GDALINFO(1) GDAL GDALINFO(1) (NAME) gdalinfo - GDAL (SYNOPSIS) Usage: gdalinfo [--help] [--long-usage] [--help-general] [-json] [-mm] [[-stats]|[-approx_stats]] [-hist] [-nogcp] [-nomd] [-norat] [-noct] [-nofl] [-nonodata] [-nomask] [-checksum] [-listmdd] [-proj4] [-wkt_format ] [-sd ] [-oo =]... [-if ]... [-mdd |all] (DESCRIPTION) gdalinfo GDAL . : "gdal": gdal raster info . --help --help-general GDAL . -json json. 3.6 GDAL - STAC () -stats -hist . -mm / (min/max) . -stats . . -approx_stats . . (overviews) (tiles) . . -hist () . -nogcp (GCPs). GCP L1B AVHRR HDF4 MODIS . -nomd (metadata). . -norat (raster attribute table). -noct (color table). -nonodata 3.10 . nodata. -nomask . GRIB2 .idx -nomd . -nomask 3.10 . . -nonodata . -checksum (checksum) . -listmdd (metadata domains) . -mdd |all : domain . all . -nofl . -wkt_format WKT1|WKT1_ESRI|WKT2|WKT2_2015|WKT2_2018|WKT2_2019 WKT SRS ( ). : WKT1 WKT1_ESRI WKT2 ( WKT WKT2_2019) WKT2_2015 WKT2_2018 () WKT2_2019 3.0.0 . -sd (subdataset) n ( 1). . -proj4 PROJ.4 . -oo = ( ). -if / () . . . . . 3.2 . gdalinfo ( ) : o . o ( ). o ( OGC WKT). o (geotransform) ( ). o / ( GCP). o (GCPs). o ( ). o . o . o . o . o / ( ). o ( ). o NODATA . o (overview) . o ( "meters" "feet" ). o (pseudo-color) . (RETURN STATUS CODE) 0 ( ). (C API) C GDALInfo() . (EXAMPLES) : $ gdalinfo utmsmall.tif Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF Files: utmsmall.tif Size is 100, 100 Coordinate System is: PROJCRS["NAD27 / UTM zone 11N", BASEGEOGCRS["NAD27", DATUM["North American Datum 1927", ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], ID["EPSG",4267]], CONVERSION["Transverse Mercator", METHOD["Transverse Mercator", ID["EPSG",9807]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-117, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",500000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",0, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8807]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["easting",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["northing",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ID["EPSG",26711]] Data axis to CRS axis mapping: 1,2 Origin = (440720.000000000000000,3751320.000000000000000) Pixel Size = (60.000000000000000,-60.000000000000000) Metadata: AREA_OR_POINT=Area Image Structure Metadata: INTERLEAVE=BAND Corner Coordinates: Upper Left ( 440720.000, 3751320.000) (117d38'28.21"W, 33d54' 8.47"N) Lower Left ( 440720.000, 3745320.000) (117d38'26.75"W, 33d50'53.66"N) Upper Right ( 446720.000, 3751320.000) (117d34'34.59"W, 33d54' 9.62"N) Lower Right ( 446720.000, 3745320.000) (117d34'33.28"W, 33d50'54.82"N) Center ( 443720.000, 3748320.000) (117d36'30.71"W, 33d52'31.66"N) Band 1 Block=100x81 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray : JSON wgs84Extent gdalinfo -json : JSON gdalinfo -json utmsmall.tif: { "description":"utmsmall.tif", "driverShortName":"GTiff", "driverLongName":"GeoTIFF", "files":[ "utmsmall.tif" ], "size":[ 100, 100 ], "coordinateSystem":{ "wkt":"PROJCRS[\"NAD27 / UTM zone 11N\",\n BASEGEOGCRS[\"NAD27\",\n DATUM[\"North American Datum 1927\",\n ELLIPSOID[\"Clarke 1866\",6378206.4,294.978698213898,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]]],\n PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433]],\n ID[\"EPSG\",4267]],\n CONVERSION[\"Transverse Mercator\",\n METHOD[\"Transverse Mercator\",\n ID[\"EPSG\",9807]],\n PARAMETER[\"Latitude of natural origin\",0,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8801]],\n PARAMETER[\"Longitude of natural origin\",-117,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8802]],\n PARAMETER[\"Scale factor at natural origin\",0.9996,\n SCALEUNIT[\"unity\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8805]],\n PARAMETER[\"False easting\",500000,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8806]],\n PARAMETER[\"False northing\",0,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8807]]],\n CS[Cartesian,2],\n AXIS[\"easting\",east,\n ORDER[1],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n AXIS[\"northing\",north,\n ORDER[2],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n ID[\"EPSG\",26711]]", "dataAxisToSRSAxisMapping":[ 1, 2 ] }, "geoTransform":[ 440720.0, 60.0, 0.0, 3751320.0, 0.0, -60.0 ], "metadata":{ "":{ "AREA_OR_POINT":"Area" }, "IMAGE_STRUCTURE":{ "INTERLEAVE":"BAND" } }, "cornerCoordinates":{ "upperLeft":[ 440720.0, 3751320.0 ], "lowerLeft":[ 440720.0, 3745320.0 ], "lowerRight":[ 446720.0, 3745320.0 ], "upperRight":[ 446720.0, 3751320.0 ], "center":[ 443720.0, 3748320.0 ] }, "wgs84Extent":{ "type":"Polygon", "coordinates":[ [ [ -117.6420428, 33.9023684 ], [ -117.6416377, 33.848257 ], [ -117.5767844, 33.8485775 ], [ -117.5771485, 33.9026895 ], [ -117.6420428, 33.9023684 ] ] ] }, "bands":[ { "band":1, "block":[ 100, 81 ], "type":"Byte", "colorInterpretation":"Gray", "metadata":{ } } ], "stac":{ "proj:shape":[ 100, 100 ], "proj:wkt2":"PROJCRS[\"NAD27 / UTM zone 11N\",\n BASEGEOGCRS[\"NAD27\",\n DATUM[\"North American Datum 1927\",\n ELLIPSOID[\"Clarke 1866\",6378206.4,294.978698213898,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]]],\n PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433]],\n ID[\"EPSG\",4267]],\n CONVERSION[\"Transverse Mercator\",\n METHOD[\"Transverse Mercator\",\n ID[\"EPSG\",9807]],\n PARAMETER[\"Latitude of natural origin\",0,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8801]],\n PARAMETER[\"Longitude of natural origin\",-117,\n ANGLEUNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8802]],\n PARAMETER[\"Scale factor at natural origin\",0.9996,\n SCALEUNIT[\"unity\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8805]],\n PARAMETER[\"False easting\",500000,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8806]],\n PARAMETER[\"False northing\",0,\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1],\n ID[\"EPSG\",8807]]],\n CS[Cartesian,2],\n AXIS[\"easting\",east,\n ORDER[1],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n AXIS[\"northing\",north,\n ORDER[2],\n LENGTHUNIT[\"metre\",1]],\n ID[\"EPSG\",26711]]", "proj:epsg":26711, "proj:projjson":{ "$schema":"https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type":"ProjectedCRS", "name":"NAD27 / UTM zone 11N", "base_crs":{ "name":"NAD27", "datum":{ "type":"GeodeticReferenceFrame", "name":"North American Datum 1927", "ellipsoid":{ "name":"Clarke 1866", "semi_major_axis":6378206.4, "inverse_flattening":294.978698213898 } }, "coordinate_system":{ "subtype":"ellipsoidal", "axis":[ { "name":"Geodetic latitude", "abbreviation":"Lat", "direction":"north", "unit":"degree" }, { "name":"Geodetic longitude", "abbreviation":"Lon", "direction":"east", "unit":"degree" } ] }, "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":4267 } }, "conversion":{ "name":"Transverse Mercator", "method":{ "name":"Transverse Mercator", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":9807 } }, "parameters":[ { "name":"Latitude of natural origin", "value":0, "unit":"degree", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":8801 } }, { "name":"Longitude of natural origin", "value":-117, "unit":"degree", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":8802 } }, { "name":"Scale factor at natural origin", "value":0.9996, "unit":"unity", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":8805 } }, { "name":"False easting", "value":500000, "unit":"metre", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":8806 } }, { "name":"False northing", "value":0, "unit":"metre", "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":8807 } } ] }, "coordinate_system":{ "subtype":"Cartesian", "axis":[ { "name":"Easting", "abbreviation":"", "direction":"east", "unit":"metre" }, { "name":"Northing", "abbreviation":"", "direction":"north", "unit":"metre" } ] }, "id":{ "authority":"EPSG", "code":26711 } }, "proj:transform":[ 60.0, 0.0, 440720.0, 0.0, -60.0, 3751320.0 ], "raster:bands":[ { "data_type":"uint8" } ], "eo:bands":[ { "name":"b1", "description":"Gray" } ] } } (AUTHOR) Frank Warmerdam (COPYRIGHT) 1998-2026 August 18, 2026 GDALINFO(1)