About

This CLI application allow you split big raster into smaller tiles. Splitting based on a target file size in MB. This clipper can be helpful when you have a big raster which is difficult to open in a GIS program.

How to build

1. Download of clone this repository
2. Install Rust if not installed (https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
3. Run command cargo build --release (more details: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-build.html)
4. Application can be found in target/release

How to run

./raster_clipper -h
Splits a large Geospatial (tif, tiff, jp2) file into smaller tiles

Usage: raster_clipper [OPTIONS] --file_path <FILE_PATH>

Options:
  -f, --file_path <FILE_PATH>          Path to the input geospatial file
  -s, --target_tile_size_mb <SIZE_MB>  Target tile size in MB [default: 500.0]
  -o, --base_out <OUTPUT_DIR>          Output directory for the tiles [default: output]
  -h, --help                           Print help
  -V, --version                        Print version

Tags

GIS, QGIS, GDAL, geospatial, tiff, tif, jp2