Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#3179 closed task (fixed)

gdal_rasterize shape files must be in same projection as destination raster image,, very confusing for user.

Reported by: hroi Owned by: warmerdam
Priority: low Milestone: 1.7.0
Component: Docs Version: unspecified
Severity: minor Keywords: gdal_rasterie
Cc:

Description

http://www.gdal.org/gdal_rasterize.html here it would be very helpful to state that the shape files must be in the same map projection as the destination raster image.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by warmerdam, 15 years ago

Component: defaultDocs
Keywords: gdal_rasterie added
Milestone: 1.7.0
Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Done in trunk (r17781). I have checked, and the code does attempt to report a warning at runtime if there are signs that the coordinate system differ.

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