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Re: Display radar data? [message #62867 is a reply to message #62861]

Wed, 08 October 2008 07:32

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Dave writes:

> I have some weather radar data, whose coordinates are distances
> (kilometers) and angles to the radar station. So how can I convert
> these local coordinates to longitude/latitude cordinates? Please give
> any clue.

Set up a map projection of the area of interest with MAP_SET
or MAP_PROJ_INIT. Then use CV_COORD to convert your data
from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates (which
will be the data or lat/lon coordinates, in this case).

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
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		Re: Display radar data? By: Dave[4] on Thu, 09 October 2008 00:40
		Re: Display radar data? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 08 October 2008 07:59
		Re: Display radar data? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 08 October 2008 06:41
		Re: Display radar data? By: David Fanning on Wed, 08 October 2008 08:35
		Re: Display radar data? By: pgrigis on Wed, 08 October 2008 08:33
		Re: Display radar data? By: pgrigis on Wed, 08 October 2008 08:13
		Re: Display radar data? By: David Fanning on Wed, 08 October 2008 07:32

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