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Re: map: integerized sinusoidal [message #65224 is a reply to message #65221]

Fri, 20 February 2009 17:12

ben.bighair
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On Feb 20, 5:18 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Roman writes:
>> After trying out for several days to map (hundreds of) MODIS MOD14A2
>> products in IDL, I hope someone can help me here ! I went through
>> older comments on that but I really don't know where is my mistake !
>> The dataset and the boundaries of the continents/coast lines dont fitt
>> to each other. In the upper right corner yes but than it gets worse to
>> the lower right corner !
>
>> Thank you in advance for any help - cheers Roman
>> --------------------
>> Datasets are HDF files, 1200 x 1200 rows/columns, resoultion 1 km in
>> integerized sinusoidal projection.
>
> This lousy problem has taken over my life! :-(
>
> I don't know what it is, but I hate it when I think
> I know something and I don't. (I don't mind being dumb,
> but I don't like to be stupid.) So, because I thought
> this was a simple problem, I got most annoyed when
> my simple solutions wouldn't work with it. And when
> I get annoyed, I do tend to get a little over-the-top
> tenacious.
>
> But, as with so much in life, there is always more to learn.
> I *finally* figured out how to do this in a simple way.
> I know a little bit more about this now then I knew a couple
> of days ago. And the price I paid to gain this knowledge was
> pretty dear, so I'm not likely to forget it. That's a plus,
> too, I guess.
>
> Anyway, I wrote an article about this in case anyone else
> wants to avoid banging their head against a wall. :-)
>
> http://www.dfanning.con/map_tips/modis_overlay.html
>
> And a special thanks to Garrison Keillor and Ana Ivanovic
> for inspiration. And, of course, to Roman and to all the
> others on this newsgroup whose simple questions are sometimes
> the hardest to answer.
>

Wow! Gives a fellah a hankerin' for a corned beef sandwich with a cup
of black coffee - just like Carson Wiler would have!

Nice!

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		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: jameskuyper on Sat, 21 February 2009 03:53
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: ben.bighair on Fri, 20 February 2009 17:12
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: David Fanning on Fri, 20 February 2009 14:18
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: Roman on Wed, 18 February 2009 08:47
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2009 08:31
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: Roman on Wed, 18 February 2009 07:40
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: David Fanning on Tue, 17 February 2009 12:59
		Re: map: integerized sinusoidal By: liamgumley on Tue, 17 February 2009 11:09

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