gdaldem:tldr:fc8ca
gdaldem: Compute the slope of a DEM.
$ gdaldem slope ${path-to-input-tif} ${path-to-output-tif}
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The command you provided is using the GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) tool called "gdaldem" to calculate the slope of a raster image. Here is a breakdown of the command:
- "gdaldem" is the name of the GDAL tool you are executing.
- "slope" is an argument for the gdaldem tool, indicating that you want to calculate the slope. Other arguments could be used for different analyses such as hillshade or aspect.
- "${path-to-input-tif}" is a placeholder for the path to the input TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) file. You need to replace this placeholder with the actual path to the input raster file you want to calculate the slope from.
- "${path-to-output-tif}" is a placeholder for the path to the output TIFF file. Similarly, you need to replace this placeholder with the desired output path and filename where the calculated slope will be saved.
In summary, this command executes the GDAL command line tool "gdaldem" to calculate the slope of a raster image and outputs the result to a new TIFF file specified by the path-to-output-tif argument using the specified input TIFF file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
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