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.TH "GDALMDIMTRANSLATE" "1" "Aug 18, 2026" "" "GDAL"
.SH NAME
gdalmdimtranslate \- Converts multidimensional data between different formats, and perform subsetting.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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Usage: gdalmdimtranslate [\-\-help] [\-\-long\-usage] [\-\-help\-general]
                         [\-if <format>]... [\-of <output_format>]
                         [\-co <NAME>=<VALUE>]...
                         [[\-array <array_spec>]...]
                         [\-arrayoption <NAME>=<VALUE>]...
                         [[\-group <group_spec>]...]
                         [\-subset <subset_spec>]...
                         [\-scaleaxes <scaleaxes_spec>] [\-strict]
                         [\-oo <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [\-\-quiet]
                         <src_dataset> <dst_dataset>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBgdalmdimtranslate\fP program converts multidimensional raster between
different formats, and/or can perform selective conversion of specific arrays
and groups, and/or subsetting operations.
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\fBTIP:\fP
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Equivalent in new \(dqgdal\(dq command line interface:
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See \fI\%gdal mdim convert\fP\&.
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The following command line parameters can appear in any order.
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.B \-\-help
Show this help message and exit
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.B \-\-help\-general
Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline options and exit.
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.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Suppress progress messages and other non\-error output.
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.B \-if <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.
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Added in version 3.2.

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.B \-of <format>
Select the output format. This can be a format that supports multidimensional
output (such as \fI\%NetCDF: Network Common Data Form\fP, \fI\%Multidimensional VRT\fP), or a \(dqclassic\(dq 2D formats, if only one single 2D array
results of the other specified conversion operations. When this option is
not specified, the format is guessed when possible from the extension of the
destination filename.
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.B \-co <NAME>=<VALUE>
Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can be
used to control particulars about the file created.
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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
\fI\%\-\-format\fP
command line option but the documentation for the format is the
definitive source of information on driver creation options.
See \fI\%Raster drivers\fP format
specific documentation for legal creation options for each format.
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Array\-level creation options may be passed by prefixing them with \fBARRAY:\fP\&.
See \fI\%GDALGroup::CopyFrom()\fP for further details regarding such options.
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.B \-array <array_spec>
Instead of converting the whole dataset, select one array, and possibly
perform operations on it. This option can be specified several times to
operate on different arrays.
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<array_spec> may be just an array name, potentially using a fully qualified
syntax (/group/subgroup/array_name). Or it can be a combination of options
with the syntax:
name={src_array_name}[,dstname={dst_array_name}][,resample=yes][,transpose=[{axis1},{axis2},...][,view={view_expr}]
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The following options are processed in that order:
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\fBresample=yes\fP asks for the array to run through \fI\%GDALMDArray::GetResampled()\fP\&.
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.B [{axis1},{axis2},...] is the argument of  \fI\%GDALMDArray::Transpose()\fP\&.
For example, transpose=[1,0] switches the axis order of a 2D array.
See \fI\%Example 5\fP\&.
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{view_expr} is the value of the \fIviewExpr\fP argument of \fI\%GDALMDArray::GetView()\fP\&.
See \fI\%Example 4\fP\&.
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When specifying a view_expr that performs a slicing or subsetting on a dimension, the
equivalent operation will be applied to the corresponding indexing variable.
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.B \-arrayoption <NAME>=<VALUE>
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Option passed to \fI\%GDALGroup::GetMDArrayNames()\fP to filter reported
arrays. Such option is format specific. Consult driver documentation.
This option may be used several times.
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.B \-group <group_spec>
Instead of converting the whole dataset, select one group, and possibly
perform operations on it. This option can be specified several times to
operate on different groups. If only one group is specified, its content will be
copied directly to the target root group. If several ones are specified,
they are copied under the target root group
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<group_spec> may be just a group name, potentially using a fully qualified
syntax (/group/subgroup/subsubgroup_name). Or it can be a combination of options
with the syntax:
name={src_group_name}[,dstname={dst_group_name}][,recursive=no]
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.B \-subset <subset_spec>
Performs a subsetting (trimming or slicing) operation along a dimension,
provided that it is indexed by a 1D variable of numeric or string data type,
and whose values are monotonically sorted.
<subset_spec> follows exactly the \X'tty: link https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/09-147r3'\fI\%OGC WCS 2.0 KVP encoding\fP\X'tty: link'
for subsetting.
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That is dim_name(min_val,max_val) or dim_name(sliced_val)
The first syntax will subset the dimension dim_name to values in the
[min_val,max_val] range. The second syntax will slice the dimension dim_name
to value sliced_val (and this dimension will be removed from the arrays
that reference to it)
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Using \-subset is incompatible with specifying a \fIview\fP option in \-array.
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See \fI\%Example 2\fP\&.
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.B \-scaleaxes <scaleaxes_spec>
Applies a integral scale factor to one or several dimensions, that is
extract 1 value every N values (without resampling).
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<scaleaxes_spec> follows exactly the syntax of the KVP encoding of the
SCALEAXES parameter of
\X'tty: link https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/12-039'\fI\%OGC WCS 2.0 Scaling Extension\fP\X'tty: link',
but limited to integer scale factors.
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That is <dim1_name>(<scale_factor>)[,<dim2_name>(<scale_factor>)]...
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Using \-scaleaxes is incompatible with specifying a \fIview\fP option in \-array.
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See \fI\%Example 3\fP\&.
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.B \-strict
By default, some failures during the translation are tolerated, such as not
being able to write group attributes. When setting this option, such
failures will cause the process to fail.
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.B \-oo <NAME>=<VALUE>
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Source dataset open option (format specific)
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.B <src_dataset>
The source dataset name.
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.B <dst_dataset>
The destination file name.
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.SH RETURN STATUS CODE
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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).
.SH C API
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This utility is also callable from C with \fI\%GDALMultiDimTranslate()\fP\&.
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS Example 1: Convert a netCDF file to a multidimensional VRT file
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gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.vrt
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.SS Example 2: Extract a 2D slice of a time,Y,X array
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gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.tif \-subset \(aqtime(\(dq2010\-01\-01\(dq)\(aq \-array temperature
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.SS Example 3: Subsample along X and Y axis
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gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc \-scaleaxes \(dqX(2),Y(2)\(dq
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.SS Example 4: Reorder the values of an array
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Reorder the values of the time,Y,X array along the Y axis from top\-to\-bottom
to bottom\-to\-top (or the reverse)
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gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc \-array \(dqname=temperature,view=[:,::\-1,:]\(dq
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.SS Example 5: Transpose an array that has X,Y,time dimension order to time,Y,X
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gdalmdimtranslate in.nc out.nc \-array \(dqname=temperature,transpose=[2,1,0]\(dq
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.SH AUTHOR
Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>
.SH COPYRIGHT
1998-2026
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