `nDstYSize`: Height of output window on destination file to be produced.

      - `pDataBuf`: the data buffer to place result in, of type eBufDataType.

      - `eBufDataType`: the type of the output data buffer. For now this must match GDALWarpOptions::eWorkingDataType.

      - `nSrcXOff`: source window X offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYOff`: source window Y offset (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcXSize`: source window X size (computed if window all zero)

      - `nSrcYSize`: source window Y size (computed if window all zero)

      - `dfSrcXExtraSize`: Extra pixels (included in nSrcXSize) reserved for filter window. Should be ignored in scale computation

      - `dfSrcYExtraSize`: Extra pixels (included in nSrcYSize) reserved for filter window. Should be ignored in scale computation

      - `dfProgressBase`: minimum progress value reported

      - `dfProgressScale`: value such as dfProgressBase + dfProgressScale is the maximum progress value reported

  Public Static Functions

  void `DestroyDestinationBuffer`(void *pDstBuffer)

    This method destroys a buffer previously retrieved from CreateDestinationBuffer.

    Parameters

      - `pDstBuffer`: destination buffer to be destroyed

  Private Functions

  void `WipeOptions`()
  int `ValidateOptions`()
  CPLErr `ComputeSourceWindow`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, int *pnSrcXOff, int *pnSrcYOff, int *pnSrcXSize, int *pnSrcYSize, double *pdfSrcXExtraSize, double *pdfSrcYExtraSize, double *pdfSrcFillRatio)
  void `ComputeSourceWindowStartingFromSource`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize, double *padfSrcMinX, double *padfSrcMinY, double *padfSrcMaxX, double *padfSrcMaxY)
  void `WipeChunkList`()
  CPLErr `CollectChunkListInternal`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)
  void `CollectChunkList`(int nDstXOff, int nDstYOff, int nDstXSize, int nDstYSize)
  void `ReportTiming`(const char *pszMessage)

  Private Members

  GDALWarpOptions *`psOptions`
  CPLMutex *`hIOMutex`
  CPLMutex *`hWarpMutex`
  int `nChunkListCount`
  int `nChunkListMax`
  GDALWarpChunk *`pasChunkList`
  int `bReportTimings`
  unsigned long `nLastTimeReported`
  void *`psThreadData`

  Private Static Functions

  CPLErr `CreateKernelMask`(GDALWarpKernel *poKernel, int iBand, const char *pszType)