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Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid [message #78021 is a reply to message #77922]

Thu, 20 October 2011 19:35

envi35@yahoo.ca
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On Oct 18, 9:25 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Jenny writes:
>> Hi, has anybody implemented the formulas for Coordinate conversion for
>> the MODIS sinusoidal projection included in the MODIS Burned Area
>> product User Guide appendix2 (on p24)?
>> Link to the Guide:
>> http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/gfims/docs/MODIS_Burn ed_Area_U...
>
>> Based on those formulas, one could get lat/lon information from
>> column, row, horizontal, and vertical coordinates of the tile for each
>> pixel in a tile. It seems to be too easy to be true? I haven't seen
>> any post on this. Has any body tried it?
>
> I think it would be much easier (and less prone to error)
> to simply use the Map_Proj_*** routines, which are designed
> to do this very thing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid By: Jeremy Bailin on Tue, 18 October 2011 12:50
		Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid By: Brian Wolven on Tue, 18 October 2011 10:39
		Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid By: Mark Piper on Tue, 18 October 2011 07:57
		Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid By: David Fanning on Tue, 18 October 2011 06:25
		Re: get lat/lon from modis SIN grid By: envi35@yahoo.ca on Thu, 20 October 2011 19:35

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