[Gdal-dev] gdal_rasterize and ployline SHP files

[Frank Warmerdam]

p.willis at telus.net wrote:
> hello,
> 
> Does gdal_rasterize work with polylines from Esri Shape files?
> I am having a few problems getting it to actually burn the 
> polylines from a shapefile into a geotiff raster.
> 
> I get the message:
> 
> 100-done
> 
> ,but when I look at the geotiff, it remains exactly as it was.
> 
> At first I thought the geography of the raster and SHP file might
> be different so I made sure that both were UTM and the same zone.
> Still a no go.
> 
> my command line was:
> 
> gdal_rasterize -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -burn 255 -burn 255 -burn 255 -l myUTM myUTM.shp
> someUTM.tif
> 
> I am working in cygwin under WinXP.

Peter,

Currently gdal_rasterize only rasterizes polygons, not lines or points.

Best regards,
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