# TIF Image loading

**URL:** <https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075 "2022-06-29T09:53:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sadek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Sadek](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Sadek)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075/1 "2022-06-29T09:53:10Z")

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Hello GMT community,  
I am a beginner GMT user. I have established successfully some maps and plots and I want to more. Can we load a tif or geotif image such geology into my base map?

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**Author:** ![Andreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Andreas](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Andreas)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075/2 "2022-06-29T18:38:56Z")

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Gmt reads tif through gdal, so this should not be a problem.

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**Author:** ![Sadek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Sadek](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Sadek)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075/3 "2022-06-30T08:16:31Z")

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Thank you,  
I’ll try to do using gdal library

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**Author:** ![Joaquim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/joaquim/32/16_2.png) [@Joaquim](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Joaquim)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075/4 "2022-06-30T09:57:06Z")

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That’s not what Andreas said. You should spend sometime visiting the CookBook and reading the grdimage manual.

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**Author:** ![Sadek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Sadek](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Sadek)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/tif-image-loading/3075/5 "2022-06-30T22:15:37Z")

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Yes, that should be, l’ll do so and keep consulting CookBook and reading the grdimage manual.  
Thank you Mr Joaquim