r.external.out(1)

NAME
r.external.out - Defines raster output format utilizing GDAL library.

KEYWORDS
raster, export, output, external

SYNOPSIS
r.external.out
r.external.out --help
r.external.out [-frp] directory=path [extension=string] format=string [options=string[,string,...]] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-f
    List supported formats and exit

-r
    Cease using GDAL and revert to native output

-p
    Print current status

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

directory=path [required]
    Name of output directory

extension=string
    Extension for output files

format=string [required]
    Format of output files
    Options: VRT, GTiff, NITF, HFA, ELAS, AAIGrid, DTED, PNG, JPEG, MEM, GIF, FITS, XPM, BMP, PCIDSK, PCRaster, ILWIS, SGI, SRTMHGT, Leveller, Terragen, GMT, netCDF, ISIS2, ERS, JP2OpenJPEG, FIT, RMF, WMS, RST, INGR, GSAG, GSBG, GS7BG, R, KMLSUPEROVERLAY, PDF, Rasterlite, MBTiles, CALS, WMTS, MRF, PNM, PAux, MFF, MFF2, BT, LAN, IDA, LCP, GTX, NTv2, CTable2, KRO, ROI_PAC, ENVI, EHdr, ISCE, ARG, USGSDEM, ADRG, BLX, PostGISRaster, SAGA, XYZ, HF2, ZMap, GPKG

options=string[,string,...]
    Creation options

DESCRIPTION
r.external.out instructs GRASS to write raster maps as data files (e.g. GeoTIFF) using GDAL.

NOTES
A relative directory path (parameter directory) is interpreted relative to the current mapset directory, not the current directory where the command was launched. An unspecified or empty directory (which will occur if the user passes a simple filename for output) results in the output file being placed in the "gdal/" subdirectory of the current mapset directory.

EXAMPLE
The module r.external.out can be used along with r.external to process external geodata in GRASS while writing out the results directly in GeoTIFF:

# register GeoTIFF file to be used in current mapset:
r.external input=terra_lst1km20030314.LST_Day.tif output=modis_celsius
# define output directory for files resulting from GRASS calculation:
r.external.out directory=$HOME/gisoutput/ format="GTiff"
# perform GRASS calculation (here: extract pixels > 20 deg C)
# this stores the output map directly as GeoTIFF:
r.mapcalc "warm.tif = if(modis_celsius > 20.0, modis_celsius, null() )"
# cease GDAL output connection and turn back to write GRASS raster files:
r.external.out -r
# now use the resulting file elsewhere
gdalinfo $HOME/gisoutput/warm.tif

REFERENCES
GDAL Pages: http://www.gdal.org/

SEE ALSO
r.in.gdal, r.out.gdal, r.external

AUTHOR
Glynn Clements

Last changed: $Date: 2015-10-27 16:45:22 +0100 (Tue, 27 Oct 2015) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.external.out source code (history)

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