1gdaltindex(1) General Commands Manual gdaltindex(1)
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6 gdaltindex - gdaltindex builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex
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9 gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] index_file [gdal_file]*
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12 This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster
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15 MapServer as a raster tileindex.
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17 · The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already
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19 · The default tile index field is 'location'.
20 · Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are
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22 · Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same coordinate
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25 gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
27 Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>
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