gdaldem

Tool to analyze and visualize digital elevation models (DEM). More information: https://gdal.org/programs/gdaldem.

Compute the hillshade of a DEM:
gdaldem hillshade {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}
Compute the slope of a DEM:
gdaldem slope {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}
Compute the aspect of a DEM:
gdaldem aspect {{path/to/input.tif}} {{path/to/output.tif}}

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