gdalinfo speaks json

gistfile1.txt

$ gdalinfo -json byte.tif
{
  "description":"byte.tif",
  "driverShortName":"GTiff",
  "driverLongName":"GeoTIFF",
  "files":[
    "byte.tif",
    "byte.tif.ovr",
    "byte.tif.aux.xml"
  ],
  "size":[
    20,
    20
  ],
  "coordinateSystem":{
    "wkt":"PROJCS[\"NAD27 \/ UTM zone 11N\",\n    GEOGCS[\"NAD27\",\n        DATUM[\"North_American_Datum_1927\",\n            SPHEROID[\"Clarke 1866\",6378206.4,294.9786982138982,\n                AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7008\"]],\n            AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6267\"]],\n        PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,\n            AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],\n        UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433,\n            AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],\n        AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4267\"]],\n    PROJECTION[\"Transverse_Mercator\"],\n    PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",0],\n    PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",-117],\n    PARAMETER[\"scale_factor\",0.9996],\n    PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",500000],\n    PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",0],\n    UNIT[\"metre\",1,\n        AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9001\"]],\n    AXIS[\"Easting\",EAST],\n    AXIS[\"Northing\",NORTH],\n    AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"26711\"]]"
  },
  "geoTransform":[
    440720.0,
    60.0,
    0.0,
    3751320.0,
    0.0,
    -60.0
  ],
  "metadata":{
    "":{
      "AREA_OR_POINT":"Area"
    },
    "IMAGE_STRUCTURE":{
      "INTERLEAVE":"BAND"
    }
  },
  "cornerCoordinates":{
    "upperLeft":[
      440720.0,
      3751320.0
    ],
    "lowerLeft":[
      440720.0,
      3750120.0
    ],
    "upperRight":[
      441920.0,
      3751320.0
    ],
    "lowerRight":[
      441920.0,
      3750120.0
    ],
    "center":[
      441320.0,
      3750720.0
    ]
  },
  "wgs84Extent":{
    "type":"Polygon",
    "coordinates":[
      [
        [
          -117.642054,
          33.9023677
        ],
        [
          -117.6419729,
          33.8915454
        ],
        [
          -117.6290752,
          33.9024346
        ],
        [
          -117.6289957,
          33.8916123
        ],
        [
          -117.642054,
          33.9023677
        ]
      ]
    ]
  },
  "bands":[
    {
      "band":1,
      "block":[
        20,
        20
      ],
      "type":"Byte",
      "colorInterpretation":"Gray",
      "overviews":[
        {
          "size":[
            10,
            10
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metadata":{
      }
    }
  ]
}