Compress output of Gdal.Grid in Python

Question

How can I specify compression in Python Gdal.Grid? Currently, I do not see an option to specify compression while performing gdal.Grid operation.

gdal.Grid(output_raster_path, geodata,
 zfield=field,
 algorithm="linear",
 outputBounds=[ulx, uly, lrx, lry],
 width=xsize, height=ysize)

To perform compression, I'm currently calling gdal translate on the result of gdal.Grid operation.

ds = gdal.Translate(output_file, input_file, creationOptions=["COMPRESS=LZW", "TILED=YES"])
ds = None

• mikewatt: gdal.org/api/python/osgeo.gdal.html#osgeo.gdal.GridOptions suggests that a list of creation options can be passed passed via the creationOptions kwarg, just like you're doing with gdal.Translate. Is that not working?

Answer 1

Just like gdal.Translate, gdal.Grid accepts creationOptions:

gdal.Grid(output_raster_path, geodata,
 zfield=field,
 algorithm="linear",
 outputBounds=[ulx, uly, lrx, lry],
 width=xsize, height=ysize, 
 creationOptions=["COMPRESS=LZW", "TILED=YES"])