gdal_contour

builds vector contour lines from a raster elevation model

SYNOPSIS

Usage: gdal_contour [-b <band>] [-a <attribute_name>] [-3d] [-inodata]
                    [-snodata n] [-f <formatname>] [-i <interval>]
                    [-off <offset>] [-fl <level> <level>...]
                    [-nln <outlayername>]
                    <src_filename> <dst_filename> 

DESCRIPTION

This program generates a vector contour file from the input raster elevation model (DEM).

-b band:

picks a particular band to get the DEM from. Defaults to band 1.

-a name:

provides a name for the attribute in which to put the elevation. If not provided no elevation attribute is attached.

-3d:

Force production of 3D vectors instead of 2D. Includes elevation at every vertex.

-inodata:

Ignore any nodata value implied in the dataset - treat all values as valid.

-snodata value:

Input pixel value to treat as "nodata".

-f format:

create output in a particular format, default is shapefiles.

-i interval:

elevation interval between contours.

-off offset:

Offset from zero relative to which to interpret intervals.

-fl level:

Name one or more "fixed levels" to extract.

-nln outlayername:

Provide a name for the output vector layer. Defaults to "contour".

EXAMPLE

This would create 10meter contours from the DEM data in dem.tif and produce a shapefile in contour.shp/shx/dbf with the contour elevations in the "elev" attribute.

gdal_contour -a elev dem.tif contour.shp -i 10.0