Example about how to create a GeoPdf with Gdal.

• Tested with GDAL 1.11.4, released 2016/01/25

Install Gdal

Windows

Go to https://gdal.org/download.html download and install Gdal.

Check the Gdal installation:

gdalinfo --version

Examples

If you don't want to replace the path, you need to unzip the project into C:/geopdf/ and check that your folder tree is:

• C:/geopdf/tmp/
• C:/geopdf/data/
• C:/geopdf/scripts/ etc..

or change path in "variables.bat" script.

You have all the script example here Scripts and GeoPdf created GeoPdf and data

For use this examples you need download data and unzip it in data folder:

• C:/geopdf/data/raster/...
• C:/geopdf/data/shp/...

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Example 1: Two Shapefiles

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ogrtindex -accept_different_schemas C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/shp/osm.vrt

gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -ot Byte -tr 0.0001 0.0001 C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF -a_srs EPSG:4326 C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/example1.pdf -co OGR_DATASOURCE=C:/geopdf/data/osm.vrt -co OGR_DISPLAY_FIELD="name"

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Example 2:One shapefile

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ogrtindex -accept_different_schemas C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp

gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -ot Byte -tr 0.0001 0.0001 C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF -a_srs EPSG:4326 C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/example2.pdf -co OGR_DATASOURCE=C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp -co OGR_DISPLAY_FIELD="name"

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Example 3: One raster

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gdaltindex C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/raster/madrid.tif
 
gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -burn 255 -burn 255 -ts 800 800 -ot BYTE C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/example3.pdf -co EXTRA_RASTERS=C:/geopdf/data/raster/madrid.tif -co EXTRA_RASTERS_LAYER_NAME="madrid"

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Example 4: Two Rasters

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gdaltindex C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/raster/madrid.tif
 
gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -burn 255 -burn 255 -ts 800 800 -ot BYTE C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/example4.pdf -co EXTRA_RASTERS=C:/geopdf/data/raster/madrid.tif,C:/geopdf/data/raster/overlay.tif -co EXTRA_RASTERS_LAYER_NAME="base","overlay"

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Example 5: Raster with shapefile

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ogrtindex -accept_different_schemas C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp

gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -ot Byte -tr 0.0001 0.0001 C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF -a_srs EPSG:4326 C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/example5.pdf -co EXTRA_RASTERS=C:/geopdf/data/raster/madrid.tif -co EXTRA_RASTERS_LAYER_NAME="madrid" -co OGR_DATASOURCE=C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp -co OGR_DISPLAY_FIELD="name" 

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Extra

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ogrtindex -accept_different_schemas C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp

gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -ot Byte -tr 0.0001 0.0001 C:/geopdf/tmp/extent.shp C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif

gdal_translate -of PDF -a_srs EPSG:4326 C:/geopdf/tmp/base.tif C:/geopdf/pdf/extra.pdf -co EXTRA_IMAGES="C:\geopdf\images\logo.jpg,0,0,.2" -co EXTRA_LAYER_NAME="LOGO" -co OGR_DATASOURCE=C:/geopdf/data/shp/madrid_spain_osm_polygon.shp -co OGR_DISPLAY_FIELD="name" -co WRITE_INFO=YES -co AUTHOR="Fran Raga" -co PRODUCER="All4Gis" -co SUBJECT="Example" -co TITLE="Example GeoPdf" -co KEYWORDS="gdal,geopdf,all4gis"

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Example in Qgis Python Console

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import os
os.system(r'ogrtindex -accept_different_schemas C:\geopdf\tmp\extent.shp C:\geopdf\data\shp\osm.vrt')
os.system(r'gdal_rasterize -burn 255 -ot Byte -tr 0.0001 0.0001 C:\geopdf\tmp\extent.shp C:\geopdf\tmp\base.tif')
os.system(r'gdal_translate -of PDF -a_srs EPSG:4326 C:\geopdf\tmp\base.tif C:\geopdf\pdf\example1.pdf -co OGR_DATASOURCE=C:\geopdf\data\shp\osm.vrt -co OGR_DISPLAY_FIELD="name"')

References:

• Original code for inspiration: http://www.spatialthoughts.com/blog/gis/geopdf-gdal/

• More info: https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/pdf.html#

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