virtualrasters.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# noinspection PyPep8Naming
"""
/***************************************************************************
                              HUB TimeSeriesViewer
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        begin                : 2015-08-20
        git sha              : $Format:%H$
        copyright            : (C) 2017 by HU-Berlin
        email                : benjamin.jakimow@geo.hu-berlin.de
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
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 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
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"""
from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
import os, sys, re, pickle, tempfile, unicodedata
from collections import OrderedDict
import tempfile
from osgeo import gdal, osr, ogr, gdalconst as gc
from qgis.core import *
from qgis.gui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *

#lookup GDAL Data Type and its size in bytes
LUT_GDT_SIZE = {gdal.GDT_Byte:1,
                gdal.GDT_UInt16:2,
                gdal.GDT_Int16:2,
                gdal.GDT_UInt32:4,
                gdal.GDT_Int32:4,
                gdal.GDT_Float32:4,
                gdal.GDT_Float64:8,
                gdal.GDT_CInt16:2,
                gdal.GDT_CInt32:4,
                gdal.GDT_CFloat32:4,
                gdal.GDT_CFloat64:8}

LUT_GDT_NAME = {gdal.GDT_Byte:'Byte',
                gdal.GDT_UInt16:'UInt16',
                gdal.GDT_Int16:'Int16',
                gdal.GDT_UInt32:'UInt32',
                gdal.GDT_Int32:'Int32',
                gdal.GDT_Float32:'Float32',
                gdal.GDT_Float64:'Float64',
                gdal.GDT_CInt16:'Int16',
                gdal.GDT_CInt32:'Int32',
                gdal.GDT_CFloat32:'Float32',
                gdal.GDT_CFloat64:'Float64'}

def u2s(s):
    if isinstance(s, unicode):
        #s = s.encode(s, 'utf-8')
        s = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', s).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
        #s = s.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
    return str(s)

def px2geo(px, gt):
    #see http://www.gdal.org/gdal_datamodel.html
    gx = gt[0] + px.x()*gt[1]+px.y()*gt[2]
    gy = gt[3] + px.x()*gt[4]+px.y()*gt[5]
    return QgsPoint(gx,gy)


def describeRawFile(pathRaw, pathVrt, xsize, ysize,
                    bands=1,
                    eType = gdal.GDT_Byte,
                    interleave='bsq',
                    byteOrder='LSB',
                    headerOffset=0):
    """
    Creates a VRT to describe a raw binary file
    :param pathRaw: path of raw image
    :param pathVrt: path of destination VRT
    :param xsize: number of image samples / columns
    :param ysize: number of image lines
    :param bands: number of image bands
    :param eType: the GDAL data type
    :param interleave: can be 'bsq' (default),'bil' or 'bip'
    :param byteOrder: 'LSB' (default) or 'MSB'
    :param headerOffset: header offset in bytes, default = 0
    :return: gdal.Dataset of created VRT
    """
    assert xsize > 0
    assert ysize > 0
    assert bands > 0
    assert eType > 0

    assert eType in LUT_GDT_SIZE.keys(), 'dataType "{}" is not a valid gdal datatype'.format(eType)
    interleave = interleave.lower()

    assert interleave in ['bsq','bil','bip']
    assert byteOrder in ['LSB', 'MSB']
    vrt = ['<VRTDataset rasterXSize="{xsize}" rasterYSize="{ysize}">'.format(xsize=xsize,ysize=ysize)]

    vrtDir = os.path.dirname(pathVrt)
    if pathRaw.startswith(vrtDir):
        relativeToVRT = 1
        srcFilename = os.path.relpath(pathRaw, vrtDir)
    else:
        relativeToVRT = 0
        srcFilename = pathRaw

    for b in range(bands):
        vrt.append('  <VRTRasterBand dataType="{dataType}" band="{band}" subClass="VRTRawRasterBand">'.format(
            dataType=LUT_GDT_NAME[eType], band=b+1))
        if interleave == 'bsq':
            imageOffset = headerOffset
            pixelOffset = LUT_GDT_SIZE[eType]
            lineOffset = pixelOffset * xsize
        elif interleave == 'bip':
            imageOffset = headerOffset + b * LUT_GDT_SIZE[eType]
            pixelOffset = bands * LUT_GDT_SIZE[eType]
            lineOffset = xsize * bands
        else:
            raise Exception('Interleave {} is not supported'.format(interleave))
        vrt.append("""    <SourceFilename relativetoVRT="{relativeToVRT}">{srcFilename}</SourceFilename>
    <ImageOffset>{imageOffset}</ImageOffset>
    <PixelOffset>{pixelOffset}</PixelOffset>
    <LineOffset>{lineOffset}</LineOffset>
    <ByteOrder>{byteOrder}</ByteOrder>""".format(relativeToVRT=relativeToVRT,
                   srcFilename=srcFilename,
                   imageOffset=imageOffset,
                   pixelOffset=pixelOffset,
                   lineOffset=lineOffset,
                   byteOrder=byteOrder))

        vrt.append('  </VRTRasterBand>')
    vrt.append('</VRTDataset>')
    vrt = '\n'.join(vrt)
    open(pathVrt, 'w').write(vrt)

    ds = gdal.Open(pathVrt)
    return ds


class VRTRasterInputSourceBand(object):
    @staticmethod
    def fromGDALDataSet(pathOrDataSet):

        srcBands = []

        if isinstance(pathOrDataSet, str):
            pathOrDataSet = gdal.Open(pathOrDataSet)

        if isinstance(pathOrDataSet, gdal.Dataset):
            path = pathOrDataSet.GetFileList()[0]
            for b in range(pathOrDataSet.RasterCount):
                srcBands.append(VRTRasterInputSourceBand(path, b))
        return srcBands



    def __init__(self, path, bandIndex, bandName=''):
        self.mPath = os.path.normpath(path)
        self.mBandIndex = bandIndex
        self.mBandName = bandName
        self.mNoData = None
        self.mVirtualBand = None



    def isEqual(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, VRTRasterInputSourceBand):
            return self.mPath == other.mPath and self.mBandIndex == other.mBandIndex
        else:
            return False

    def __reduce_ex__(self, protocol):

        return self.__class__, (self.mPath, self.mBandIndex, self.mBandName), self.__getstate__()

    def __getstate__(self):
        state = self.__dict__.copy()
        state.pop('mVirtualBand')
        return state

    def __setstate__(self, state):
        self.__dict__.update(state)

    def virtualBand(self):
        return self.mVirtualBand


class VRTRasterBand(QObject):
    sigNameChanged = pyqtSignal(str)
    sigSourceInserted = pyqtSignal(int, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
    sigSourceRemoved = pyqtSignal(int, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
    def __init__(self, name='', parent=None):
        super(VRTRasterBand, self).__init__(parent)
        self.sources = []
        self.mName = ''
        self.setName(name)
        self.mVRT = None


    def setName(self, name):

        #if isinstance(name, unicode):
       #     name = name.encode('utf-8')
        #name = u2s(name)
        if isinstance(name, str):
            name = unicode(name)
        oldName = self.mName
        self.mName = name
        if oldName != self.mName:
            self.sigNameChanged.emit(name)

    def name(self):
        return self.mName



    def addSource(self, virtualBandInputSource):
        assert isinstance(virtualBandInputSource, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
        self.insertSource(len(self.sources), virtualBandInputSource)

    def insertSource(self, index, virtualBandInputSource):
        assert isinstance(virtualBandInputSource, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
        virtualBandInputSource.mVirtualBand = self
        if index <= len(self.sources):
            self.sources.insert(index, virtualBandInputSource)
            self.sigSourceInserted.emit(index, virtualBandInputSource)
        else:
            print('DEBUG: index <= len(self.sources)')
    def bandIndex(self):
        if isinstance(self.mVRT, VRTRaster):
            return self.mVRT.mBands.index(self)
        else:
            return None


    def removeSource(self, vrtRasterInputSourceBand):
        """
        Removes a VRTRasterInputSourceBand
        :param vrtRasterInputSourceBand: band index| VRTRasterInputSourceBand
        :return: The VRTRasterInputSourceBand that was removed
        """
        if not isinstance(vrtRasterInputSourceBand, VRTRasterInputSourceBand):
            vrtRasterInputSourceBand = self.sources[vrtRasterInputSourceBand]
        if vrtRasterInputSourceBand in self.sources:
            i = self.sources.index(vrtRasterInputSourceBand)
            self.sources.remove(vrtRasterInputSourceBand)
            self.sigSourceRemoved.emit(i, vrtRasterInputSourceBand)


    def sourceFiles(self):
        """
        :return: list of file-paths to all source files
        """
        files = set([inputSource.mPath for inputSource in self.sources])
        return sorted(list(files))

    def __repr__(self):
        infos = ['VirtualBand name="{}"'.format(self.mName)]
        for i, info in enumerate(self.sources):
            assert isinstance(info, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
            infos.append('\t{} SourceFileName {} SourceBand {}'.format(i + 1, info.mPath, info.mBandIndex))
        return '\n'.join(infos)

LUT_ResampleAlgs = OrderedDict()
LUT_ResampleAlgs['nearest'] = gdal.GRA_NearestNeighbour
LUT_ResampleAlgs['bilinear'] = gdal.GRA_Bilinear
LUT_ResampleAlgs['mode'] = gdal.GRA_Mode
LUT_ResampleAlgs['lanczos'] = gdal.GRA_Lanczos
LUT_ResampleAlgs['average'] = gdal.GRA_Average
LUT_ResampleAlgs['cubic'] = gdal.GRA_Cubic
LUT_ResampleAlgs['cubic_spline'] = gdal.GRA_CubicSpline


class VRTRaster(QObject):

    sigSourceBandInserted = pyqtSignal(VRTRasterBand, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
    sigSourceBandRemoved = pyqtSignal(VRTRasterBand, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
    sigSourceRasterAdded = pyqtSignal(list)
    sigSourceRasterRemoved = pyqtSignal(list)
    sigBandInserted = pyqtSignal(int, VRTRasterBand)
    sigBandRemoved = pyqtSignal(int, VRTRasterBand)
    sigCrsChanged = pyqtSignal(QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem)
    sigResolutionChanged = pyqtSignal()
    sigResamplingAlgChanged = pyqtSignal(str)
    sigExtentChanged = pyqtSignal()

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(VRTRaster, self).__init__(parent)
        self.mBands = []
        self.mCrs = None
        self.mResamplingAlg = gdal.GRA_NearestNeighbour
        self.mMetadata = dict()
        self.mSourceRasterBounds = dict()
        self.mExtent = None
        self.mResolution = None
        self.sigSourceBandRemoved.connect(self.updateSourceRasterBounds)
        self.sigSourceBandInserted.connect(self.updateSourceRasterBounds)
        self.sigBandRemoved.connect(self.updateSourceRasterBounds)
        self.sigBandInserted.connect(self.updateSourceRasterBounds)


    def setResamplingAlg(self, value):
        """
        Sets the resampling algorithm
        :param value:
            - Any gdal.GRA_* constant, like gdal.GRA_NearestNeighbor
            - nearest,bilinear,cubic,cubicspline,lanczos,average,mode
            - None (will set the default value to 'nearest'
        """
        last = self.mResamplingAlg
        if value is None:
            self.mResamplingAlg = gdal.GRA_NearestNeighbour
        elif value in LUT_ResampleAlgs.keys():
            self.mResamplingAlg = LUT_ResampleAlgs[value]
        else:
            assert value in LUT_ResampleAlgs.values()
            self.mResamplingAlg = value
        if last != self.mResamplingAlg:
            self.sigResamplingAlgChanged.emit(self.resamplingAlg(asString=True))


    def resamplingAlg(self, asString=False):
        """
        "Returns the resampling algorithms.
        :param asString: Set True to return the resampling algorithm as string.
        :return:  gdal.GRA* constant or descriptive string.
        """
        if asString:
            return LUT_ResampleAlgs.keys()[LUT_ResampleAlgs.values().index(self.mResamplingAlg)]
        else:
            self.mResamplingAlg

    def setExtent(self, rectangle, crs=None):
        last = self.mExtent
        if rectangle is None:
            #use implicit/automatic values
            self.mExtent = None
        else:
            if isinstance(crs, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem) and isinstance(self.mCrs, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem):
                trans = QgsCoordinateTransform(crs, self.mCrs)
                rectangle = trans.transform(rectangle)

            assert isinstance(rectangle, QgsRectangle)
            assert rectangle.width() > 0
            assert rectangle.height() > 0
            self.mExtent = rectangle

        if last != self.mExtent:
            self.sigExtentChanged.emit()
        pass

    def extent(self):
        return self.mExtent

    def setResolution(self, xy):
        """
        Set the VRT resolution.
        :param xy: explicit value given as QSizeF(x,y) object or
                   implicit as 'highest','lowest','average'
        """
        last = self.mResolution
        if xy is None:
            self.mResolution = 'average'
        else:
            if isinstance(xy, QSizeF):
                assert xy.width() > 0
                assert xy.height() > 0
                self.mResolution = QSizeF(xy)
            else:
                assert type(xy) in [str, unicode]
                xy = str(xy)
                assert xy in ['average','highest','lowest']
                self.mResolution = xy

        if last != self.mResolution:
            self.sigResolutionChanged.emit()

    def resolution(self):
        """
        Returns the internal resolution descriptor, which can be
        an explicit QSizeF(x,y) or one of following strings: 'average','highest','lowest'
        """
        return self.mResolution


    def setCrs(self, crs):
        """
        Sets the output Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
        :param crs: osr.SpatialReference or QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem
        :return:
        """
        if isinstance(crs, osr.SpatialReference):
            auth = '{}:{}'.format(crs.GetAttrValue('AUTHORITY',0), crs.GetAttrValue('AUTHORITY',1))
            crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem(auth)
        if isinstance(crs, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem):
            if crs != self.mCrs:
                extent = self.extent()
                if isinstance(extent, QgsRectangle):
                    trans = QgsCoordinateTransform(self.mCrs, crs)
                    extent = trans.transform(extent)
                    self.setExtent(extent)
                self.mCrs = crs
                self.sigCrsChanged.emit(self.mCrs)


    def crs(self):
        return self.mCrs

    def addVirtualBand(self, virtualBand):
        """
        Adds a virtual band
        :param virtualBand: the VirtualBand to be added
        :return: VirtualBand
        """
        assert isinstance(virtualBand, VRTRasterBand)
        return self.insertVirtualBand(len(self), virtualBand)

    def insertSourceBand(self, virtualBandIndex, pathSource, sourceBandIndex):
        """
        Inserts a source band into the VRT stack
        :param virtualBandIndex: target virtual band index
        :param pathSource: path of source file
        :param sourceBandIndex: source file band index
        """

        while virtualBandIndex > len(self.mBands)-1:

            self.insertVirtualBand(len(self.mBands), VRTRasterBand())

        vBand = self.mBands[virtualBandIndex]
        vBand.addSourceBand(pathSource, sourceBandIndex)


    def insertVirtualBand(self, index, virtualBand):
        """
        Inserts a VirtualBand
        :param index: the insert position
        :param virtualBand: the VirtualBand to be inserted
        :return: the VirtualBand
        """
        assert isinstance(virtualBand, VRTRasterBand)
        assert index <= len(self.mBands)
        if len(virtualBand.name()) == 0:
            virtualBand.setName('Band {}'.format(index+1))
        virtualBand.mVRT = self

        virtualBand.sigSourceInserted.connect(
            lambda _, sourceBand: self.sigSourceBandInserted.emit(virtualBand, sourceBand))
        virtualBand.sigSourceRemoved.connect(
            lambda _, sourceBand: self.sigSourceBandInserted.emit(virtualBand, sourceBand))

        self.mBands.insert(index, virtualBand)
        self.sigBandInserted.emit(index, virtualBand)

        return self[index]



    def removeVirtualBands(self, bandsOrIndices):
        assert isinstance(bandsOrIndices, list)
        to_remove = []
        for virtualBand in bandsOrIndices:
            if not isinstance(virtualBand, VRTRasterBand):
                virtualBand = self.mBands[virtualBand]
            to_remove.append((self.mBands.index(virtualBand), virtualBand))

        to_remove = sorted(to_remove, key=lambda t: t[0], reverse=True)
        for index, virtualBand in to_remove:
            self.mBands.remove(virtualBand)
            self.sigBandRemoved.emit(index, virtualBand)


    def removeInputSource(self, path):
        assert path in self.sourceRaster()
        for vBand in self.mBands:
            assert isinstance(vBand, VRTRasterBand)
            if path in vBand.sources():
                vBand.removeSource(path)

    def removeVirtualBand(self, bandOrIndex):
        self.removeVirtualBands([bandOrIndex])

    def addFilesAsMosaic(self, files):
        """
        Shortcut to mosaic all input files. All bands will maintain their band position in the virtual file.
        :param files: [list-of-file-paths]
        """

        for file in files:
            ds = gdal.Open(file)
            assert isinstance(ds, gdal.Dataset)
            nb = ds.RasterCount
            for b in range(nb):
                if b+1 < len(self):
                    #add new virtual band
                    self.addVirtualBand(VRTRasterBand())
                vBand = self[b]
                assert isinstance(vBand, VRTRasterBand)
                vBand.addSourceBand(file, b)
        return self

    def addFilesAsStack(self, files):
        """
        Shortcut to stack all input files, i.e. each band of an input file will be a new virtual band.
        Bands in the virtual file will be ordered as file1-band1, file1-band n, file2-band1, file2-band,...
        :param files: [list-of-file-paths]
        :return: self
        """
        for file in files:
            ds = gdal.Open(file)
            assert isinstance(ds, gdal.Dataset), 'Can not open {}'.format(file)
            nb = ds.RasterCount
            ds = None
            for b in range(nb):
                #each new band is a new virtual band
                vBand = self.addVirtualBand(VRTRasterBand())
                assert isinstance(vBand, VRTRasterBand)
                vBand.addSource(VRTRasterInputSourceBand(file, b))


        return self

    def sourceRaster(self):
        files = set()
        for vBand in self.mBands:
            assert isinstance(vBand, VRTRasterBand)
            files.update(set(vBand.sourceFiles()))
        return sorted(list(files))

    def sourceRasterBounds(self):
        return self.mSourceRasterBounds


    def updateSourceRasterBounds(self):

        srcFiles = self.sourceRaster()
        toRemove = [f for f in self.mSourceRasterBounds.keys() if f not in srcFiles]
        toAdd = [f for f in srcFiles if f not in self.mSourceRasterBounds.keys()]

        for f in toRemove:
            del self.mSourceRasterBounds[f]
        for f in toAdd:
            self.mSourceRasterBounds[f] = RasterBounds(f)

        if len(srcFiles) > 0 and self.crs() == None:
            self.setCrs(self.mSourceRasterBounds[srcFiles[0]].crs)

        elif len(srcFiles) == 0:
            self.setCrs(None)


        if len(toRemove) > 0:
            self.sigSourceRasterRemoved.emit(toRemove)
        if len(toAdd) > 0:
            self.sigSourceRasterAdded.emit(toAdd)

    def loadVRT(self, pathVRT, bandIndex = None):
        """
        Load the VRT definition in pathVRT and appends it to this VRT
        :param pathVRT:
        """
        if pathVRT in [None,'']:
            return

        if bandIndex is None:
            bandIndex = len(self.mBands)

        ds = gdal.Open(pathVRT)
        assert isinstance(ds, gdal.Dataset)
        assert ds.GetDriver().GetDescription() == 'VRT'
        from xml.etree import ElementTree
        for b in range(ds.RasterCount):
            srcBand = ds.GetRasterBand(b+1)
            vrtBand = VRTRasterBand(name=srcBand.GetDescription().decode('utf-8'))
            for key, xml in srcBand.GetMetadata(str('vrt_sources')).items():

                tree = ElementTree.fromstring(xml)
                srcPath = os.path.normpath(tree.find('SourceFilename').text)
                srcBandIndex = int(tree.find('SourceBand').text)
                vrtBand.addSource(VRTRasterInputSourceBand(srcPath, srcBandIndex))

            self.insertVirtualBand(bandIndex, vrtBand)
            bandIndex += 1




    def saveVRT(self, pathVRT):

        if len(self.mBands) == 0:
            print('No VRT Inputs defined.')
            return None

        assert os.path.splitext(pathVRT)[-1].lower() == '.vrt'

        dirVrt = os.path.dirname(pathVRT)
        dirWarpedVRT = os.path.join(dirVrt, 'WarpedVRTs')
        if not os.path.isdir(dirVrt):
            os.mkdir(dirVrt)

        srcLookup = dict()
        srcNodata = None

        for i, pathSrc in enumerate(self.sourceRaster()):
            dsSrc = gdal.Open(pathSrc)
            assert isinstance(dsSrc, gdal.Dataset)
            band = dsSrc.GetRasterBand(1)
            noData = band.GetNoDataValue()
            if noData and srcNodata is None:
                srcNodata = noData

            crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem(dsSrc.GetProjection())

            if crs == self.mCrs:
                srcLookup[pathSrc] = pathSrc
            else:

                if not os.path.isdir(dirWarpedVRT):
                    os.mkdir(dirWarpedVRT)
                pathVRT2 = os.path.join(dirWarpedVRT, 'warped.{}.vrt'.format(os.path.basename(pathSrc)))
                wops = gdal.WarpOptions(format='VRT',
                                        dstSRS=self.mCrs.toWkt())
                tmp = gdal.Warp(pathVRT2, dsSrc, options=wops)
                assert isinstance(tmp, gdal.Dataset)
                tmp = None
                srcLookup[pathSrc] = pathVRT2

        srcFiles = [srcLookup[src] for src in self.sourceRaster()]

        #1. build a temporary VRT that describes the spatial shifts of all input sources


        kwds = {}
        res = self.resolution()

        if res is None:
            res = 'average'
        if isinstance(res, QSizeF):
            kwds['resolution'] = 'user'
            kwds['xRes'] = res.width()
            kwds['yRes'] = res.height()
        else:
            assert res in ['highest','lowest','average']
            kwds['resolution'] = res

        extent = self.extent()
        if isinstance(extent, QgsRectangle):
            kwds['outputBounds'] = (extent.xMinimum(), extent.yMinimum(), extent.xMaximum(), extent.yMaximum())

        vro = gdal.BuildVRTOptions(separate=True, **kwds)

        gdal.BuildVRT(pathVRT, srcFiles, options=vro)
        dsVRTDst = gdal.Open(pathVRT)
        assert isinstance(dsVRTDst, gdal.Dataset)
        assert len(srcLookup) == dsVRTDst.RasterCount
        ns, nl = dsVRTDst.RasterXSize, dsVRTDst.RasterYSize
        gt = dsVRTDst.GetGeoTransform()
        crs = dsVRTDst.GetProjectionRef()
        eType = dsVRTDst.GetRasterBand(1).DataType
        SOURCE_TEMPLATES = dict()
        for i, srcFile in enumerate(srcFiles):
            vrt_sources = dsVRTDst.GetRasterBand(i+1).GetMetadata(str('vrt_sources'))
            assert len(vrt_sources) == 1
            srcXML = vrt_sources.values()[0]
            assert os.path.basename(srcFile)+'</SourceFilename>' in srcXML
            assert '<SourceBand>1</SourceBand>' in srcXML
            SOURCE_TEMPLATES[srcFile] = srcXML
        dsVRTDst = None
        #remove the temporary VRT, we don't need it any more
        os.remove(pathVRT)

        #2. build final VRT from scratch
        drvVRT = gdal.GetDriverByName(str('VRT'))
        assert isinstance(drvVRT, gdal.Driver)
        dsVRTDst = drvVRT.Create(pathVRT, ns, nl,0, eType=eType)
        #2.1. set general properties
        assert isinstance(dsVRTDst, gdal.Dataset)
        dsVRTDst.SetProjection(crs)
        dsVRTDst.SetGeoTransform(gt)

        #2.2. add virtual bands
        for i, vBand in enumerate(self.mBands):
            assert isinstance(vBand, VRTRasterBand)
            assert dsVRTDst.AddBand(eType, options=['subClass=VRTSourcedRasterBand']) == 0
            vrtBandDst = dsVRTDst.GetRasterBand(i+1)
            assert isinstance(vrtBandDst, gdal.Band)
            vrtBandDst.SetDescription(vBand.name().encode('utf-8'))
            md = {}
            #add all input sources for this virtual band
            for iSrc, sourceInfo in enumerate(vBand.sources):
                assert isinstance(sourceInfo, VRTRasterInputSourceBand)
                bandIndex = sourceInfo.mBandIndex
                xml = SOURCE_TEMPLATES[srcLookup[sourceInfo.mPath]]
                xml = re.sub('<SourceBand>1</SourceBand>','<SourceBand>{}</SourceBand>'.format(bandIndex+1), xml)
                md['source_{}'.format(iSrc)] = xml
            vrtBandDst.SetMetadata(md,str('vrt_sources'))
            if False:
                vrtBandDst.ComputeBandStats(1)


        dsVRTDst = None

        #check if we get what we like to get
        dsCheck = gdal.Open(pathVRT)

        s = ""
        return dsCheck

    def __repr__(self):

        info = ['VirtualRasterBuilder: {} bands, {} source files'.format(
            len(self.mBands), len(self.sourceRaster()))]
        for vBand in self.mBands:
            info.append(str(vBand))
        return '\n'.join(info)

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.mBands)

    def __getitem__(self, slice):
        return self.mBands[slice]

    def __delitem__(self, slice):
        self.removeVirtualBands(self[slice])

    def __contains__(self, item):
        return item in self.mBands

    def __iter__(self):
        return iter(self.mClasses)





def createVirtualBandMosaic(bandFiles, pathVRT):
    drv = gdal.GetDriverByName('VRT')

    refPath = bandFiles[0]
    refDS = gdal.Open(refPath)
    ns, nl, nb = refDS.RasterXSize, refDS.RasterYSize, refDS.RasterCount
    noData = refDS.GetRasterBand(1).GetNoDataValue()

    vrtOptions = gdal.BuildVRTOptions(
        # here we can use the options known from http://www.gdal.org/gdalbuildvrt.html
        separate=False
    )
    if len(bandFiles) > 1:
        s =""
    vrtDS = gdal.BuildVRT(pathVRT, bandFiles, options=vrtOptions)
    vrtDS.FlushCache()

    assert vrtDS.RasterCount == nb
    return vrtDS

def createVirtualBandStack(bandFiles, pathVRT):

    nb = len(bandFiles)

    drv = gdal.GetDriverByName('VRT')

    refPath = bandFiles[0]
    refDS = gdal.Open(refPath)
    ns, nl = refDS.RasterXSize, refDS.RasterYSize
    noData = refDS.GetRasterBand(1).GetNoDataValue()

    vrtOptions = gdal.BuildVRTOptions(
        # here we can use the options known from http://www.gdal.org/gdalbuildvrt.html
        separate=True,
    )
    vrtDS = gdal.BuildVRT(pathVRT, bandFiles, options=vrtOptions)
    vrtDS.FlushCache()

    assert vrtDS.RasterCount == nb

    #copy band metadata from
    for i in range(nb):
        band = vrtDS.GetRasterBand(i+1)
        band.SetDescription(bandFiles[i])
        band.ComputeBandStats()

        if noData:
            band.SetNoDataValue(noData)

    return vrtDS



class RasterBounds(object):
    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = None
        self.polygon = None
        self.curve = None
        self.crs = None

        if path is not None:
            self.fromImage(path)


    def fromImage(self, path):
        self.path = path
        ds = gdal.Open(path)
        assert isinstance(ds, gdal.Dataset)
        gt = ds.GetGeoTransform()
        bounds = [px2geo(QPoint(0, 0), gt),
                  px2geo(QPoint(ds.RasterXSize, 0), gt),
                  px2geo(QPoint(ds.RasterXSize, ds.RasterYSize), gt),
                  px2geo(QPoint(0, ds.RasterYSize), gt)]
        crs = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem(ds.GetProjection())
        ring = ogr.Geometry(ogr.wkbLinearRing)
        for p in bounds:
            assert isinstance(p, QgsPoint)
            ring.AddPoint(p.x(), p.y())

        curve = ogr.Geometry(ogr.wkbLinearRing)
        curve.AddGeometry(ring)
        self.curve = QgsCircularStringV2()
        self.curve.fromWkt(curve.ExportToWkt())

        polygon = ogr.Geometry(ogr.wkbPolygon)
        polygon.AddGeometry(ring)
        self.polygon = QgsPolygonV2()
        self.polygon.fromWkt(polygon.ExportToWkt())
        self.polygon.exteriorRing().close()
        assert self.polygon.exteriorRing().isClosed()

        self.crs = crs

        return self

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.polygon.asWkt()