diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/rasterize/RasterizeFeaturesRDD.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/rasterize/RasterizeFeaturesRDD.scala
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+package geotrellis.spark.rasterize
+
+import geotrellis.raster._
+import geotrellis.raster.rasterize._
+import geotrellis.spark._
+import geotrellis.spark.tiling._
+import geotrellis.vector._
+import org.apache.spark.rdd._
+import org.apache.spark.{HashPartitioner, Partitioner}
+
+object RasterizeFeaturesRDD {
+
+  /**
+   * Rasterize an RDD of Geometry objects into a tiled raster RDD.
+   * Cells not intersecting any geometry will left as NODATA.
+   * Value will be converted to type matching specified [[CellType]].
+   *
+   * @param features Cell values for cells intersecting a feature consisting of (geometry,value)
+   * @param layout Raster layer layout for the result of rasterization
+   * @param cellType [[CellType]] for creating raster tiles
+   * @param options Rasterizer options for cell intersection rules
+   * @param partitioner Partitioner for result RDD
+   */
+  def fromFeature[G <: Geometry, D <: Double](
+    //geoms: RDD[G], value: Double,
+    features: RDD[(G,D)],
+    cellType: CellType,
+    layout: LayoutDefinition,
+    options: Rasterizer.Options = Rasterizer.Options.DEFAULT,
+    partitioner: Option[Partitioner] = None
+  ): RDD[(SpatialKey, Tile)] with Metadata[LayoutDefinition] = {
+    val layoutRasterExtent = RasterExtent(layout.extent, layout.layoutCols, layout.layoutRows)
+    val layoutRasterizerOptions = Rasterizer.Options(includePartial=true, sampleType=PixelIsArea)
+
+    /** Key geometry by spatial keys of intersecting tiles */
+    def keyGeom(feature: (Geometry, Double)): Iterator[(SpatialKey, ((Geometry,Double), SpatialKey))] = {
+      var keySet = Set.empty[SpatialKey]
+      feature._1.foreach(layoutRasterExtent, layoutRasterizerOptions){ (col, row) =>
+        keySet = keySet + SpatialKey(col, row)
+      }
+      keySet.toIterator.map { key => (key, (feature, key)) }
+    }
+
+    // key the geometry to intersecting tiles so it can be rasterized in the map-side combine
+    val keyed: RDD[(SpatialKey, ((Geometry, Double), SpatialKey))] =
+      features.flatMap { case (geom,value) => keyGeom(geom, value) }
+
+    val createTile = (tup: ((Geometry, Double), SpatialKey)) => {
+      val ((geom,value), key) = tup
+      val tile = ArrayTile.empty(cellType, layout.tileCols, layout.tileRows)
+      val re = RasterExtent(layout.mapTransform(key), layout.tileCols, layout.tileRows)
+      geom.foreach(re, options){ tile.setDouble(_, _, value) }
+      tile: MutableArrayTile
+    }
+
+    val updateTile = (tile: MutableArrayTile, tup: ((Geometry, Double), SpatialKey)) => {
+      val ((geom,value), key) = tup
+      val re = RasterExtent(layout.mapTransform(key), layout.tileCols, layout.tileRows)
+      geom.foreach(re, options){ tile.setDouble(_, _, value) }
+      tile: MutableArrayTile
+    }
+
+    val mergeTiles = (t1: MutableArrayTile, t2: MutableArrayTile) => {
+      t1.merge(t2).mutable
+    }
+
+    val tiles = keyed.combineByKeyWithClassTag[MutableArrayTile](
+      createCombiner = createTile,
+      mergeValue = updateTile,
+      mergeCombiners = mergeTiles,
+      partitioner.getOrElse(new HashPartitioner(features.getNumPartitions))
+    )
+
+    ContextRDD(tiles.asInstanceOf[RDD[(SpatialKey, Tile)]], layout)
+  }
+}