[gdal-dev] gdal rasterize vs resize

[Even Rouault]

Please file an issue about that

Le 16/11/2025 à 20:33, Scott via gdal-dev a écrit :
> Hey Jukka,
>
> Yes, the behavior has existed for quite some time on the utilities. If 
> you know the extent it's easy to calculate the -tr, (max - min) / pixels.
>
> Being that the functionality exists elsewhere and given the fact that 
> I'm LAZY, it would be nice to have everywhere. :)
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>
> On 11/16/25 11:04, Rahkonen Jukka wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I believe it would not be extremely hard to compute the other size 
>> parameter so that the result would have square pixels. As a 
>> workaround, if you can guess an about suitable pixel size you can 
>> define the resolution with equal x and y size:
>> gdal vector rasterize --resolution [pixelsize,pixelsize]
>>
>> The behavior is not new. The traditional gdal_rasterize 
>> https://gdal.org/en/stable/programs/gdal_rasterize.html requires also 
>> both width and height.
>>
>> -Jukka Rahkonen-
>>
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>> Aihe: [gdal-dev] gdal rasterize vs resize
>>
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> When using gdal raster resize I can use --size 0,800 and it will compute
>> the width.
>>
>> However, when using gdal vector rasterize --size 0,800 it throws the 
>> error:
>>
>> ERROR 1: Wrong value for -ts parameter.
>>
>> Having it compute the missing value is highly desirable!
>>
>> GDAL v3.12.0
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Scott
>>
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