Creating a multi-band GeoTIFF
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# If the processing toolbox is not visible in you [[QGIS]] window yet, select {{mitem|text=Processing --> Toolbox}}. | # If the processing toolbox is not visible in you [[QGIS]] window yet, select {{mitem|text=Processing --> Toolbox}}. | ||
# In the processing toolbar, type {{typed|text=merge}} into the search field to find the {{button|text=merge}} tool and open it. | # In the processing toolbar, type {{typed|text=merge}} into the search field to find the {{button|text=merge}} tool and open it. | ||
| + | # Click the {{button|text=...}} button to select the layers you want to combine. There are different reasonable ways to combine spectral bands, depending on the information you want to obtain: | ||
| + | #* True color (RGB=3,2,1) simulates the natural color. | ||
| + | #* Standard false color (RGB=4,3,2) makes healthy vegetation generally appear red. | ||
| + | #* False color (RGB=5,4,3 or 4,5,3) tends to distinguish different landcover material. | ||
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- This exercise is part of the QGIS Tutorial 2013/14.
In this exercise you will learn how to create images of several bands of satellite data, and how to georeference a raster image.
Multiband layers
To create a multiband image:
- Load the different satellite band layers into QGIS. For exercise purposes, you can use the landsat-bands from the directory geodata/raster/landsat/ in the course data; the layer names start with sub, the band number is indicated by B and a one- or two-digit number, e.g. B1 or B10 for the first band and B1 or B20 for the second.
- If the processing toolbox is not visible in you QGIS window yet, select Processing --> Toolbox.
- In the processing toolbar, type merge into the search field to find the merge tool and open it.
- Click the ... button to select the layers you want to combine. There are different reasonable ways to combine spectral bands, depending on the information you want to obtain:
- True color (RGB=3,2,1) simulates the natural color.
- Standard false color (RGB=4,3,2) makes healthy vegetation generally appear red.
- False color (RGB=5,4,3 or 4,5,3) tends to distinguish different landcover material.
