[Qgis-user] Copy a raster

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:33 AM, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try right-clicking on the layer in QGIS and selecting 'Save As...'
>
> You have the option of saving the data in different file formats too.
>

This currently only works for vector layers.

> David.
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:17 PM, john.polo <jpolo at mail.usf.edu> wrote:
>> QGIS Users,
>>
>> New QGIS user here, as well as a novice at GIS, with what is probably a
>> basic question. If I want to copy a raster (.tif), should I just Cntl-C the
>> file in the folder and paste and rename the copied file back into the
>> folder? In ArcGIS I'd export the data and make all the copies I want. (Not
>> griping against QGIS, just trying to give a better indication of what I
>> intended to do) I looked in the edit menu and couldn't find an export or
>> copy function. The edit toggle doesn't activate the layer for me to copy
>> like I would a polygon. I checked the raster menu and wasn't sure which
>> function would make a copy of the raster.
>>

First ensure the 'GdalTools' plugin is enabled in your copy of QGIS
(Plugins Menu -> Manage Plugins -> Tick Gdal Tools).

Then to copy a raster do: Raster Menu -> Conversion -> Translate

>From the translate dialog, you can output can secify various output
options, including the desired format and then write the new dataset
out to disk.


Hope that helps!

Regards

Tim
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