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.
GDAL Version:1.11.4

Following raster formats are currently supported:

ID	Name	Extension
VRT	Virtual Raster	vrt
GTiff	GeoTIFF	tif
NITF	National Imagery Transmission Format	ntf
RPFTOC	Raster Product Format TOC format	toc
ECRGTOC	ECRG TOC format	xml
HFA	Erdas Imagine Images (.img)	img
SAR_CEOS	CEOS SAR Image
CEOS	CEOS Image
JAXAPALSAR	JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
GFF	Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)	gff
ELAS	ELAS
AIG	Arc/Info Binary Grid
AAIGrid	Arc/Info ASCII Grid	asc
GRASSASCIIGrid	GRASS ASCII Grid
SDTS	SDTS Raster	ddf
OGDI	OGDI Bridge
DTED	DTED Elevation Raster
PNG	Portable Network Graphics	png
GTA	Generic Tagged Arrays (.gta)	gta
JPEG	JPEG JFIF	jpg
MEM	In Memory Raster
JDEM	Japanese DEM (.mem)	mem
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)	gif
BIGGIF	Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)	gif
ESAT	Envisat Image Format	n1
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
XPM	X11 PixMap Format	xpm
BMP	MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap	bmp
DIMAP	SPOT DIMAP
AirSAR	AirSAR Polarimetric Image
RS2	RadarSat 2 XML Product
PCIDSK	PCIDSK Database File	pix
PCRaster	PCRaster Raster File	map
ILWIS	ILWIS Raster Map	mpr/mpl
SGI	SGI Image File Format 1.0	rgb
SRTMHGT	SRTMHGT File Format	hgt
Leveller	Leveller heightfield	ter
Terragen	Terragen heightfield	ter
GMT	GMT NetCDF Grid Format	nc
netCDF	Network Common Data Format	nc
HDF4	Hierarchical Data Format Release 4	hdf
HDF4Image	HDF4 Dataset
ISIS3	USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
ISIS2	USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
PDS	NASA Planetary Data System
TIL	EarthWatch .TIL
ERS	ERMapper .ers Labelled
JP2OpenJPEG	JPEG-2000 driver based on OpenJPEG library	jp2
L1B	NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
FIT	FIT Image
GRIB	GRIdded Binary (.grb)	grb
JPEG2000	JPEG-2000 part 1 (ISO/IEC 15444-1)	jp2
RMF	Raster Matrix Format	rsw
WCS	OGC Web Coverage Service
WMS	OGC Web Map Service
MSGN	EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)	nat
RST	Idrisi Raster A.1	rst
INGR	Intergraph Raster
GSAG	Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)	grd
GSBG	Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)	grd
GS7BG	Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)	grd
COSAR	COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
TSX	TerraSAR-X Product
COASP	DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster	hdr
R	R Object Data Store	rda
MAP	OziExplorer .MAP
PNM	Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)	pnm
DOQ1	USGS DOQ (Old Style)
DOQ2	USGS DOQ (New Style)
ENVI	ENVI .hdr Labelled
EHdr	ESRI .hdr Labelled
GenBin	Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
PAux	PCI .aux Labelled
MFF	Vexcel MFF Raster	hdr
MFF2	Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
FujiBAS	Fuji BAS Scanner Image
GSC	GSC Geogrid
FAST	EOSAT FAST Format
BT	VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format	bt
LAN	Erdas .LAN/.GIS
CPG	Convair PolGASP
IDA	Image Data and Analysis
NDF	NLAPS Data Format
EIR	Erdas Imagine Raw
DIPEx	DIPEx
LCP	FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)	lcp
GTX	NOAA Vertical Datum .GTX	gtx
LOSLAS	NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift
NTv2	NTv2 Datum Grid Shift	gsb
CTable2	CTable2 Datum Grid Shift
ACE2	ACE2	ACE2
SNODAS	Snow Data Assimilation System	hdr
KRO	KOLOR Raw	kro
ARG	Azavea Raster Grid format
RIK	Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)	rik
USGSDEM	USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)	dem
GXF	GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format	gxf
DODS	DAP 3.x servers
HTTP	HTTP Fetching Wrapper
BAG	Bathymetry Attributed Grid
HDF5	Hierarchical Data Format Release 5	hdf5
HDF5Image	HDF5 Dataset
NWT_GRD	Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab	grd
NWT_GRC	Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab	grc
ADRG	ARC Digitized Raster Graphics	gen
SRP	Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)	img
BLX	Magellan topo (.blx)	blx
Rasterlite	Rasterlite	sqlite
PostGISRaster	PostGIS Raster driver
SAGA	SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)	sdat
KMLSUPEROVERLAY	Kml Super Overlay
XYZ	ASCII Gridded XYZ	xyz
HF2	HF2/HFZ heightfield raster	hf2
PDF	Geospatial PDF	pdf
JPEGLS	JPEGLS	jls
OZI	OziExplorer Image File
CTG	USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid
E00GRID	Arc/Info Export E00 GRID	e00
WEBP	WEBP	webp
ZMap	ZMap Plus Grid	dat
NGSGEOID	NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids	bin
MBTiles	MBTiles	mbtiles
IRIS	IRIS data (.PPI, .CAPPi etc)	ppi

References

GDAL/OGR contributors (2019): GDAL/OGR Geospatial Data Abstraction software Library. A translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Link.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2007 (A.Ringeler)
Menu: File|Grid|Import

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Output	Grids	Grid list (output)	`GRIDS`	-	-
Options	Files	File path	`FILES`	-	-
	Multiple Bands Output	Choice	`MULTIPLE`	-	Available Choices: [0] single grids [1] grid collection [2] automatic Default: 2
	Select from Multiple Bands	Text	`SELECTION`	Semicolon separated list of band indexes. Do not set to select all bands for import.	-
	Select from Multiple Bands	Boolean	`SELECT`	-	Default: 0
	Alphanumeric Sorting	Boolean	`SELECT_SORT`	-	Default: 1
	Transformation	Boolean	`TRANSFORM`	align grid to coordinate system	Default: 1
	Resampling	Choice	`RESAMPLING`	Resampling 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