I am trying to convert a raster data to polygon data. Previously I was using the shapefile.py to create point data on individual lat/lon on the raster. But that will create a Huge data and querying it will be a Big issue.
So, it would be better if I am able to convert the raster data into a polygon data. I was able to find SAGA, but it seems that it can only convert the .grd files. Is there a way to convert GeoTIFF format or raster datasets in general to Polygon?
UPDATE: Using gdal_polygonize.py
I am executing the following line of code,
gdal_polygonize.py ~/development/Biodiversity/biodiversity/GeoTIFF/bio11.tif -f "ESRI Shapefile" bio11.shp
But I am getting the following error. My gdal version is 1.9.0.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gdal_polygonize.py", line 34, in <module>
import gdal, ogr, osr
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gdal.py", line 2, in <module>
from osgeo.gdal import deprecation_warn
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/osgeo/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
_gdal = swig_import_helper()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/osgeo/__init__.py", line 17, in swig_import_helper
_mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
ImportError: libjvm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory