GDAL-RASTER-FILL-NODATA(1) GDAL GDAL-RASTER-FILL-NODATA(1) NAME gdal-raster-fill-nodata - Fill nodata values in a raster dataset Added in version 3.11. SYNOPSIS Usage: gdal raster fill-nodata [OPTIONS] Fill nodata raster regions by interpolation from edges. Positional arguments: -i, --input Input raster datasets [required] [not available in pipelines] -o, --output Output raster dataset [required] [not available in pipelines] Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] -q, --quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar or warning message) [not available in pipelines] Options: -f, --of, --format, --output-format Output format ("GDALG" allowed) [not available in pipelines] --co, --creation-option = Creation option [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] --overwrite Whether overwriting existing output dataset is allowed [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with --append --append Append as a subdataset to existing output [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with --overwrite -b, --band Input band (1-based index) (default: 1) -d, --max-distance The maximum distance (in pixels) that the algorithm will search out for values to interpolate. (default: 100) -s, --smoothing-iterations The number of 3x3 average filter smoothing iterations to run after the interpolation to dampen artifacts. The default is zero smoothing iterations. (default: 0) --mask Use the first band of the specified file as a validity mask (zero is invalid, non-zero is valid). --strategy By default, pixels are interpolated using an inverse distance weighting (invdist). It is also possible to choose a nearest neighbour (nearest) strategy.. STRATEGY=invdist|nearest (default: invdist) Advanced Options: --if, --input-format Input formats [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] --oo, --open-option = Open options [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] DESCRIPTION gdal raster fill-nodata fills nodata areas by interpolating from valid pixels around the edges of the area. This subcommand is also available as a potential step of gdal raster pipeline (since GDAL 3.12) Added in version 3.12. GDALG OUTPUT (ON-THE-FLY / STREAMED DATASET) This program supports serializing the command line as a JSON file using the GDALG output format. The resulting file can then be opened as a raster dataset using the GDALG: GDAL Streamed Algorithm driver, and apply the specified pipeline in a on-the-fly / streamed way. NOTE: However this algorithm is not natively streaming compatible. Consequently a temporary dataset will be generated, which may cause significant processing time at opening. PROGRAM-SPECIFIC OPTIONS -b, --band Select an input to be processed. Bands are numbered from 1. Default is the first band of the input dataset. --mask Use the first band of the specified file as a validity mask (zero is invalid, non-zero is valid). --max-distance Specifies the maximum distance (in pixels) that the algorithm will search out for values to interpolate. Default is 100 pixels. --smoothing-iterations Specifies the number of smoothing iterations to apply to the filled raster. This can help to reduce artifacts in the filled areas. Default is 0 iterations. --strategy Select the interpolation to use. By default, pixels are interpolated using an inverse distance weighting (invdist). It is also possible to choose a nearest neighbour (nearest) strategy. STANDARD OPTIONS --append Append input raster as a new subdataset to an existing output file. Only works with drivers that support adding subdatasets such as GTiff -- GeoTIFF File Format and GPKG -- GeoPackage raster This also creates the output dataset if it does not exist yet. --co, --creation-option = Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can be used to control particulars about the file created. For instance, the GeoTIFF driver supports creation options to control compression, and whether the file should be tiled. May be repeated. The creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the --formats command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See Raster drivers format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format. --if, --input-format Format/driver name to be attempted to open the input file(s). It is generally not necessary to specify it, but it can be used to skip automatic driver detection, when it fails to select the appropriate driver. This option can be repeated several times to specify several candidate drivers. Note that it does not force those drivers to open the dataset. In particular, some drivers have requirements on file extensions. May be repeated. --oo, --open-option = Dataset open option (format specific). May be repeated. -f, --of, --format, --output-format Which output raster format to use. Allowed values may be given by gdal --formats | grep raster | grep rw | sort --overwrite Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Otherwise, by default, gdal errors out if the target file or dataset already exists. RETURN STATUS CODE The program returns status code 0 in case of success, and non-zero in case of error (non-blocking errors emitted as warnings are considered as a successful execution). EXAMPLES Example 1: Fill nodata areas in a raster The command specifies to use the second band of the input raster, 50 px max distance, 3 smoothing iterations and the nearest strategy for interpolation. The output will be saved in output.tif. gdal raster fill-nodata -b 2 --max-distance 50 --smoothing-iterations 3 \ --strategy nearest --mask mask.tif \ input.tif output.tif AUTHOR Alessandro Pasotti COPYRIGHT 1998-2026 August 18, 2026 GDAL-RASTER-FILL-NODATA(1)