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pkdsm2shadow(1) pkdsm2shadow(1)

pkdsm2shadow - program to calculate sun shadow based on digital surface model and sun angles


pkdsm2shadow
-i input -o output [-sza angle] [-saa angle] [options] [advanced options]

pkdsm2shadow is a utility to create a binary shadow mask from a digital surface model, based on Sun zenith (-sza) and azimuth angles (-saa).

input image file
Output image file
Sun zenith angle.
Sun azimuth angle (N=0 E=90 S=180 W=270).
Flag to put in image if pixel shadow
Data type for output image ({Byte / Int16 / UInt16 / UInt32 / Int32 / Float32 / Float64 / CInt16 / CInt32 / CFloat32 / CFloat64}). Empty string: inherit type from input image
Output image format (see also gdal_translate(1)).
color table (file with 5 columns: id R G B ALFA (0: transparent, 255: solid)
Creation option for output file. Multiple options can be specified.
verbose mode if > 0

Advanced options

scale used for input dsm: height=scale*input+offset
offset used for input dsm: height=scale*input+offset

Create a shadow mask for the input raster dataset dsm.tif, using Sun zenith angle of 10 degrees and a Sun azimuth angle of 135 degrees (South-South-East). All shadow pixels are set to a value of 1.

pkdsm2shadow -i dsm.tif -sza 10 -saa 170 -f 1 -o shadow.tif

01 December 2022