/*! 
\page gdal_utilities

<center>
<title>GDAL Utilities</title>
</center>

The following utility programs are distributed with GDAL. 

<ul>
<li> <a href="#gdalinfo">gdalinfo</a> - report information about a file.
<li> <a href="#gdal_translate">gdal_translate</a> - Copy a raster file, with control of output format.
<li> <a href="#gdaladdo">gdaladdo</a> - Add overviews to a file.
<li> <a href="#gdalwarp">gdalwarp</a> - Warp an image into a new coordinate system.
<li> <a href="#gdaltindex">gdaltindex</a> - Build a MapServer raster tileindex.
<li> <a href="#gdal_contour">gdal_contour</a> - Contours from DEM.
<li> <a href="#rgb2pct">rgb2pct.py</a> - Convert a 24bit RGB image to 8bit paletted.
<li> <a href="#pct2rgb">pct2rgb.py</a> - Convert an 8bit palatted image to 24bit RGB.
<li> <a href="#gdal_merge">gdal_merge.py</a> - Build a quick mosaic from a set of images.
<li> <a href="#gdal-config">gdal-config</a> - Get options required to build 
software using GDAL.
</ul>

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<h2>Creating New Files</h2>

Access an existing file to read it is generally quite simple.  Just
indicate the name of the file or dataset on the commandline.  However, 
creating a file is more complicated.  It may be necessary to indicate the
the format to create, various creation options affecting how it will
be created and perhaps a coordinate system to be assigned.  Many of 
these options are handled similarly by different GDAL utilities, and are
introduced here. <p>

<dl>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <i>format</i></dt><dd> 
Select the format to create the new file as.  The formats are assigned short 
names such as GTiff (for GeoTIFF) or HFA (for Erdas Imagine).  The list of 
all format codes can be listed with the <b>--formats</b> switch.  Only
formats list as "(rw)" (read-write) can be written.<p>
Many utilities default
to creating GeoTIFF files if a format is not specified.  File extentions
are not used to guess output format, nor are extentions generally added
by GDAL if not indicated in the filename by the user. 
</dd>

<dt> <b>-co</b> <i>NAME=VALUE</i></dt><dd> 
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.<p>
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 "--format <format>" commandline
option but the web page for the format is the defininative source of 
information on driver creation options.<p>
</dd>

<dt> <b>-a_srs</b> <i>SRS</i></dt><dd> 
Several utilities, (gdal_translate and gdalwarp) include the ability
to specify coordinate systems with commandline options like
<b>-a_srs</b> (assign SRS to output), <b>-s_srs</b> (source SRS) and
<b>-t_srs</b> (target SRS).<p>
These utilities allow the coordinate system (SRS = spatial reference system)
to be assigned in a variety of formats.<p>

<ul>
<li> <b>NAD27</b>/<b>NAD83</b>/<b>WGS84</b>/<b>WGS72</b>: 
These common geographic (lat/long) coordinate
systems can be used directly by these names. 

<li> <b>EPSG:</b><i>n</i>: Coordinate systems (projected or geographic) can
be selected based on their EPSG codes, for instance EPSG:27700 is the British
National Grid.  A list of EPSG coordinate systems can be found in the GDAL 
data files gcs.csv and pcs.csv. 

<li> <i>PROJ.4 Definitions</i>: A PROJ.4 definition string can be used
as a coordinate system.  For instance "+proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84".  
Take care to keep the proj.4 string together as a single argument to the
command (usually by double quoting). <p>

<li> <i>OpenGIS Well Known Text</i>: The Open GIS Consortium has defined
a textual format for describing coordinate systems as part of the Simple
Features specifications.  This format is the internal working format
for coordinate systems used in GDAL.  The name of a file containing a 
WKT coordinate system definition may be used a coordinate system argument,
or the entire coordinate system itself may be used as a commandline
option (though escaping all the quotes in WKT is quite challenging). <p>

<li> <i>ESRI Well Known Text</i>: ESRI uses a slight variation on OGC WKT
format in their ArcGIS product (ArcGIS .prj files), and these may be used
in a similar manner to WKT files, but the filename should be prefixed with
<b>ESRI::</b>.  For example <b>"ESRI::NAD 1927 StatePlane Wyoming West FIPS 4904.prj"</b>. <p>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>

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<h2>General Command Line Switches</h2>
All GDAL command line utility programs support the following 
"general" options.<p>

<dl>
<dt> <b>--version</b></dt><dd> Report the version of GDAL and exit.</dd>

<dt> <b>--formats</b></dt><dd> List all raster formats supported by this
GDAL build (readonly and read-write) and exit.</dd>

<dt> <b>--format</b> <i>format</i></dt><dd>
List detailed information about a single format driver.  The <i>format</i> 
should be the short name reported in the <b>--formats</b> list, such as 
GTiff.</dd>

<dt> <b>--optfile</b> <i>file</i></dt><dd>
Read the named file and substitute the contents into the commandline
options list.  Lines beginning with # will be ignored.  Multi-word arguments
may be kept together with double quotes. 
</dd>

<dt> <b>--config</b> <i>key value</i></dt><dd>
Sets the named configuration keyword to the given value, as opposed to 
setting them as environment variables.  Some common configuration keywords
are GDAL_CACHEMAX (memory used internally for caching in megabytes)
and GDAL_DATA (path of the GDAL "data" directory).  Individual drivers may
be influenced by other configuration options. 
</dd>

<dt> <b>--debug</b> <i>value</i></dt><dd>
Control what debugging messages are emitted.  A value of <i>ON</i> will
enable all debug messages.  A value of <i>OFF</i> will disable all debug
messages.  Another value will select only debug messages containing that
string in the debug prefix code. 
</dd>

<dt> <b>--help-general</b></dt><dd>
Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline options 
and exit.
</dd>

</dl>

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\if man
*/
/*! \page gdalinfo 

lists information about a raster dataset
\section synopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdalinfo">gdalinfo</a></h2>

Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdalinfo [-mm] [-nogcp] [-nomd] datasetname
\endverbatim

\if man
\section description DESCRIPTION
\endif

The gdalinfo program lists various information about a GDAL supported
raster dataset. 
<dl>
<dt> <b>-mm</b></dt><dd> Force computation of the actual min/max values for each
band in the dataset.</dd>
<dt> <b>-nogcp</b></dt><dd> Suppress ground control points list printing. It may be
useful for datasets with huge amount of GCPs, such as L1B AVHRR or HDF4 MODIS
which contain thousands of the ones.</dd>
<dt> <b>-nomd</b></dt><dd> Suppress metadata printing. Some datasets may contain a lot
of metadata strings.</dd>
</dl>

The gdalinfo will report all of the following (if known):

<ul>
<li> The format driver used to access the file. 
<li> Raster size (in pixels and lines).
<li> The coordinate system for the file (in OGC WKT).
<li> The geotransform associated with the file (rotational coefficients are
currently not reported).  
<li> Corner coordinates in georeferenced, and if possible lat/long based on
the full geotransform (but not GCPs). 
<li> Ground control points.
<li> File wide (including subdatasets) metadata. 
<li> Band data types.
<li> Band color interpretations.
<li> Band block size.
<li> Band descriptions. 
<li> Band min/max values (internally known and possibly computed).
<li> Band NODATA value.
<li> Band overview resolutions available. 
<li> Band unit type (ie. "meters" or "feet" for elevation bands). 
<li> Band pseudo-color tables. 
</ul>

\if man
\section example EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdalinfo ~/openev/utm.tif 
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 512, 512
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 11N",
    GEOGCS["NAD27",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
            SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213901]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",-117],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["metre",1]]
Origin = (440720.000000,3751320.000000)
Pixel Size = (60.000000,-60.000000)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (  440720.000, 3751320.000) (117d38'28.21"W, 33d54'8.47"N)
Lower Left  (  440720.000, 3720600.000) (117d38'20.79"W, 33d37'31.04"N)
Upper Right (  471440.000, 3751320.000) (117d18'32.07"W, 33d54'13.08"N)
Lower Right (  471440.000, 3720600.000) (117d18'28.50"W, 33d37'35.61"N)
Center      (  456080.000, 3735960.000) (117d28'27.39"W, 33d45'52.46"N)
Band 1 Block=512x16 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray
\endverbatim

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\if man
\section author AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdal_translate

converts raster data between different formats
\section tsynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdal_translate">gdal_translate</a></h2>
Usage:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdal_translate 
       [-ot {Byte/UInt16/UInt32/Int32/Float32/Float64/CInt16/
             CInt32/CFloat32/CFloat64}] [-not_strict]
       [-of format] [-b band] [-outsize xsize[%] ysize[%]]
       [-scale [src_min src_max [dst_min dst_max]]]       
       [-srcwin xoff yoff xsize ysize] [-a_srs srs_def]
       [-projwin xoff yoff xsize ysize] [-co "NAME=VALUE"]*
       [-gcp pixel line easting northing]*
       [-mo "META-TAG=VALUE"]* [-quiet]
       src_dataset dst_dataset
\endverbatim

\if man
\section tdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

The gdal_translate utility can be used to convert raster data between 
different formats, potentially performing some operations like subsettings, 
resampling, and rescaling pixels in the process.

<dl>
<dt> <b>-ot</b>:</dt></dd> For the output bands to be of the indicated data
type.<dd>
<dt> <b>-not_strict</b>:</dt><dd> Be forgiving of mismatches and lost data
when
translating to the output format.</dd>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <i>format</i>:</dt><dd> Select the output format.  The default is 
GeoTIFF (GTiff).  Use the short format name.</dd>
<dt> <b>-b</b> <i>band</i>:</dt><dd> Select an input band <i>band</i> for output.
Bands are numbered from 1 Multiple -b switches may be used to select a set
of input bands to write to the output file, or to reorder bands.</dd>
<dt> <b>-outsize</b> <i>xsize[%] ysize[%]</i>:</dt><dd> Set the size of the output
file.  Outsize is in pixels and lines unless '%' is attached in which case it
is as a fraction of the input image size.</dd>
<dt> <b>-scale</b> <i>[src_min src_max [dst_min dst_max]]</i>:</dt><dd> Rescale the
input pixels values from the range <i>src_min</i> to <i>src_max</i> to
the range <i>dst_min</i> to <i>dst_max</i>.  If omitted the output range is
0 to 255.  If omitted the input range is automatically computed from the
source data.</dd>
<dt> <b>-srcwin</b> <i>xoff yoff xsize ysize</i>:</dt><dd> Selects a subwindow from the source image for copying based on pixel/line location.  </dd>
<dt> <b>-projwin</b> <i>ulx uly lrx lry</i>:</dt><dd> Selects a subwindow from the
source image for copying (like -srcwin) but with the corners given in 
georeferenced coordinates. </dd>
<dt> <b>-a_srs</b> <i>srs_def</i>:</dt><dd> Override the projection for the output
file.  The srs_def may be any of the usual GDAL/OGR forms, complete WKT, 
PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the wkt. </dd>
<dt> <b>-mo</b> <i>"KEY=VALUE"</i>:</dt><dd> passes a metadata key and value to set
on the output dataset if possible.</dd>
<dt> <b>-co</b> <i>"NAME=VALUE"</i>:</dt><dd> passes a creation option to the output
format driver.  Multiple <b>-co</b> options may be listed.  See format 
specific documentation for legal creation options for each format.</dd>
<dt> <b>-mo</b> <i>"META-TAG=VALUE"</i>:</dt><dd> Add the indicated metadata values
to the output dataset.</dd>
<dt> <b>-gcp</b> <i>pixel line easting northing</i>:</dt><dd>
Add the indicated ground control point to the output dataset.  This option 
may be provided multiple times to provide a set of GCPs. 
</dd>
<dt> <b>-quiet</b>:</dt><dd> Supress progress monitor and other non-error
output.</dd>
<dt> <i>src_dataset</i>:</dt><dd> The source file name.</dd>
<dt> <i>dst_dataset</i>:</dt><dd> The destination file name.</dd>
</dl>

\if man
\section texample EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdal_translate -of GTiff -co "TILED=YES" utm.tif utm_tiled.tif
\endverbatim

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\if man
\section tauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdaladdo
builds or rebuilds overview images
\section asynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdaladdo">gdaladdo</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdaladdo [-r {nearest,average,average_mp,average_magphase,mode}]
                filename levels
\endverbatim

\if man
\section adescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

The gdaladdo utility can be used to build or rebuild overview images for
most supported file formats with one over several downsampling algorithms. 

<dl>
<dt> <b>-r</b>
<i>{nearest,average,average_mp,average_magphase,mode}</i>:</dt><dd>
Select a resampling algorithm.</dd>
<dt> <i>filename</i>:</dt><dd> The file to build overviews for. </dd>
<dt> <i>levels</i>:</dt><dd> A list of integral overview levels to build.  </dd>
</dl>

<i>Mode</i> is not actually implemented, and <i>average_mp</i> is unsuitable 
for use.  <i>Average_magphase</i> averages complex data in mag/phase space.  
<i>Nearest</i> and <i>average</i> are applicable to normal image data.  
<i>Nearest</i> applies a nearest neighbour (simple sampling) resampler, while
<i>average</i> computes the average of all non-NODATA contributing pixels.

Selecting a level value like <i>2</i> causes an overview level that is 1/2
the resolution (in each dimension) of the base layer to be computed.  If
the file has existing overview levels at a level selected, those levels will
be recomputed and rewritten in place.

Some format drivers do not support overviews at all.  Many format drivers
store overviews in a secondary file with the extension .ovr.  The GeoTIFF
driver stores overviews internally to the file operated on. That file may
be compressed. It is controlled via the COMPRESS_OVERVIEW system option.
All compression methods, supported by the GeoTIFF driver, available here.<p>

\if man
\section aexample EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

Create overviews, embedded in the supplied TIFF file:

\verbatim
gdaladdo -r average abc.tif 2 4 8 16
\endverbatim

Create an external compressed GeoTIFF overview file from the ERDAS .IMG file:

\verbatim
gdaladdo --config COMPRESS_OVERVIEW DEFLATE erdas.img 2 4 8 16
\endverbatim

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\if man
\section aauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdalwarp
simple image reprojection and warping utility
\section wsynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdalwarp">gdalwarp</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdalwarp 
    [-s_srs srs_def] [-t_srs srs_def] [-order n] [-et err_threshold]
    [-te xmin ymin xmax ymax] [-tr xres yres] [-ts width height]
	[-wo "NAME=VALUE"] [-ot Byte/Int16/...] [-wt Byte/Int16]
    [-srcnodata value [value...]] [-dstnodata value [value...]]
    [-rn] [-rb] [-rc] [-rcs] [-wm memory_in_mb] [-multi] [-q]
    [-of format] [-co "NAME=VALUE"]* srcfile dstfile
\endverbatim

\if man
\section wdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

<p>
The gdalwarp utility is a simple image reprojection and warping
      utility. The program can reproject to any support projection,
      and can also apply GCPs stored with the image if the image is "raw"
with control information.

<p>
<dl>
<dt> <b>-s_srs</b> <em>srs def</em>:</dt><dd> source spatial reference
 set. The coordinate systems that can be passed are anything supported
 by the OGRSpatialReference.SetFromUserInput() call, which includes
 EPSG PCS and GCSes (ie. EPSG:4296), PROJ.4 declarations (as above),
 or the name of a .prf file containing well known text.</dd>
<dt> <b>-t_srs</b> <em>srs_def</em>:</dt><dd> target spatial reference set. The
coordinate systems that can be passed are anything supported by the
OGRSpatialReference.SetFromUserInput() call, which includes EPSG PCS
and GCSes (ie. EPSG:4296), PROJ.4 declarations (as above), or the name
of a .prf file containing well known text.</dd>
<dt> <b>-order</b> <em>n</em>:</dt><dd> order of polynom used for warping (1 to 3). The default is to figure out the best order.</dd>
<dt> <b>-et</b> <em>err_threshold</em>:</dt><dd> error threshold for transformation approximation (in pixel units - defaults to 0.125).</dd>
<dt> <b>-te</b> <em>xmin ymin xmax ymax</em>:</dt></dd> set georeferenced extents of output file to be created.</dd>
<dt> <b>-tr</b> <em>xres yres</em>:</dt><dd> set output file resolution (in target georeferenced units)</dd>
<dt> <b>-ts</b> <em>width height</em>:</dt><dd> set output file size in
pixels and lines</dd>
<dt> <b>-wo</b> <em>"NAME=VALUE"</em>:</dt><dd> Set a warp options. There is a
 <a href="warptut.html#warpoptions">list</a> of available ones. Multiple
 <b>-wo</b> options may be listed.</dd>
<dt> <b>-ot</b> <em>type</em>:</dt><dd> For the output bands to be of the indicated
 data type.</dd>
<dt> <b>-wt</b> <em>type</em>:</dt><dd> Working pixel data type. The datatype of
 pixels in the source image and destination image buffers.</dd>
<dt> <b>-rn</b>:</dt><dd> Use nearest neighbour resampling (default, fastest algorithm, worst
 interpolation quality).</dd>
<dt> <b>-rb</b>:</dt><dd> Use bilinear resampling.</dd>
<dt> <b>-rc</b>:</dt><dd> Use cubic resampling.</dd>
<dt> <b>-rcs</b>:</dt><dd> Use cubic spline resampling (slowest
algorithm).</dd>
<dt> <b>-srcnodata</b> <em>value [value...]</em>:</dt><dd> Set nodata masking values for input bands (different values can be supplied for each band). 
 Masked values will not be used in interpolation.</dd>
<dt> <b>-dstnodata</b> <em>value [value...]</em>:</dt><dd> Set nodata values for output bands (different values can be supplied for each band).  New files
will be initialized to this value and if possible the nodata value will be
recorded in the output file.</dd>
<dt> <b>-wm</b> <em>memory_in_mb</em>:</dt><dd> Set the amount of memory (in megabytes) that the warp API is allowed to use for caching.</dd>
<dt> <b>-multi</b>:</dt><dd> Use multithreaded warping implementation.
 Multiple threads will be used to process chunks of image and perform
 input/output operation simultaneously.</dd>
<dt> <b>-q</b>:</dt><dd> Be quiet.</dd>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <em>format</em>:</dt><dd> Select the output format. The default is GeoTIFF (GTiff). Use the short format name. </dd>
<dt> <b>-co</b> <em>"NAME=VALUE"</em>:</dt><dd> passes a creation
 option to the output format driver. Multiple <b>-co</b> options may be
 listed. See format specific documentation for legal creation options
 for each format. </dd>
<dt> <em>srcfile</em>:</dt><dd> The source file name. </dd>
<dt> <em>dstfile</em>:</dt><dd> The destination file name. </dd>
</dl>

Mosaicing into an existing output file is supported if the output file 
already exists. 

<p>
\if man
\section wexample EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

For instance, an eight bit spot scene stored in GeoTIFF with
control points mapping the corners to lat/long could be warped to a UTM
projection with a command like this:<p>

\verbatim
gdalwarp -t_srs '+proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84' raw_spot.tif utm11.tif
\endverbatim

For instance, the second channel of an ASTER image stored in HDF with
control points mapping the corners to lat/long could be warped to a UTM
projection with a command like this:<p>

\verbatim
gdalwarp HDF4_SDS:ASTER_L1B:"pg-PR1B0000-2002031402_100_001":2 pg-PR1B0000-2002031402_100_001_2.tif
\endverbatim

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\if man
\section wauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdaltindex

builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex
\section isynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdaltindex">gdaltindex</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] index_file [gdal_file]*
\endverbatim


\if man
\section idescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster file, 
an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry outlining the
raster.  This output is suitable for use with UMN MapServer as a raster 
tileindex. 

<ul>
<li> The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist.
<li> The default tile index field is 'location'.
<li> Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified
on the commandline.
<li> Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same
coordinate system as the rasters.
</ul>

\if man
\section iexample EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
\endverbatim

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\if man
\section wauthor AUTHOR
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>

builds vector contour lines from a raster elevation model
\section isynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdal_contour">gdal_contour</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
Usage: gdal_contour [-b <band>] [-a <attribute_name>] [-3d] [-inodata]
                    [-snodata n] [-f <formatname>] [-i <interval>]
                    [-off <offset>] [-fl <level> <level>...]
                    <src_filename> <dst_filename> <interval>
\endverbatim


\if man
\section idescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This program generates a vector contour file from the input raster elevation
model (DEM). 

<dl>
<dt> <b>-s_srs</b> <em>srs def</em>:</dt><dd> source spatial reference
 set. The coordinate systems that can be passed are anything supported
 by the OGRSpatialReference.SetFromUserInput() call, which includes
 EPSG PCS and GCSes (ie. EPSG:4296), PROJ.4 declarations (as above),
 or the name of a .prf file containing well known text.</dd>
</dl

<dt> <b>-b</b> <em>band</em>:</dt><dd> picks a particular band to get the DEM from.  Defaults to band 1.</dd>

<dt> <b>-a</b> <em>name</em>:</dt><dd>provides a name for the attribute in which to put the elevation. If not provided no elevation attribute is attached. </dd>
<dt> <b>-3d</b>:</dt> <dd>
      Force production of 3D vectors instead of 2D.  Includes elevation at
      every vertex.</dd>

<dt> <b>-inodata</b>:</dt> <dd> Ignore any nodata value implied in the dataset - treat all values as valid.</dd>

<dt> <b>-snodata</b> <em>value</em>:</dt><dd>
 Input pixel value to treat as "nodata". </dd>

<dt> <b>-f</b> <em>format</em>:</dt> <dd>
create output in a particular format, default is shapefiles.</dd>

<dt> <b>-i</b> <em>interval</em>:</dt><dd>
 elevation interval between contours.</dd>

<dt> <b>-off</b> <em>offset</em>:</dt><dd>
 Offset from zero relative to which to interpret intervals.</dd>

<dt> <b>-fl</b> <em>level</em>:</dt>
<dd> Name one or more "fixed levels" to extract.</dd>
</dl>

\if man
\section iexample EXAMPLE
\endif

\htmlonly
Example:
\endhtmlonly

This would create 10meter contours from the DEM data in dem.tif and produce
a shapefile in contour.shp/shx/dbf with the contour elevations in the "elev"
attribute.

\verbatim
gdal_contour -a elev dem.tif contour.shp 10.0
\endverbatim

<!-- ====================================================================== -->

\if man
\section iauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page rgb2pct.py
converts an image into a pseudo-colored image
\section rsynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="rgb2pct">rgb2pct.py</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
rgb2pct.py [-n colors] [-of format] source_file dest_file
\endverbatim

\if man
\section rdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This utility will compute an optimal pseudo-color table for a given RGB image
using a median cut algorithm on a downsampled RGB histogram.   Then it 
converts the image into a pseudo-colored image using the color table.
This conversion utilizes Floyd-Steinberg dithering (error diffusion) to 
maximize output image visual quality. 

<dl>
<dt> <b>-n</b> <i>colors</i>:</dt><dd> Select the number of colors in the generated
color table.  Defaults to 256.  Must be between 2 and 256. </dd>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <i>format</i>:</dt><dd> Format to generated (defaults to GeoTIFF).  Same
semantics as the <b>-of</b> flag for gdal_translate.  Only output formats
supporting pseudocolor tables should be used. </dd>
<dt> <i>source_file</i>:</dt><dd> The input RGB file. </dd>
<dt> <i>dest_file</i>:</dt><dd> The output pseudo-colored file that will be
created.</dd>
</dl>

NOTE: rgb2pct.py is a Python script, and will only work if GDAL was built
with Python support.  

<!-- ====================================================================== -->

\if man
\section iauthor AUTHOR
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>

converts an image into a pseudo-colored image
\section rsynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="pct2rgb">pct2rgb.py</a></h2>
Usage: 
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
pct2rgb.py [-of format] [-b band] source_file dest_file
\endverbatim

\if man
\section rdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This utility will convert a pseudocolor band on the input file into an output
RGB file of the desired format. 

<dl>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <i>format</i>:</dt><dd> Format to generated (defaults to GeoTIFF).</dd>
<dt> <b>-b</b> <i>band</i>:</dt><dd> 
Band to convert to RGB, defaults to 1.</dd>
<dt> <i>source_file</i>:</dt><dd> The input file. </dd>
<dt> <i>dest_file</i>:</dt><dd> The output RGB file that will be
created.</dd>
</dl>

NOTE: rgb2pct.py is a Python script, and will only work if GDAL was built
with Python support.

<!-- ====================================================================== -->

\if man
\section rauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdal_merge.py
 mosaics a set of images
\section msynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdal_merge">gdal_merge.py</a></h2>
Usage:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdal_merge.py [-o out_filename] [-of out_format] [-co NAME=VALUE]*
                     [-ps pixelsize_x pixelsize_y] [-separate] [-v] [-pct]
                     [-ul_lr ulx uly lrx lry] [-n nodata_value] [-init value]
                     input_files
\endverbatim
\if man
\section mdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This utility will automatically mosaic a set of images.  All the images must
be in the same coordinate system and have a matching number of bands, but 
they may be overlapping, and at different resolutions.

<dl>
<dt> <b>-o</b> <i>out_filename</i>:</dt><dd> The name of the output file to be
created.</dd>
<dt> <b>-of</b> <i>format</i>:</dt><dd> 
Output format, defaults to GeoTIFF (GTiff). 
</dd>
<dt> <b>-co</b> <i>NAME=VALUE</i>:</dt><dd> 
Creation option for output file.  Multiple options can be specified.
</dd>
<dt> <b>-ps</b> <i>pixelsize_x pixelsize_y</i>:</dt><dd> Pixel size to be used for the
output file.  If not specified the resolution of the first input file will
be used.</dd>
<dt> <b>-ul_lr</b> <i>ulx uly lrx lry</i>:</dt><dd> The extents of the output file. 
If not specified the aggregate extents of all input files will be
used.</dd>
<dt>
<dt> <b>-v</b>:</dt><dd> Generate verbose output of mosaicing operations as they are done.</dd>
<dt> <b>-separate</b>:</dt><dd> 
Place each input file into a separate <i>stacked</i> band. 
</dd>
<dt> <b>-pct</b>:</dt><dd> 
Grab a pseudocolor table from the first input image, and use it for the output.
Merging pseudocolored images this way assumes that all input files use the same
color table.
</dd>
<dt> <b>-n</b> <i>nodata_value</i>:</dt><dd> 
Ignore pixels from files being merged in with this pixel value. 
</dd>
<dt> <b>-init</b> <i>value</i>:</dt><dd> 
Pre-initialize the output file with this value.  However, it is not marked
as the nodata value in the output file. 
</dd>
</dl>

NOTE: gdal_merge.py is a Python script, and will only work if GDAL was built
with Python support.

<!-- ====================================================================== -->

\if man
\section mauthor AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de>
*/
/*! \page gdal-config

determines various information about a GDAL installation
\section csynopsis SYNOPSIS
\endif

\htmlonly
<h2><a name="gdal-config">gdal-config</a></h2>
Usage:
\endhtmlonly

\verbatim
gdal-config [OPTIONS]
Options:
        [--prefix[=DIR]]
        [--libs]
        [--cflags]
        [--version]
        [--ogr-enabled]
        [--formats]
\endverbatim

\if man
\section cdescription DESCRIPTION
\endif

This utility script (available on Unix systems) can be used to determine
various information about a GDAL installation.  It is normally just used
by configure scripts for applications using GDAL but can be queried by an
end user. 

<dl>
<dt> <b>--prefix</b>:</dt><dd> the top level directory for the GDAL
installation.</dd>
<dt> <b>--libs</b>:</dt><dd> The libraries and link directives required to
use GDAL.</dd>
<dt> <b>--cflags</b>:</dt><dd> The include and macro definition required to compiled
modules using GDAL.</dd>
<dt> <b>--version</b>:</dt><dd> Reports the GDAL version.</dd>
<dt> <b>--ogr-enabled</b>:</dt><dd> Reports "yes" or "no" to standard output depending
on whether OGR is built into GDAL.</dd>
<dt> <b>--formats</b>:</dt><dd> Reports which formats are configured into GDAL to
stdout.</dd>
</dl>

*/



