i.image.mosaic(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ i.image.mosaic ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the i.image.mosaic(1) page from the GRASS GIS User's Manual 💖 this is the glow-up guide to smashing a bunch of images together into one gorgeous mosaic, and yes, she extends the colormap too, she's multitalented 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

i.image.mosaic — mosaics several images and extends colormap 🧩🌈

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

imagery, geometry, mosaicking ✨

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

i.image.mosaic
i.image.mosaic --help
i.image.mosaic input=name[,name,...] output=name  [--overwrite]
[--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

🦋 Flags 🦋

  • --overwrite — allow output files to overwrite existing files (she will absolutely replace what's already there, no cap 💀)
  • --help — print usage summary 🫶
  • --verbose — verbose module output (she talks a LOT and honestly? iconic 🗣️)
  • --quiet — quiet module output (she's in her silent, mysterious era 🤫)
  • --ui — force launching GUI dialog (pop-up window moment ✨)

🌈 Parameters 🌈

  • input=name[,name,...] [required] — name of input raster map(s) — yes you can pass a whole lil list, separated by commas 🍓
  • output=name [required] — name for output raster map — this is what she'll call the finished masterpiece 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so i.image.mosaic takes several images or raster maps and mosaics them together using the GRASS GIS map calculator 🧮✨ — and then, because she's extra in the best way, she extends the colormap to the range of all the images. every single one. nobody's color range gets left behind, periodt 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • r.patch
  • r.mapcalc

go give them a follow, they're her besties 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Markus Neteler, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy 💜

Updated to GRASS 5.7 by Michael Barton, Arizona State University 🌟

📜 SOURCE CODE 📜

Available at: i.image.mosaic source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:52 2026

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