.\" 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-PROXIMITY" "1" "Aug 18, 2026" "" "GDAL" .SH NAME gdal-raster-proximity \- Produces a raster proximity map .sp Added in version 3.12. .SH SYNOPSIS .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX Usage: gdal raster proximity [OPTIONS] Produces a raster proximity map. Positional arguments: \-i, \-\-input Input raster datasets [required] [not available in pipelines] \-o, \-\-output Output raster dataset [required] [not available in pipelines] 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 or warning message) [not available in pipelines] Options: \-f, \-\-of, \-\-format, \-\-output\-format Output format (\(dqGDALG\(dq allowed) [not available in pipelines] \-\-co, \-\-creation\-option = Creation option [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] \-\-overwrite Whether overwriting existing output dataset is allowed [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with \-\-append \-\-append Append as a subdataset to existing output [not available in pipelines] Mutually exclusive with \-\-overwrite \-\-ot, \-\-datatype, \-\-output\-data\-type Output data type. OUTPUT\-DATA\-TYPE=UInt8|Int8|UInt16|Int16|UInt32|Int32|UInt64|Int64|CInt16|CInt32|Float16|Float32|Float64|CFloat32|CFloat64|Byte|UInt16|Int16|UInt32|Int32|Float32|Float64 (default: Float32) \-b, \-\-band Input band (1\-based index) \-\-target\-values Target pixel values [may be repeated] \-\-distance\-units Distance units. DISTANCE\-UNITS=pixel|geo (default: pixel) \-\-max\-distance Maximum distance. The nodata value will be used for pixels beyond this distance (default: 0) \-\-fixed\-value Fixed value for the pixels that are within the maximum distance (instead of the actual distance) (default: 0) \-\-nodata Specify a nodata value to use for pixels that are beyond the maximum distance Advanced Options: \-\-if, \-\-input\-format Input formats [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] \-\-oo, \-\-open\-option = Open options [may be repeated] [not available in pipelines] .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH DESCRIPTION .sp \fBgdal raster proximity\fP generates a raster proximity map indicating the Cartesian distance from the center of each pixel to the center of the nearest pixel identified as a target pixel. Target pixels are those in the source raster for which the raster pixel value is in the set of target pixel values. .sp This subcommand is also available as a potential step of \fI\%gdal raster pipeline\fP .sp Added in version 3.12. .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. .sp \fBNOTE:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 However this algorithm is not natively streaming compatible. Consequently a temporary dataset will be generated, which may cause significant processing time at opening. .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH PROGRAM-SPECIFIC OPTIONS .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-b, \-\-band Input band (1\-based index) .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-distance\-units Units for the distance. If \fIgeo\fP is specified, the distance will be calculated in georeferenced units (meters or degrees) using the pixel size of the input raster. Otherwise, the distance is interpreted in pixels. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-fixed\-value Define a fixed value to be written to output pixels that are within \fI\%\-\-max\-distance\fP from the target pixels, instead of the actual distance. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-max\-distance Maximum distance to search for a target pixel. The NoData value will be output if no target pixel is found within this distance. Distance is interpreted in pixels unless \fI\-\-distance\-units geo\fP is specified. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-nodata Nodata value for the output raster. If not specified, the NoData value of the input band will be used. If the output band does not have a NoData value, then the value 65535 will be used for floating point output types and the maximum value that can be stored will be used for the integer output types. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-target\-values A single value or a comma separated list of target pixel values in the source image to be considered target pixels. If not specified, all non\-zero pixels will be considered target pixels. .UNINDENT .SH STANDARD OPTIONS .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-append Append input raster as a new subdataset to an existing output file. Only works with drivers that support adding subdatasets such as \fI\%GTiff \-\- GeoTIFF File Format\fP and \fI\%GPKG \-\- GeoPackage raster\fP This also creates the output dataset if it does not exist yet. .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 \-\-if, \-\-input\-format Format/driver name to be attempted to open the input file(s). It is generally not necessary to specify it, but it can be used to skip automatic driver detection, when it fails to select the appropriate driver. This option can be repeated several times to specify several candidate drivers. Note that it does not force those drivers to open the dataset. In particular, some drivers have requirements on file extensions. .sp May be repeated. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-oo, \-\-open\-option = Dataset open option (format specific). .sp May be repeated. .UNINDENT .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 \-\-ot, \-\-datatype, \-\-output\-data\-type Output data type among \fBByte\fP, \fBInt8\fP, \fBUInt16\fP, \fBInt16\fP, \fBUInt32\fP, \fBInt32\fP, \fBUInt64\fP, \fBInt64\fP, \fBCInt16\fP, \fBCInt32\fP, \fBFloat32\fP, \fBFloat64\fP, \fBCFloat32\fP, \fBCFloat64\fP\&. .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 .SH RETURN STATUS CODE .sp The program returns status code 0 in case of success, and non\-zero in case of error (non\-blocking errors emitted as warnings are considered as a successful execution). .SH EXAMPLES .SS Example 1 .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B title Proximity map of a raster with max distance of 3 pixels .INDENT 7.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX $ gdal raster proximity \-\-max\-distance 3 input.tif output.tif .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH AUTHOR Alessandro Pasotti .SH COPYRIGHT 1998-2026 .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .