---
name: "ossim-info"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ossim-core"
version: "2.9.1-3+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ossim-info"
---

# ossim-info(1)

ossim-info

## NAME

ossim-info - ossim-info

## SYNOPSIS

**ossim-info** \[*options*\] *\<optional-image\>*

## OPTIONS

- **--build-date**

  Build date of code.

- **--cg**

  Will print out ground center.

- **--ci**

  Will print out image center.

- **--config**

  Displays configuration info.

- **--datums**

  Prints datum list.

- **--deg2rad**

  \<degrees\> Gives radians from degrees.

- **--disable-elev**

  Will disable the elevation

- **--disable-notify**

  Takes an argument. Arguments are ALL, WARN, NOTICE, INFO, FATAL, DEBUG.  If you want multiple disables then just do multiple **--disable-notify** on the command line.  All argument are case insensitive.  Default is all are enabled.

- **--disable-plugin**

  Will disable the plugin loader

- **--dno**

  A generic dump if one is available.  This option ignores overviews.

- **--factories**

  \<keyword\_list\_flag\> Prints factory list.  If keyword\_list\_flag is true, the result of a saveState will be output for each object.

- **--ft2mtrs**

  \<feet\> Gives meters from feet (0.3048 meters per foot).

- **--ft2mtrs-us-survey**

  \<feet\> Gives meters from feet (0.3048006096 meters per foot).

- **--height**

  \<latitude-in-degrees\> \<longitude-in-degrees\> Returns the MSL and ellipoid height given a latitude longitude position.

- **--mtrs2ft**

  \<meters\> Gives feet from meters (0.3048 meters per foot).

- **--mtrs2ft-us-survey**

  \<meters\> Gives feet from meters (0.3048006096 meters per foot).

- **--mtrsPerDeg**

  \<latitude\> Gives meters per degree and meters per minute for a given latitude.

- **--ossim-logfile**

  takes a logfile as an argument.  All output messages are redirected to the specified log file.  By default there is no log file and all messages are enabled.

- **--overview-types**

  Prints overview builder types.

- **--palette**

  Will print out the color palette if one exists.

- **--plugin-test**

  Test plugin passed to option.

- **--plugins**

  Prints plugin list.

- **--projections**

  Prints projections.

- **--rad2deg**

  \<radians\> Gives degrees from radians.

- **--reader-props**

  Prints readers and properties.

- **--resampler-filters**

  Prints resampler filter list.

- **--revision-number**

  Revision number of code.

- **--writer-props**

  Prints writers and properties.

- **--writers**

  Prints list of available writers.

- **--zoom-level-gsds**

  Prints zoom level gsds for projections EPSG:4326 and EPSG:3857.

- **-K**

  specify individual keywords to add to the preferences keyword list: name=value

- **-P**

  specify a preference file to load

- **-T**

  specify the classes to trace, ex: ossimInit\|ossimImage.\* will trace ossimInit and all ossimImage classes

- **-V** or **--vesion**

  Version of code, e.g. 1.8.20

- **-c**

  Will print ground and image center.

- **-d**

  A generic dump if one is available.

- **-f**

  \<format\> Will output the information specified format \[KWL \| XML\].  Default is KWL.

- **-h**

  Display this information

- **-i**

  Will print out the general image information.

- **-m**

  Will print out meta data image information.

- **-n** or **--north-up**

  Rotation angle to North for an image.

- **-o**

  \<output-file\> Will output the information to the file specified.  Default is to standard out.

- **-p**

  Will print out the image projection information.

- **-r**

  Will print image rectangle.

- **-s**

  Force the ground rect to be the specified datum

- **-u** or **--up-is-up**

  Rotation angle to "up is up" for an image. Will return 0 if image's projection is not affected by elevation.

- **-v**

  Overwrite existing geometry.

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  examples:

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  ossim-info **--version** ossim-info **-i** ./myfile.tif

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  prints out only general image information

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  ossim-info **-p** ./myfile.tif

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  prints out only image projection information

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  ossim-info **-p** **-s** wge ./myfile.tif

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  prints out only image projection information and shifts to wgs84

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  ossim-info **-p** **-i** ./myfile.tif

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  prints out both image and projection information

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  ossim-info **-p** **-i** ./myfile.tif **-o** ./myfile.geom

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  writes geometry file with both image and projection information

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  ossim-info **-p** **-i** ./myfile.tif **-v** **-o** ./myfile.geom

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  writes geometry file with both image and projection information while overwriting existing .geom file.

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  ossim-info **-f** XML ./myfile.tif

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  prints out image and projection information as an XML document

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  ossim-info **-d** myfile.ntf

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  Dumps all data available, in this case, all nitf tags, from file.

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  ossim-info **-d** a.toc

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  Dumps all data available, in this case, all nitf and rpf tags, from file.

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  ossim-info **--dno** a.toc

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  "dno" for "dump no overviews" Dumps all data available,

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  in this case, all nitf and rpf tags, from file ignoring overviews.

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  ossim-info **-d** **-i** **-p** myfile.ntf

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  Typical usage case, i.e. do a dump of tags and print out image and projection information.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **ossim-info** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **ossim-info** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

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  **info ossim-info**

should give you access to the complete manual.