.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .TH "GDAL-RASTER-ASPECT" "1" "Feb 09, 2026" "" "GDAL" .SH NAME gdal-raster-aspect \- Generate an aspect map .sp Added in version 3.11. .SH SYNOPSIS .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX Usage: gdal raster aspect [OPTIONS] Generate an aspect map Positional arguments: \-i, \-\-input Input raster datasets [required] \-o, \-\-output Output raster dataset [required] Common Options: \-h, \-\-help Display help message and exit \-\-json\-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit \-\-config = Configuration option [may be repeated] \-q, \-\-quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar) Options: \-f, \-\-of, \-\-format, \-\-output\-format Output format (\(dqGDALG\(dq allowed) \-\-co, \-\-creation\-option = Creation option [may be repeated] \-\-overwrite Whether overwriting existing output is allowed Mutually exclusive with \-\-append \-\-append Append as a subdataset to existing output Mutually exclusive with \-\-overwrite \-b, \-\-band Input band (1\-based index) (default: 1) \-\-convention Convention for output angles. CONVENTION=azimuth|trigonometric\-angle (default: azimuth) \-\-gradient\-alg Algorithm used to compute terrain gradient. GRADIENT\-ALG=Horn|ZevenbergenThorne (default: Horn) \-\-zero\-for\-flat Whether to output zero for flat areas \-\-no\-edges Do not try to interpolate values at dataset edges or close to nodata values Advanced Options: \-\-if, \-\-input\-format Input formats [may be repeated] \-\-oo, \-\-open\-option = Open options [may be repeated] .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH DESCRIPTION .sp \fBgdal raster aspect\fP generates an aspect map, from any GDAL\-supported elevation raster. .sp This subcommand is also available as a potential step of \fI\%gdal raster pipeline\fP .sp It outputs a 32\-bit float raster with values between 0° and 360° representing the azimuth that slopes are facing. The definition of the azimuth is such that: \- 0° means that the slope is facing the North, \- 90° it\(aqs facing the East, \- 180° it\(aqs facing the South \- and 270° it\(aqs facing the West (provided that the top of your input raster is north oriented). .sp The aspect value \-9999 is used as the nodata value to indicate undefined aspect in flat areas with slope=0. .sp A nodata value in the target dataset will also be emitted if at least one pixel set to the nodata value is found in the 3x3 window centered around each source pixel. By default, the algorithm will compute values at image edges or if a nodata value is found in the 3x3 window, by interpolating missing values, unless \fI\%\-\-no\-edges\fP is specified, in which case a 1\-pixel border around the image will be set with the nodata value. .SS Standard options .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-f, \-\-of, \-\-format, \-\-output\-format Which output raster format to use. Allowed values may be given by \fBgdal \-\-formats | grep raster | grep rw | sort\fP .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-co, \-\-creation\-option = Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can be used to control particulars about the file created. For instance, the GeoTIFF driver supports creation options to control compression, and whether the file should be tiled. .sp May be repeated. .sp The creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the \fI\%\-\-formats\fP command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See \fI\%Raster drivers\fP format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-overwrite Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Otherwise, by default, \fBgdal\fP errors out if the target file or dataset already exists. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-b, \-\-band Index (starting at 1) of the band to which the aspect must be computed. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-convention azimuth|trigonometric\-angle Convention for output angles. .sp Defaults to \fBazimuth\fP, that is to say: \- 0° means that the slope is facing the North, \- 90° it\(aqs facing the East, \- 180° it\(aqs facing the South \- and 270° it\(aqs facing the West (provided that the top of your input raster is north oriented). .sp If set to \fBtrigonometric\-angle\fP, \- 0° means that the slope is facing the East, \- 90° it\(aqs facing the North, \- 180° it\(aqs facing the West \- and 270° it\(aqs facing the South .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-gradient\-alg Horn|ZevenbergenThorne Algorithm used to compute terrain gradient. The default is \fBHorn\fP\&. The literature suggests Zevenbergen & Thorne to be more suited to smooth landscapes, whereas Horn\(aqs formula to perform better on rougher terrain. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-zero\-for\-flat Whether to output zero for flat areas. By default, flat areas where the slope is null will be assigned a nodata value (\-9999). When setting this option, they are set to 0. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-no\-edges Do not try to interpolate values at dataset edges or close to nodata values .UNINDENT .SH GDALG OUTPUT (ON-THE-FLY / STREAMED DATASET) .sp This program supports serializing the command line as a JSON file using the \fBGDALG\fP output format. The resulting file can then be opened as a raster dataset using the \fI\%GDALG: GDAL Streamed Algorithm\fP driver, and apply the specified pipeline in a on\-the\-fly / streamed way. .SH EXAMPLES .SS Example 1: Generates an aspect map from a DTED0 file. .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX $ gdal raster aspect n43.dt0 out.tif \-\-overwrite .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH AUTHOR Even Rouault .SH COPYRIGHT 1998-2026 .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .