gdaldem:tldr:377fc

gdaldem: Compute the aspect of a DEM.

gdaldem

$ gdaldem aspect ${path-to-input-tif} ${path-to-output-tif}

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The command you provided is using the gdaldem tool to calculate the aspect of an input raster file (TIFF format) and save the result in an output raster file (also in TIFF format).

Here is a breakdown of the command:

gdaldem: It is a command-line utility in the GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) software package. It provides various tools for processing raster data.
aspect: It specifies the tool or operation to be performed by gdaldem. In this case, it is the aspect calculation. The aspect is the direction of the steepest downward slope from each cell in a raster. It represents the orientation or direction of the slope.
${path-to-input-tif}: It is the placeholder for the path to the input raster file. You need to replace it with the actual file path of the TIFF file you want to calculate aspect for.
${path-to-output-tif}: It is the placeholder for the path to the output raster file. You need to replace it with the desired file path where the resulting TIFF file will be saved.

To use this command, you should have GDAL installed on your system and properly set up in your command-line environment.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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