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 ('''figure A''').
 
# In the processing toolbar, type {{typed|text=merge}} into the search field to find the {{button|text=merge}} tool and open it ('''figure A''').
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# Click the upper {{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:
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# In the {{button|text=Layer stack}} pulldown-menu, select {{button|text=Yes}}.
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# Check the box {{button|text=Open output file after running algorithm}} (if not checked per default) and click {{button|text=Run}}. The resulting map should be added to the [[TOC]] automatically after the algorithm has finished, under the name ''Output layer''.
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# If necessary, you can rearrange the bands by opening the layer [[Exercise 01: First steps in QGIS|properties]] and selecting the {{button|text=Style}} tab. Adjust the bands as you see fit and confirm with {{button|text=Apply}} or {{button|text=OK}} ('''figure B''').
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#* For some color composites, (e.g. true color composites), the image may be enhanced by selecting {{button|text=Stretch to MinMax}} from the {{button|text=Contrast enhancement}} menu and selecting the {{button|text=Mean +/- standard deviation x}} radio button. After adjusting the standard deviation factor (a value between 1 and 2 should do), click {{button|text=Load}} and confirm with {{button|text=Apply}} or {{button|text=OK}}.
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[[Image:RemSens_Exercise03_1.png|thumb|left|450px|'''Figure A:''' The ''merge'' dialogue in [[QGIS]] 2.0]]
 
[[Image:RemSens_Exercise03_1.png|thumb|left|450px|'''Figure A:''' The ''merge'' dialogue in [[QGIS]] 2.0]]
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[[Image:Landsat_Goettingen_432.png|thumb|right|450px|'''Figure C:''' A composite of LANDSAT bands 4,3 and 2 from the Göttingen area]]
 
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[[Image:RemSens_Exercise03_2.png|thumb|left|450px|'''Figure B:''' The ''properties'' dialogue for a multiband raster layer in [[QGIS]] 2.0]]
 
  
 
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[[Category:QGIS Tutorial 2013/14]]

Revision as of 14:25, 16 September 2014

In this exercise you will learn how to create composites of several bands of satellite data.

Multiband layers

To create a multiband image:

  1. 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.
  2. If the processing toolbox is not visible in you QGIS window yet, select Processing --> Toolbox.
  3. In the processing toolbar, type merge into the search field to find the merge tool and open it (figure A).
  4. Click the upper ... button to select the layers you want to combine.
Figure A: The merge dialogue in QGIS 2.0
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