Convert XYZ elevation data to a TIF-file using GDAL

xyz2tif.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import re
import sys
import getopt
from shutil import copyfile

def main(argv):
    inputFile = ''
    inputRes = ''
    inputEPSG = ''
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"h:i:r:s",["help","infile=","res=","srs="])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print('xyz2tif.py -i <input.xyz> -r <resulution> -s <EPSG:xxxx>')
        sys.exit(2)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
            print("xyz2tif converts a text file with values for x y z in a regular gird to a TIF-file")
            print('xyz2tif.py -i <input.xyz> -r <resulution> -s <EPSG:xxxx>')
            print("xyz2tif.py --infile <input.xyz> --res <resulution> -srs <EPSG:xxxx>")
            sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-i", "--infile"):
            inputFile = arg #filename.xyz
            if inputFile == "":
                print("Missing input.xyz!")
                sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-r", "--res"):
            inputRes = arg # 1
            if inputRes == '':
                print("Missing information about spatial resulution!")
                sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-s", "--srs"):
            inputEPSG = arg  # EPSG:25833
            if inputEPSG == '':
                print("Missing information about the SRS!")
                sys.exit()

    if (inputFile != '') & (inputRes != '') & (inputEPSG != ''):

        fileName = re.findall('(.+?)\.[^\.]+$', inputFile)[0]

        # Create VRT-file for reading the xyz-format
        f = open('xyz_dgm_reader.vrt', 'a')
        f.write('<OGRVRTDataSource><OGRVRTLayer name="dgm"><SrcDataSource>dgm.csv</SrcDataSource><GeometryType>wkbPoint</GeometryType><LayerSRS>' + inputEPSG + '</LayerSRS><GeometryField encoding="PointFromColumns" x="field_1" y="field_2" z="field_3"/></OGRVRTLayer></OGRVRTDataSource>')
        f.close()

        print('Converting ' + inputFile + ' into TIF-file...')

        copyfile(inputFile, 'dgm.csv') # Make copy of file and rename for reading in
        os.system('gdal_rasterize -a field_3 -tr ' + inputRes + ' ' + inputRes + ' xyz_dgm_reader.vrt ' + fileName + '.tif') # Convert with help of VRT to raster
        os.remove('xyz_dgm_reader.vrt')  # Remove VRT
        os.remove('dgm.csv')  # Remove copy 

    else:
        print("")
        print("Sorry, missing some information!")
        sys.exit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])