gdalinfo Command Examples

List various information about a GDAL supported raster dataset. More information: https://gdal.org/programs/gdalinfo.html.

• List all supported raster formats:

gdalinfo --formats

• List information about a specific raster dataset:

gdalinfo {{path/to/input.tif}}

• List information about a specific raster dataset in JSON format:

gdalinfo -json {{path/to/input.tif}}

• Show histogram values of a specific raster dataset:

gdalinfo -hist {{path/to/input.tif}}

• List information about a Web Map Service (WMS):

gdalinfo WMS:{{https://services.meggsimum.de/geoserver/ows}}

• List information about a specific dataset of a Web Map Service (WMS):

gdalinfo WMS:{{https://services.meggsimum.de/geoserver/ows}} -sd {{4}}