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<h1><a class="anchor" id="gdaltindex">gdaltindex </a></h1><p>builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex</p>
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SYNOPSIS</a></h2>
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gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] [-write_absolute_path] [-skip_different_projection] index_file [gdal_file]*
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DESCRIPTION</a></h2>
<p>This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster file, an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry outlining the raster. This output is suitable for use with UMN MapServer as a raster tileindex.</p>
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The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist, otherwise it will append to the existing file. </li>
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The default tile index field is 'location'. </li>
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Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified on the commandline unless the option -write_absolute_path is used. </li>
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If -skip_different_projection is specified, only files with same projection ref as files already inserted in the tileindex will be inserted. </li>
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Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same coordinate system as the rasters. </li>
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EXAMPLE</a></h2>
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gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
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