Questions tagged [vrt]
GDAL Virtual Dataset (XML based)
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Difference between merge and create virtual raster
I have the DEM of a defined region that has been split into sub-DEM with a resolution of 1 km x 1 km. When I merge the sub-DEM to create a single DEM (Raster -> Miscellaneous -> Merge), the overall ...
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Many-Many Relationship in GDAL Pixel Functions
I am using pixel functions (in Python) in VRT derived data sets. As far as I know it is only possible to use One-One or Many-One relationships within a pixel function. In other words, the in_ar ...
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How to obtain elevation info from VRT file?
I have a VRT mosaic file I made from thousands of ESRI GRID files.
It looks something like this.
<VRTDataset rasterXSize="111831" rasterYSize="94785">
<SRS dataAxisToSRSAxisMapping="1,2"&...
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stack_raster.cpp:35:99: error: 'YES' was not declared in this scope
I've been playing around with C++ and the API for GDAL to create some functions that I have done using Python. One of them was to create a virtual raster based on a list of files found in certain ...
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Grid specification with multiple z fields/attributes in VRT-file in GDAL
I am trying to transform a csv file into a tiff-file (raster). As a first step I am creating a VRT-file. My csv has the following row structure:
E_KOORD,N_KOORD,Z1,Z2,Z3
How do I correctly specify ...
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Create elevation-service from geotiff using python and gdal
I'd like to create a little server for us, that tells us the elevation of a point in a geotiff file. I already got it working basically using the following:
dataset = gdal.Open('test_file.tif', gdal....
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QGIS VRT values differ from the source rasters
Background:
I have six adjacent DEMs (NED 1/3 arc-second .img files from The National Map). The min-max values among the six range from:
90.4 - 2100.0
Problem:
Using the 3.6.2 Raster > ...
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Is saving rasters to VRT bad convention?
I'm working with a lot of rasters (dozens of thousands) and would like to store them for a while. They will be used intermittently, but never all at once! The size of VRT (~2 kb) is such a positive ...
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Generating VRT in batch at GDAL
Is there any way to generate a virtual batch (.vrt) in batch? I imagine the coordinates should be in a .txt file and related to the name of the images that will be cropped.
There are more than 1,000 ...
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GDAL/ogr2ogr .vrt driver - ERROR 1: Unable to find source field [closed]
We are using ogr2ogr to convert GML to Geopackage v1.2, using a .vrt to enforce a "schema" (reason: the greater control it offers over using a .gfs mapping file (e.g. enforcing nullable fields, ...
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VRT Files from QGIS2+ makes QGIS3 crash when opened
We got a bunch of VRT files that we made using QGIS 2 and which reference a varying number of ECW files (from 8 to 300).
Those VRT files were perfectly runing QGIS 2.18.
Problem is: Opening those ...
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sampling error using gdalwarp on a subsetted VRT?
I am currently trying to prepare an SRTM subset including height conversion from EGM96 to WGS84 using gdalwarp. I encountered some strange shifts in part of the image.
Here is a reproducible example:
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gdal_translate errors with VRT: GetBlockRef failed and IReadBlock failed
I am projecting global rasters with the Homolosine. gdalwarp reprojects it nicely, but it does not compress the output, that must be done afterwards with gdal_translate. To reduce computation time, I ...
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When building a VRT in QGIS, which input raster will be assigned which band number?
I don't understand how QGIS assigns the band numbers to the input rasters for a virtual raster catalogue. Unfortunately the bands in the compiled virtual raster catalogue will only have the names "...
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Creating tiles from complex VRT
I have thousands of GeoTIFF source files that cover whole country in 6 different layers.
I have created VRT file for each layer.
I loaded everything in QGIS, assigning correct colors to bands in ...
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How to construct dataset in memory that is built from CSV and VRT file?
I'm using GDAL .Net wrapper, GDAL.Net.
I have a list of scattered points ( in X,Y,Z coordinates) that I would like to rasterized via the function GDAL_GRID( or via the underlying .Net wrapper, Gdal....
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QGIS: can I somehow display a virtual raster of 7000 zipped GeoTiffs?
I've built a virtual raster of 7000 zipped geotiffs (each about 3600x2400 px). The GeoTIFFs have overviews.
I've tried to open it with QGIS desktop application (via Add Raster Layer).
Alas, QGIS ...
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Add a NoData buffer to a raster with rasterio
I am currently trying to extract Web Mercator tiles from a Geotiff raster using rasterio VRT (version 1.0rc5). The tiles sometimes exceed the extent of the raster, which causes me trouble.
Reading ...
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Building pyramids of virtual raster not permanent when file is moved
I have a folder saved under:
C:\QGIS\Active Layers\
In the "Active Layers" folder there our two folders; one called "Geotiffs" and the other "Virtual Raster".
In QGIS 2.18.20 I created a virtual ...
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GDAL/OGR Error: Cyclic VRT opening detected
GDAL 2.2.4 (64bit Windows) throws an error during opening of a cyclic OGRVRT file.
There was no problem with cyclic VRTs in GDAL 1.10.1 (32bit Windows).
Here is a sample VRT file, which I used to ...
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QGIS 3.0.3 - Shift when saving image from Google Satellite as VRT
I tried to save Google satellite images with "save as", using VRT option, and setting up the correct resolution. Everything works but the resulting image is slightly shifted to the north, about 3 ...
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Increase contrast of merged Planet Labs scenes
I've download a few PlanetScope scenes from Celaya, MX.
Taken alone they have a good contrast.
Then I've merged them with gdalbuildvrt, which lowered the contrast: Link
I've thought, that I could ...
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gdal_translate consuming too much memory when writing big JPEG2000 file
I am converting a 30.000 x 30.000 vrt image (made of JPEG2000 subimages) into a single (big) JPEG2000 image, using the KDU plugin.
gdal_translate -of JP2KAK -co QUALITY=100 my30000_3000.vrt myOutput....
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OGR SQL Query not working in VRT layer
I'm having trouble with one SQL query I'm using on a shapefile in my VRT layer. My goal is to import several shapefiles to a PDF using OGR, GDAL and Python.
My shapefile has follwing structure: ...
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OGR set different features to column name in PDF
I'm trying to import shapefile data into a geospatial PDF using OGR and Python.
My shapefiles are structured as follow: shapefile1.shp: {stratt1: string1, intatt1: 1, ...} and shapefile2.shp: {...
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Set georeferenced extents of VRT file when calling GDALBuildVRT
I'm using Jupyter Notebook and gdalbuildvrt to write a program that loads hundreds of rasters. I want to set an area of interest, and only keep rasters (or portions of rasters) that fall in this area.
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Importing CSV (via VRT) to PostGIS is slow with -skipfailures?
I am importing about 60 million records of csv data (about 25gb) to Postgresql server using ogr2ogr
After googling million times, I found out that I can make VRT file and uploading my csv file using ...
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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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Forming vrt of 4139 ecw files?
I have 4139 ecw files of aerial photography that I would like to be able to open fairly easily and quickly in a QGIS project. I thought a virtual raster would be the way but when I have tried it comes ...
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C++ GDAL API: Add more than one rasters to VRT
I want to add more than one tiff file into a vrt file, Well Based on GDAL documentations it is possible to create a vrt using this code
GDALDriver *poDriver = (GDALDriver *) GDALGetDriverByName( "VRT"...
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How to mask one raster using another?
I wish to apply one raster (GeoTIFF) as a mask to another raster. How can I do this using GDAL tools? I'd be happy to achieve this as a virtual raster because these images are large.
Will it be ...
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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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Reading an OGR VRT with geometry from an Oracle OCI data source
I am having trouble creating/reading OGR VRT files from an Oracle OCI data source.
I am running GDAL 2.2.1 on Windows 7 Professional SP1.
My data source is an Oracle 11g (11.2.0.4.0) 64bit database ...
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GDAL Warp to in-memory raster
So, I have a few rasters I need to use for processing, but the task requires them to be in a different SRS than they currently are. GDAL Warp would be the go-to solution, however, it saves the ...
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reprojecting a tif file
I have a tif file whose gdalinfo provides the above displayed information which is geographically projected and I have to assign Mercator 2SP projection to it. So I created lat.vrt, lon.vrt and data....
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Java GeoTools read VRT file
I am trying to read a GDAL VRT file.
I have included
<!-- VRT Format (reader) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
<artifactId>gt-...
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Getting error while assigning Geolocation to raster
I am using VIIRS imagery EDR dataset and trying to give Geolocation to Brightness Temperature layer by creating VRT files of Longitude, Latitude and Brightness Temperature layers given in HDF5 dataset....
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Not able to figure out what is wrong with geolocation or projection in upoaded raster
I am working on VIIRS SDR dataset. I had different layer of Brightness temperature, latitude and longitude in given .HDF5 dataset. Using reference from http://geoinformaticstutorial.blogspot.in/2014/...
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Getting ValueError while creating VRT using python
I am trying to create VRT file using python(GDAL). I am getting "ValueError: array larger than output file, or offset off edge".
How to solve this error?
Code written for the same is as follows.
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How to include long.vrt and lat.vrt into bt.vrt as x-dataset and y-dataset respectively, Using python?
I am using following code to create bt2.vrt file using python.
import numpy as np
import gdal
from gdalconst import *
import osr
# Function to read the original file's projection:
def GetGeoInfo(...
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Building virtual raster in QGIS?
I have attempted to build a virtual raster in QGIS to avoid working with several smaller mosaics.
That ended up well, and I saved all of these individual files as tiff files.
Now I am trying to save ...
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Reading Gdal VRT format
How can I read a gdal vrt file with GDALOpen function?
I have a vrt file built with gdalbuildvrt and I want to read it using GDALOpen but It returns a null dataset, Is it even possible?
In this code ...
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Python - gdal.Grid() correct use
Is there any good, complete API for the GDAL Python bindings?
I am interpolating and rasterizing points with elevation data using the gdal.Grid() method;
output = gdal.Grid('outcome.tif','newpoints....
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Gdal won't read geotiff in parallel, but will read it in serial, and will read virtual raster in parallel. Why?
My algorithm takes a global dataset at 30m resolution, breaks it up into pieces, analyzes the pieces somehow, and writes the analyzed piece to disk. As all the pieces are independent, this is ...
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Changing values of all rasters in VRT file
I am using MODIS data and have around 350 rasters. I have made "virtual rasters" containing them and I am wondering is there any way to change value of pixels of every raster inside virtual raster. ...
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Merge XYZ tilesets with different origins
So I have hit a snag. I wish to merge multiple XYZ tile sets together. Meaning I have multiple directories which contain tiles in the format /zoom/x/y.png.
I tried just copy and pasting them in to ...
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Java GDAL Bindings: Write Out VRT File
I would like to use Java GDAL bindings to subset a GeoTIFF and write the result in VRT format.
I have found several old posts, one of them states that this functionality is yet to be implemented in ...
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gdal2tiles Can Not Open Input File
I am using gdal2tiles to convert a vrt to tiles but getting the following message:
ERROR 4: 'Depth (Max).vrt' not recognized as a supported file format.
Usage: [.....]
gdal2tiles.py: error: It ...
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Saving VRT file crashes QGIS
When I load a .vrt file, the image comes in with a black and blue tint usually or is some other weird color. If I zoom in at all QGIS crashes and creates a minidump in my program folder. Also, when I ...
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Create VRT from TIFFs with different projections
Basically, I have a bunch of different TIFF files, each with their own projection (I think). I want to eventually mosaic and tile them all. But before I tile them I have to combine all the TIFFs in a ...
