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I am using the Rasterize (write over existing raster) tool within QGIS - however same question would apply if you were calling gdal from command line or python.

I am burning a vector feature into a raster with values based on a field in the attribute table.

All fine and working except when the destination raster is >4GB BigTiff rather than a regular geotiff. How do I use the bigtiff option mentioned in the error?

The error is:

'ERROR 1: TIFFAppendToStrip:Maximum TIFF file size exceeded. Use BIGTIFF=YES creation option.

Code is as follows:

gdal_rasterize -a burn_value -l shapefile_name C:/Users/Cate/Folder/shapefile_name.shp C:/Users/Cate/Folder/raster_name.tif
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Use the creation options -co:

gdal_rasterize -a burn_value -l shapefile_name C:/Users/Cate/Folder/shapefile_name.shp C:/Users/Cate/Folder/raster_name.tif -co BIGTIFF=YES
maRtin
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  • This doesn't work as is in QGIS as it throws up the following error: `ERROR 6: '-tr xres yres' or '-ts xsize ysize' is required.` This is asking to specify the target resolution. – Cate Jun 26 '17 at 12:37
  • When I set the target resolution I get `Permission denied` so will play around with it some more to resolve this but it does appear to be trying to write the geotiff properly. – Cate Jun 26 '17 at 12:45
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In the advanced parameters you can enter it as a key just like you would enter the COMPRESS option. Enter BIGTIFF for the key and YES for the value column.

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