gdalraster (version 1.11.1)

createCopy: Create a copy of a raster

Description

createCopy() copies a raster dataset, optionally changing the format. The extent, cell size, number of bands, data type, projection, and geotransform are all copied from the source raster.

Usage

createCopy(
  format,
  dst_filename,
  src_filename,
  strict = FALSE,
  options = NULL,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Value

Logical indicating success (invisible TRUE). An error is raised if the operation fails.

Arguments

format

Format short name for the output raster (e.g., "GTiff" or "HFA").

dst_filename

Filename to create.

src_filename

Filename of source raster.

strict

Logical. TRUE if the copy must be strictly equivalent, or more normally FALSE indicating that the copy may adapt as needed for the output format.

options

Optional list of format-specific creation options in a vector of "NAME=VALUE" pairs (e.g., options = c("COMPRESS=LZW") to set LZW compression during creation of a GTiff file). The APPEND_SUBDATASET=YES option can be specified to avoid prior destruction of existing dataset.

quiet

Logical scalar. If TRUE, a progress bar will be not be displayed. Defaults to FALSE.

See Also

GDALRaster-class, create(), rasterFromRaster(), getCreationOptions(), translate()

Examples

lcp_file <- system.file("extdata/storm_lake.lcp", package="gdalraster")
tif_file <- file.path(tempdir(), "storml_lndscp.tif")
opt <- c("COMPRESS=LZW")
createCopy(format="GTiff", dst_filename=tif_file, src_filename=lcp_file,
           options=opt)
file.size(lcp_file)
file.size(tif_file)
ds <- new(GDALRaster, tif_file, read_only=FALSE)
ds$getMetadata(band=0, domain="IMAGE_STRUCTURE")
for (band in 1:ds$getRasterCount())
    ds$setNoDataValue(band, -9999)
ds$getStatistics(band=1, approx_ok=FALSE, force=TRUE)
ds$close()

deleteDataset(tif_file)