GDBMETA

Description

GDBMETA creates an XML file of metadata extracted from a GDB file.

Parameters

Name	Type	Length	Value range
Input:GDB file *	Mixed	1 - 1024
Name of transformation file	String	0 -
Output XML file *	String	1 -
Complementary projection string	String	0 -
XML file path option	String	0 - 1	Relative | Absolute Default: Relative
Write footprint information	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
Write well-known text projection	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
Write date and time	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
Write history information	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
Write key-value pair metadata	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
Write file name information	Boolean	0 - 3	YES | NO Default: YES
XML format	String	0 - 1	Compact | Prettyprint Default: Compact

* Required parameter

Parameter descriptions

Input:GDB file

Specifies the GDB file from which to extract the metadata.

Name of transformation file

The name of the transformation file.

Output XML file

Output XML file.

Complementary projection string

Generates entries in the output in the requested projections, or map units, which can be useful for reprojecting the bounding boxes to the list of projections.

Use a semicolon (;) as a delimiter between each projection string.

To generate a complementary projection that is the best UTM zone for the image, enter a value of UTM. The best UTM zone is the one that produces the least amount of distortion.

XML file path option

Specify which type of path strings to write to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Relative: Write relative paths to the referenced files (default).
• Absolute: Write absolute paths to the referenced files.

Write footprint information

Specify whether or not to write footprint information to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• No: No footprint information is written. Determining valid footprint information can require extensive system resources; therefore, NOFOOTPRINT is the default.
• Yes: Write the convex hull of all valid data in the image.

Write well-known text projection

Specify whether or not to write well-known text (WKT) projection information to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Yes: Writes a Well-known text (WKT) subsection to each projection section (default).
• No: No WKT subsections are written to the projection sections.

Write date and time

Specify whether or not to write date and time information to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Yes: Writes date-and-time information (default).
• No date-and-time information is written.

Write history information

Specify whether or not to write history information to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Yes: Writes history data (default).
• No: No history data is written.

Write key-value pair metadata

Specify whether or not to key-value pair metadata to the output XML file

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Yes: Writes key-value pair (KVP) metadata tags (default).
• No: No KVP metadata data is written.

Write file name information

Specify whether or not to write file name information to the output XML file.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Yes: Writes file names (default).
• No: No file names are written, except file names in KVP sections.

XML format

Specify what format of XML will be written.

You can specify the value as any one of the following:

• Compact: Writes the XML in compact format (default).
• Prettyprint: Writes the XML in pretty-print format.

Note: When you specify an XSLT file for the translation file, Compact and Prettyprint are ignored.

Details

GDBMETA extracts GDB metadata from the file or files specified.

If necessary, you can specify a complimentary projection string, such as UTM, for CPS. That is, when you want to know, for example, the inherent projection and the longitude and latitude, you can use a complimentary projection string to generate extra bounding boxes for each.