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Re: Satellite image remapping [message #25585 is a reply to message #25584]

Tue, 03 July 2001 11:11

david[2]
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Registered: June 2001

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Sean writes:

> Hello, I just found out about this newsgroup. I think it will be a godsend.

Indeed! :-)

> Anyway, I'm just getting started with IDL. I have done a few things in the
> past few months and am working up to a major project. I know there is an
> extensive amount of code out there so maybe my problem is already solved.
>
> What I am doing is remapping satellite images, specifically full-disk images
> from a GOES satellite. These images are not internally georeferenced.
> However, there is available a navigation file which gives the lat/lon for
> each pixel. What I would like to do is remap this image onto a flat
> projection. I know I can do it with a brute force method, but I have the
> sneaky suspicion that this sort of thing has been done before. Does anyone
> have any experience in this arena? I would be thrilled.

Better check out Liam Gumley's Imagemap tools. This
is *the* solution as far as I know.

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley/imagemap.html

Cheers,

David

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