---
name: "otbcli_KMeansClassification"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "otb-bin"
version: "6.6.1+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/otbcli_KMeansClassification"
---

# otbcli\_KMeansClassification(1)

OTB KMeansClassification application

## NAME

otbcli\_KMeansClassification - OTB KMeansClassification application

## DESCRIPTION

This is the KMeansClassification application, version 5.2.0 Unsupervised KMeans image classification

Complete documentation: http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/Applications/KMeansClassification.html

### Parameters:

- **-progress** \<boolean\>

  Report progress

 **-in**       \<string\>         Input Image  (mandatory)\
  **-out**      \<string\> \[pixel\] Output Image  \[pixel=uint8/uint16/int16/uint32/int32/float/double\] (default value is uint8) (mandatory)

- **-ram**

  \<int32\>          Available RAM (Mb)  (optional, off by default, default value is 128)

- **-vm**

  \<string\>         Validity Mask  (optional, off by default)

- **-ts**

  \<int32\>          Training set size  (optional, on by default, default value is 100)

- **-nc**

  \<int32\>          Number of classes  (mandatory, default value is 5)

- **-maxit**

  \<int32\>          Maximum number of iterations  (optional, on by default, default value is 1000)

- **-ct**

  \<float\>          Convergence threshold  (optional, on by default, default value is 0.0001)

- **-outmeans** \<string\>

  Centroid filename  (optional, off by default)

- **-rand**

  \<int32\>          set user defined seed  (optional, off by default)

- **-inxml**

  \<string\>         Load otb application from xml file  (optional, off by default)

## EXAMPLES

otbcli\_KMeansClassification -in QB\_1\_ortho.tif -ts 1000 -nc 5 -maxit 1000 -ct 0.0001 -out ClassificationFilterOutput.tif

## SEE ALSO

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

-

  **info otbcli\_KMeansClassification**

should give you access to the complete manual.