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# Convert vector (point shape) to raster (tif) using python gdal lib in qgis

I'm trying to convert a vectorlayer (point- shapefile) to a raster-dataset (tiff) using python gdal-library in qgis.

On Graphical UserInterface I simple choose the menue "raster->conversion->rasterize". To get what I want, I fill in the file names in tool dialog box and choose "resolution in map units per pixel" horizonthal: 0.033 and vertical: 0.0164. That works fine, but when I try to script I orientated on documentation and adapted the code from source: http://pcjericks.github.io/py-gdalogr-cookbook/raster_layers.html#convert-an-ogr-file-to-a-raster like this:

# 1. Define pixel_size and NoData value of new raster NoData_value = -9999 x_res = 0.03333378 y_res = 0.01666641 pixel_size = 1 # 2. Filenames for in- and output _in = r"C:/Users/… /hoppla.shp" _out = r"C:/Users/… /hoppla.tif" # 3. Open Shapefile source_ds = ogr.Open(_in) source_layer = source_ds.GetLayer() x_min, x_max, y_min, y_max = source_layer.GetExtent() # 4. Create Target - TIFF _raster = gdal.GetDriverByName('GTiff').Create(_out, x_res, y_res, 1, gdal.GDT_Byte) _raster.SetGeoTransform((x_min, pixel_size, 0, y_max, 0, -pixel_size)) _band = _raster.GetRasterBand(1) _band.SetNoDataValue(NoData_value) # 5. Rasterize gdal.RasterizeLayer(_raster, [1], source_layer, burn_values=[0])

It results in error message:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "C:/Users/… /test.py", line 73, in _raster = gdal.GetDriverByName('GTiff').Create(_out, x_res, y_res, 1, gdal.GDT_Byte) File "C:PROGRA~1QGISBR~1appsPython27libsite-packagesosgeogdal.py", line 388, in Create return _gdal.Driver_Create(self, *args, **kwargs) TypeError: in method 'Driver_Create', argument 3 of type 'int'

It doesn't accept float values for x_res and y_res,
but how can I enter the proper geometry for my dataset?

Additional Info:

QGIS 2.6.1 Brighton on Win7 crs: WGS84 - epsg4326 input shape horizonthal point distance: 0.03333378 units input shape vertical point distance: 0.01666641 units

It's telling you it doesn't like your values as int, they round to 0 and you can't have a 0 row, 0 column raster. That's because you're supplying the cell size and not the rows and columns. When you create a dataset it needs to know how many rows and columns it is, you then tell it how big the cells are in the geotransform:

# 1. Define pixel_size and NoData value of new raster NoData_value = -9999 x_res = 0.03333378 # assuming these are the cell sizes y_res = 0.01666641 # change as appropriate pixel_size = 1 # 2. Filenames for in- and output _in = r"C:/Users/… /hoppla.shp" _out = r"C:/Users/… /hoppla.tif" # 3. Open Shapefile source_ds = ogr.Open(_in) source_layer = source_ds.GetLayer() x_min, x_max, y_min, y_max = source_layer.GetExtent() # 4. Create Target - TIFF cols = int( (x_max - x_min) / x_res ) rows = int( (y_max - y_min) / y_res ) _raster = gdal.GetDriverByName('GTiff').Create(_out, cols, rows, 1, gdal.GDT_Byte) _raster.SetGeoTransform((x_min, x_res, 0, y_max, 0, -y_res)) _band = _raster.GetRasterBand(1) _band.SetNoDataValue(NoData_value) # 5. Rasterize why is the burn value 0… isn't that the same as the background? gdal.RasterizeLayer(_raster, [1], source_layer, burn_values=[0])

I don't know what the spatial reference of your input is so I don't know if your X and Y cell sizes are appropriate. Yes, you can have different cell sizes for X and Y. If your cell size should be 1 then change the values to 1 or just makecols = int(x_max - x_min)androws = int(y_max - y_min)as anything divided by 1 is unchanged… but the create raster still needs an int value.