FAQ

How do I add the band’s names as metadata on a multiband image ?

Example using a python script and rasterio:

import rasterio
from rasterio.enums import ColorInterp

img_ds = rasterio.open("ORIGINAL_MULTIBAND_IMAGE_PATH")
# Read the original image with rasterio
# In this case, we consider that the input is an RGB image
# with three bands, without any band metadata
data_array = img_ds.read()
nb_band, nb_row, nb_col = data_array.shape
with rasterio.open(
    "FINAL_MULTIBAND_IMAGE_PATH",
    mode="w+",
    driver="GTiff",
    width=nb_col,
    height=nb_row,
    count=nb_band,
    dtype=rasterio.dtypes.float32,
    crs=img_ds.crs,
    transform=img_ds.transform,
) as source_ds:
    # Optional, color interpreter may be added to the band metadata
    source_ds.colorinterp = [ColorInterp.red, ColorInterp.green, ColorInterp.blue]
    # Band descriptions. This is the information that pandora will read
    descriptions = ["r", "g", "b"]
    for band in range(0, nb_band):
        # Band indexing starts at 1
        source_ds.write_band(band+1, data_array[band, :, :])
        source_ds.set_band_description(band+1, descriptions[band])

gdalinfo left_rgb.tif

Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Files: left_rgb.tif
Size is 450, 375
Image Structure Metadata:
  INTERLEAVE=PIXEL
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (    0.0,    0.0)
Lower Left  (    0.0,  375.0)
Upper Right (  450.0,    0.0)
Lower Right (  450.0,  375.0)
Center      (  225.0,  187.5)
Band 1 Block=450x1 Type=Float32, ColorInterp=Red
  Description = r
Band 2 Block=450x1 Type=Float32, ColorInterp=Green
  Description = g
Band 3 Block=450x1 Type=Float32, ColorInterp=Blue
  Description = b