debian man page for gdaltindex

gdaltindex(1)						      General Commands Manual						     gdaltindex(1)

NAME
       gdaltindex - gdaltindex builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex

SYNOPSIS
       gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] [-write_absolute_path] [-skip_different_projection] index_file [gdal_file]*

DESCRIPTION
       This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster file, an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry
       outlining the raster. This output is suitable for use with MapServer as a raster tileindex.

       o The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist, otherwise it will append to the existing file.
       o The default tile index field is 'location'.
       o Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified on the commandline unless the option -write_absolute_path is used.
       o If -skip_different_projection is specified, only files with same projection ref as files already inserted in the tileindex will be
	 inserted.
       o Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same coordinate system as the rasters.
EXAMPLE
       gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif
AUTHOR
       Frank Warmerdam warmerdam@pobox.com

GDAL
								  Tue Sep 18 2012						     gdaltindex(1)