The RSGISLib Documentation Wiki

The remote sensing and GIS software library (RSGISLib) was developed by Peter Bunting and Dan Clewley in the Earth Observation Group at Aberystwyth University. The software is a collection of tools for processing remote sensing and GIS datasets. The tools are accessed via an XML interface, enabling batch processing.

For more information read the background pages or FAQs. The project is hosted on Bitbucket.

The latest release of RSGISLib can be downloaded from the Bitbucket downloads page while the latest development builds (recommended) can be checked out of the mercurial repository using the following command:

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/petebunting/rsgislib rsgislib-code

To build and install RSGISLib the CMake build system is used. Therefore, with all the pre-requists installed and findable by CMake then just the following commands are required to build and install RSGISLib:

cmake
make
make install

For detailed instructions on installing RSGISLib and its pre-requists view one of the following pages:

• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Windows

For information on the available commands and how to execute the software see the User Guide. A comprehensive list of all available xml commands is available in the folder 'xml_standards' within the RSGISLib source. If you have RSGISLib installed, the list can be opened using the command:

 rsgislibxmllist 

Alternatively, the list can be viewed / downloaded here

Examples of processes using RSGISLib either with single or multiple commands are available on the Examples page.

To add new tools to RSGISLib read the Developers Guide

The frequently asked questions (FAQ) for RSGISLib are available here

The RSGISLib XML Editor is a simple GUI which provides templates for the RSGISLib XML commands. More information can be found on the website http://rsgislibxmledit.sourceforge.net and it can be downloaded from here