Questions tagged [gdal-merge]
A utility used to merge small image tiles to create a bigger image
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Merging DEMs in QGIS?
Not the first problem I've had with DEMs in QGIS 3.4. Trying to merge 6 DEM tiles together into one. Process for this is simple: go to Raster --> Miscellaneous --> Merge. Once in the menu, select ...
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Joining file pair for batch gdal_merge.py
I am new to Python and I have been going through past questions and searching trying to determine best way to batch mosaic files. I have a list of .tifs that have been converted from .hdf files I am ...
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Odd Color Shift after Merging Rasters in QGIS
I have a large number of raster orthophotos that I'm trying to merge into a single image using QGIS. The merge completes but the color is significantly off afterwards, as shown here:
This seems like ...
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Overlaying and exporting rasters in QGIS?
I have in QGIS a higher quality GeoTIFF overlayed on a larger, lower quality GeoTIFF. I reprojected one raster into the coordinate system of the other.
How can I export these to a single GeoTIFF ...
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Error in Raster/Merge tool
I am completely new to QGIS. I am on a Mac using OS 10.13.6. I have installed QGIS 3.6, and installed Python 3.6.8 per install instructions. I opened a terminal window to check python install:
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Blown out TIFF image after merge in QGIS?
I'm attempting to merge four GeoTIFF images in QGIS for the first time and am getting unexpected results.
Navigating to Raster --> Miscellaneous --> Merge..., I set up the merge as follows:
Once the ...
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gdal_merge novalue
I managed to run gdal_merge for multiple geotiles (jpeg).
I am using the following options:
command = "gdal_merge.py -init 0 -a_nodata 0 -co COMPRESS=LZW -co BIGTIFF=YES -o "+out_bez+" -of gtiff " +...
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gdal_merge adds black borders
I'm using gdal_merge.py to merge a few GeoTIFF's into a GeoPackage. The source files are UTM33 projection, 3 bands (RGB) without Nodata tags. They make up a non-rectangular mosaic, so gdal_merge ...
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osgeo4mac QGIS 3.4.4 issues with gdal's merge
I'm trying to run the gdal mosaic tool from QGIS3 homebrew osgeo4mac, but when I run it I get this error:
2019-02-11T18:25:17 INFO gdal_merge.py -ot Float32 -of GTiff -o /private/var/folders/...
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Using GDAL to extract Corner Coordinates based on a jpg file's GPS EXIF data?
I have ~100 jpeg images taken by a Drone. I tried to use gdal_merge to merge them and create a big tile GeoTIFF image. gdal_merge spends lots of time, and in the end, it just put each jpeg image ...
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Error while creating large TIFF with gdal_merge
I need to merge two TIFFs into one, but the output is larger than 4 GB. So, it needs to be a BigTIFF. But the "BIGTIFF=YES" creation option seems to be ignored. Here's the error:
$ gdal_merge.py -...
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Why isn't merge in QGIS working for me?
I am attempting to merge 153 geotifs into one large geotif of the Portland area. This is what my rasters looked like before the merge:
Here is a zoomed in image:
This is what the raster looks like ...
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gdal_merge.py not executing
When I type gdal_merge.py into Terminal, the output is -bash: gdal_merge.py: command not found.
I installed 3.4.0 Madeira [from this link] for macOS 10.13 (https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/...
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Keeping band names with gdal_merge.py?
I am using gdal_merge.py to merge different mosaic rasters each contains 20 bands with different names. However, when using gdal_merge.py the bands are renamed as band1, band2, ..., band20. How can I ...
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Using gdalwarp to merge bands into a mosaic created by gdal_merge?
I have created a mosaic with gdal_merge.py using the following command:
gdal_merge.py -createonly -separate -co PHOTOMETRIC=RGB -o merged.tif LE07_L1TP_046030_20180810_20180810_01_RT_b3.tif ...
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Georeferencing metadata in GeoTIFF files
I am generating maps as TIFFs using the raster package (writeRaster) in R to generate small tiles, then as a final step, combining the tiles via the GDAL script gdal_merge.py.
I thought the resulting ...
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Unable to use gdal_merge.py from Python Script
If I execute this script in windows with x86 Python, works just fine. Also from command line directly.
import os, subprocess
gm = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Program Files (x86)', 'GDAL', 'gdal_merge.py')
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How to edit the metadata for individual bands of a multiband raster, preferably with GDAL?
I created a multiband raster using the gdal_merge.py utility where each band represents a measurement from a different year:
gdal_merge.py -o stack.tif -ot float32 -separate -a_nodata -9999 DEM_2012....
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How to display a bright and realistic GeoTIFF using GDAL?
I am using GDAL (gdal_merge) to put together some landsat photos using the proper bands. When I open the GeoTIFF that is created using gdal_merge (in Windows), the GeoTIFF is super dark. Now, when I ...
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Corruption of export using Merge feature in QGIS 3
Using QGIS 3.2.0 - Bonn
I'm getting a nasty corruption when trying to use the Merge feature to pull together a selection of .map (OziExplorer) files and merge into a single .bmp file. They load in ...
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How to mosaic two tif data by gdal_merge [closed]
my method is as follows(Some paths have been omitted.)
enter code here gdal_merge.py F:\test_data\LC81210402013278LGN00_B1.TIF F:\test_data\LC81220402013285LGN00_B1.TIF -o F:\mo529.tif
but failed,...
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Raster mosaic error: Format driver GMT does not support creation and piecewise writing
I am novice in using QGIS and other GIS software and am trying to create mosaics of NOAA raster nautical charts. Using pulldown menus, I entered raster>misc>merge and chose two NOAA charts and then ...
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gdal_merge.py not found
I'm newbie with Linux and QGIS. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and QGIS 3.0 Girona and I can't do mosaic from a raster pile because the following log error message returns:
Processing algorithm… ...
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JPEG compressed Geotiff files convert to JPEG without loss
I am new to GIS application and had just started working with Geotiff files.
Background:
Currently, I am provided with big Geotiff files around 200 MB - 500 MB each as raw data from my vendors.
Are ...
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GDAL merge of DEM data resulting in large black tiles, elevation min/max problem?
I am new to QGIS (former Arc user) and having trouble with the raster merge tool.
I am merging 7 tiles of SRTM arc 1 data to cover a province in eastern Ecuador. Data is resulting in large areas of ...
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How to control band order generation in GDAL Merge?
I am trying to merge a total of 8 GeoTiff files (each one representing a single band) into a single TIF file using Gdal Merge in QGIS. The tool works, but does not allow me to select the order that ...
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gdal_merge: ERROR 1: Attempt to create 590x-369 dataset is illegal,sizes must be larger than zero
I am attempting to merge 600+ .tif files using gdal_merge.py (GDAL 2.2.2, released 2017/09/15) but I'm getting this error:
ERROR 1: Attempt to create 590x-369 dataset is illegal,sizes must be
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When should I use gdal_merge.py?
When building a single georeferenced image from a collection of tiles, gdalbuildvrt followed by gdal_translate is much faster than gdal_merge.py.
In my own measurements of
gdal_merge.py \
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gdal_vrtmerge.py vs. gdalbuildvrt
In the gdalbuildvrt documentation, I read
This utility is somehow equivalent to the gdal_vrtmerge.py utility [...]
So what is the difference (if any) between gdalbuildvrt and gdal_vrtmerge.py?
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Using multiple tiff files as a data store in Geoserver
I have hundreds of tifs I want to use as a data store on my Geoserver. So many that QGIS won't merge them for me. I heard some about .vrt but I never found a clear source of information on the ...
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GMT instead GTiff while merging rasters: error message [duplicate]
My question is linked to that post (Saving an output file during merging on QGIS) as I have exactly the same issue but as the guy couldn't provide screenshots and the post is unachieved, I ask again ...
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How to fix positive North-South Pixel size in GeoTIFF with GDAL
I have issues with some GeoTIFF raster files with positive NS resolution (North-South)
gdalinfo gave me this:
Pixel Size = (1.000000000000000,1.000000000000000)
I run into all kind of problem with ...
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Merge tiffs into a single multi banded tiff
I have two geoTIFFS. The files cover the exact same area, both have 1 band(Block = 256x256) and both have a no data value of 0. They also have the same coordinate system.
I want to merge the files ...
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gdal_merge'd files take more space
I have two 3.6 MB GeoTIFF compressed with LZW. When I merge them with:
gdal_merge.py *.tif -o ~/out.tif -co COMPRESS=LZW -co BIGTIFF=YES
The files is 10x larger at 31 MB.
Is there some reason the ...
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gdal_merge.py just copies first input image
I am working with Sentinel-2 data, which I want to collect for a ROI that unfortunately is covered by two different (neighboring) granules. After downloading the granules, I cut them and convert them ...
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How to merge multiple geotiffs by the maximum value using gdal_merge.py?
I'm try to use the gdal_merge.py to generate a a big composite image considering the maximum value per pixel (to avoid the no data value).
But I didn't find this option for gdal_merge.py.
My code is:...
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Raster merge leaves gap where one file has no data
So I gave up on using the Raster|Misc|Merge... command in QGIS because it always crashes. I tried using the merge tool from the GDAL/OGR Processing Toolbox instead. That runs OK, but it puts a gap ...
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Merging Multiple JP2 image files on QGIS
I have about 150 Images that I need to merge together. I have tried to go about this by using the GDAL misc > merge tool but it is too much for QGIS to handle with even 20 images at a time. I was ...
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gdalbuildvrt vs gdal_merge on overlapping images
I once have used gdalbuildvrt on georeferenced images. That was okay when images did not overlap, It was also time efficient compared to gdal_merge or gdal_warp. Now I have overlapping images and ...
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How to merge raster scenes while maintaining small file size?
I have 4 scenes of raster images that I need to merge. Average size of the scenes is only 60 MB, but the merged scene ended up at 6 GB in file size. Does anyone know why this happened?
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Creating empty space when merging multiple GEOTIFF files?
I have multiple GEOTIFF files containing information regarding atmospheric parameters. Due to a lack of data in certain regions, I've had to do my geospatial processing separately on them.
Now I'd ...
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Creating RGB composite using GDAL: resampling?
I want to use gdal_merge.py for creating rgb composite from 3 bands with the same qualities (resolution, crs..), but here I found that gdal_merge.py is using nearest neighbor resampling method.
Is ...
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calling gdal_merge into python script
I am new to python and breaking my head on how to use gdal_merge in a (spyder) python script. I use Windows 10, Python 3.6 and have the gdal tool installed from osgeo4w. I realize many other posts ...
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get rgb images from sentinel-2 using gdal
i have some troubles to get RGB true colors image from sentinel satellite bands
wich produce this
to me it looks not natural at all
also i have tried gdal to do the merge with :
gdal_merge -o ...
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gdal_merge.py cannot import gdal in Windows 7 Anaconda GDAL Installation
I have an installation of GDAL through Anaconda that is mostly working, but it throws an ImportError whenever I run gdal_merge.py:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\...
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Nonstandard GDAL and BIGTIFF: Is there a hidden flag / env variable?
I'm having some trouble with GDAL and BIGTIFF support. I work on a multi user cluster, and the defaults for GDAL are 1.9.2 there. I've built GDAL 2.1.3, libtiff, libgeotiff, and proj4, making sure ...
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pyqgis processing runalg release input in windows
I am having problems with deleting files on disk after using "processing.runalg()" in a plugin I created when running it in windows. I have no problem in linux.
I found an issue regarding the same ...
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GDAL_Merge Creates Washed Out Image
I'm attempting to use gdal_merge to stitch together four JP2 aerial orthophotos. the merge is successful, but the resulting image has washed out color, as you can see here:
All color in the four ...
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Permission problems using GDAL
I know this kind of problem as been posted previously, but I can't solve my problem with the answers.
I'm running a simple gdal_merge command, but I get shut down every time by permission problems. I'...
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What is the order of raster after stacking them?
When I merge a lot of raster files I don't know what is the order that they forward in the new file (stacking).
How do I know the name of band 1 (and others ones) in the other file that I have had ...
