Convert shapefile to PNG using GeoTools

Question

I need to know how to export a .shp file to .png in Java using geotools.

I found an example here: Convert geojson to png. But I need convert shapefile to PNG.

Answer 1

To export any type of GeoTools feature type to an image the process is the same - you read in the features (or coverage) using a DataStore, you then render these features using a Style (often read from an SLD file) and then save the Java Image to a file using ImageIO.

So in your specific case you will need a ShapefileDatastore but there is no need to know that just use DataStoreFinder to look for a DataStoreFactory that can handle your requirements.

HashMap<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
params.put(ShapefileDataStoreFactory.URLP.key, URLs.fileToUrl(new File("/home/ian/Data/states/states.shp")));
DataStore ds = DataStoreFinder.getDataStore(params);
SimpleFeatureCollection fc = ds.getFeatureSource(ds.getTypeNames()[0]).getFeatures();

Now to render it:

MapContent mapContent = new MapContent();
mapContent.setTitle("Quickstart");
Style style = SLD.createSimpleStyle(features.getSchema());
Layer layer = new FeatureLayer(features, style);
mapContent.addLayer(layer);

Then we need to call the Renderer on that mapContent to draw it to the Image:

File outputFile = new File("states.png");
try (FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
    ImageOutputStream outputImageFile = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(fileOutputStream);) {
int w = 1000;
  ReferencedEnvelope bounds = fc.getBounds();
  int h = (int) (w * (bounds.getHeight() / bounds.getWidth()));
  BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
  Graphics2D g2d = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
mapContent.getViewport().setMatchingAspectRatio(true);
mapContent.getViewport().setScreenArea(new Rectangle(Math.round(w), Math.round(h)));
  mapContent.getViewport().setBounds(bounds);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
Rectangle outputArea = new Rectangle(w, h);
GTRenderer renderer = new StreamingRenderer();
  LabelCacheImpl labelCache = new LabelCacheImpl();
  Map<Object, Object> hints = renderer.getRendererHints();
  if (hints == null) {
    hints = new HashMap<>();
  }
  hints.put(StreamingRenderer.LABEL_CACHE_KEY, labelCache);
  renderer.setRendererHints(hints);
  renderer.setMapContent(mapContent);
  renderer.paint(g2d, outputArea, bounds);
  ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "png", outputImageFile);
} catch (IOException ex) {
  ex.printStackTrace();
}

Running this will produce an image like this:

If you want more colour you need to produce a Style object either by reading in an existing SLD file or by using StyleBuilder both of which are covered in the user manual.