SAGA-GIS Tool Library Documentation (v7.2.0)

Tool Import Raster

The "GDAL Raster Import" tool imports grid data from various file formats using the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" (GDAL) by Frank Warmerdam. For more information have a look at the GDAL homepage:
http://www.gdal.org

GDAL Version:1.11.4

Following raster formats are currently supported:

IDNameExtension
VRTVirtual Rastervrt
GTiffGeoTIFFtif
NITFNational Imagery Transmission Formatntf
RPFTOCRaster Product Format TOC formattoc
ECRGTOCECRG TOC formatxml
HFAErdas Imagine Images (.img)img
SAR_CEOSCEOS SAR Image
CEOSCEOS Image
JAXAPALSARJAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
GFFGround-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)gff
ELASELAS
AIGArc/Info Binary Grid
AAIGridArc/Info ASCII Gridasc
GRASSASCIIGridGRASS ASCII Grid
SDTSSDTS Rasterddf
OGDIOGDI Bridge
DTEDDTED Elevation Raster
PNGPortable Network Graphicspng
GTAGeneric Tagged Arrays (.gta)gta
JPEGJPEG JFIFjpg
MEMIn Memory Raster
JDEMJapanese DEM (.mem)mem
GIFGraphics Interchange Format (.gif)gif
BIGGIFGraphics Interchange Format (.gif)gif
ESATEnvisat Image Formatn1
FITSFlexible Image Transport System
XPMX11 PixMap Formatxpm
BMPMS Windows Device Independent Bitmapbmp
DIMAPSPOT DIMAP
AirSARAirSAR Polarimetric Image
RS2RadarSat 2 XML Product
PCIDSKPCIDSK Database Filepix
PCRasterPCRaster Raster Filemap
ILWISILWIS Raster Mapmpr/mpl
SGISGI Image File Format 1.0rgb
SRTMHGTSRTMHGT File Formathgt
LevellerLeveller heightfieldter
TerragenTerragen heightfieldter
GMTGMT NetCDF Grid Formatnc
netCDFNetwork Common Data Formatnc
HDF4Hierarchical Data Format Release 4hdf
HDF4ImageHDF4 Dataset
ISIS3USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
ISIS2USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
PDSNASA Planetary Data System
TILEarthWatch .TIL
ERSERMapper .ers Labelled
JP2OpenJPEGJPEG-2000 driver based on OpenJPEG libraryjp2
L1BNOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
FITFIT Image
GRIBGRIdded Binary (.grb)grb
JPEG2000JPEG-2000 part 1 (ISO/IEC 15444-1)jp2
RMFRaster Matrix Formatrsw
WCSOGC Web Coverage Service
WMSOGC Web Map Service
MSGNEUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)nat
RSTIdrisi Raster A.1rst
INGRIntergraph Raster
GSAGGolden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)grd
GSBGGolden Software Binary Grid (.grd)grd
GS7BGGolden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)grd
COSARCOSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
TSXTerraSAR-X Product
COASPDRDC COASP SAR Processor Rasterhdr
RR Object Data Storerda
MAPOziExplorer .MAP
PNMPortable Pixmap Format (netpbm)pnm
DOQ1USGS DOQ (Old Style)
DOQ2USGS DOQ (New Style)
ENVIENVI .hdr Labelled
EHdrESRI .hdr Labelled
GenBinGeneric Binary (.hdr Labelled)
PAuxPCI .aux Labelled
MFFVexcel MFF Rasterhdr
MFF2Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
FujiBASFuji BAS Scanner Image
GSCGSC Geogrid
FASTEOSAT FAST Format
BTVTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Formatbt
LANErdas .LAN/.GIS
CPGConvair PolGASP
IDAImage Data and Analysis
NDFNLAPS Data Format
EIRErdas Imagine Raw
DIPExDIPEx
LCPFARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)lcp
GTXNOAA Vertical Datum .GTXgtx
LOSLASNADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift
NTv2NTv2 Datum Grid Shiftgsb
CTable2CTable2 Datum Grid Shift
ACE2ACE2ACE2
SNODASSnow Data Assimilation Systemhdr
KROKOLOR Rawkro
ARGAzavea Raster Grid format
RIKSwedish Grid RIK (.rik)rik
USGSDEMUSGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)dem
GXFGeoSoft Grid Exchange Formatgxf
DODSDAP 3.x servers
HTTPHTTP Fetching Wrapper
BAGBathymetry Attributed Grid
HDF5Hierarchical Data Format Release 5hdf5
HDF5ImageHDF5 Dataset
NWT_GRDNorthwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tabgrd
NWT_GRCNorthwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tabgrc
ADRGARC Digitized Raster Graphicsgen
SRPStandard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)img
BLXMagellan topo (.blx)blx
RasterliteRasterlitesqlite
PostGISRasterPostGIS Raster driver
SAGASAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)sdat
KMLSUPEROVERLAYKml Super Overlay
XYZASCII Gridded XYZxyz
HF2HF2/HFZ heightfield rasterhf2
PDFGeospatial PDFpdf
JPEGLSJPEGLSjls
OZIOziExplorer Image File
CTGUSGS LULC Composite Theme Grid
E00GRIDArc/Info Export E00 GRIDe00
WEBPWEBPwebp
ZMapZMap Plus Griddat
NGSGEOIDNOAA NGS Geoid Height Gridsbin
MBTilesMBTilesmbtiles
IRISIRIS data (.PPI, .CAPPi etc)ppi

Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
OutputGridsGrid list (output)GRIDS--
OptionsFilesFile pathFILES--
Multiple Bands OutputChoiceMULTIPLE-Available Choices:
[0] single grids
[1] grid collection
[2] automatic
Default: 2
Select from Multiple BandsTextSELECTIONSemicolon separated list of band indexes. Do not set to select all bands for import.-
Select from Multiple BandsBooleanSELECT-Default: 0
Alphanumeric SortingBooleanSELECT_SORT-Default: 1
TransformationBooleanTRANSFORMalign grid to coordinate systemDefault: 1
ResamplingChoiceRESAMPLINGResampling type to be used, if grid needs to be aligned to coordinate system.Available Choices:
[0] Nearest Neighbour
[1] Bilinear Interpolation
[2] Bicubic Spline Interpolation
[3] B-Spline Interpolation
Default: 0

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd io_gdal 0 [-GRIDS <str>] [-FILES <str>] [-MULTIPLE <str>] [-SELECTION <str>] [-SELECT_SORT <str>] [-TRANSFORM <str>] [-RESAMPLING <str>]
  -GRIDS:<str>      	Grids
	Grid list (output)
  -FILES:<str>      	Files
	File path
  -MULTIPLE:<str>   	Multiple Bands Output
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] single grids
	[1] grid collection
	[2] automatic
	Default: 2
  -SELECTION:<str>  	Select from Multiple Bands
	Text
  -SELECT_SORT:<str>	Alphanumeric Sorting
	Boolean
	Default: 1
  -TRANSFORM:<str>  	Transformation
	Boolean
	Default: 1
  -RESAMPLING:<str> 	Resampling
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Nearest Neighbour
	[1] Bilinear Interpolation
	[2] Bicubic Spline Interpolation
	[3] B-Spline Interpolation
	Default: 0