[gdal-dev] Gdal raster reproject equivalent to gdalwarp -rpc

[Frank Warmerdam]

Michael,

If you were depending on -rpc to force use of the RPC method instead of
geotransforms for instance, it might be sufficient to pass -to METHOD=RPC
to things that take transformer options.

Best regards,
Frank


On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM Scott via gdal-dev <
gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hey Mike,
>
> For the -rpc option I *think* you can use the -to option in reproject.
> Look at the documentation at the link under -to and read that. I *think*
> what you're looking for is -to RPC_DEM=pathToDem .
>
> For the pipeline command you can use a gdalg virtual file and "poor
> mans" pipeline in bash like:
>
> gdal raster pipeline \
> ! read some.tif \
> ! write tmp.gdalg.json --overwrite \
> && gdal raster info tmp.gdalg.json -f text
>
> Hope that helps,
> Scott
>
>
>
> On 7/18/25 05:05, Michael Smith via gdal-dev wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Is there an gdal raster reproject equivalent command to gdalwarp -rpc
> > (which we use for NITF files with RPC georeferencing information?
> > Additionally, is there a gdal pipeline way to use info as the last step
> > rather than writing a file? I would be very useful to be able to do
> >
> > gdal raster pipeline ! read  example_01_P004.NTF ! reproject --rpc !
> > info -f text
> >
> > or if there is a stdout/stdin method then gdal raster pipeline ! read
> > example_01_P004.NTF ! reproject --rpc ! write <stdout> | gdal raster
> > info -f text <stdin>?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> >
> > Michael Smith
> >
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> >
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> >
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