gdaldem Command Examples

Analyze and visualize digital elevation models (DEM). More information: https://gdal.org/programs/gdaldem.html.

• Compute the hillshade of a DEM:

gdaldem hillshade {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}

• Compute the slope of a DEM:

gdaldem slope {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}

• Compute the aspect of a DEM:

gdaldem aspect {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}