GetName¶

 my $name = $driver->GetName;

Returns the name of the driver.

Create¶

 my $name = $driver->Create($name, {Width => 100, ...});

Create a dataset. $name is the name for the dataset to create. Named arguments are the following.

"Width"

Optional, but required to create a raster dataset.

"Height"

Optional, default is the same as width.

"Bands"

Optional, the number of raster bands in the dataset, default is one.

"DataType"

Optional, the data type (a string) for the raster cells, default is 'Byte'.

"Source"

Optional, the dataset to copy.

"Progress"

Optional, used only in dataset copy, a reference to a subroutine. The subroutine is called with three arguments "($fraction, $msg, $data)", where $fraction is a number, $msg is a string, and $data is a pointer that is given as the progress data argument.

"ProgressData"

Optional, used only in dataset copy, a reference.

"Strict"

Optional, used only in dataset copy, default is false (0).

"Options"

Optional, driver specific creation options, default is reference to an empty hash.

 my $name = $driver->Create($name, $width);

A simple syntax for calling Create to create a raster dataset.