[gdal-dev] Convention for pixel coordinates in GDAL_GCP?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Pablo d Angelo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm currently writing a GDAL driver for our in house image format.
> 
> I have a question about the GDAL_GCP.dfGCPPixel and GDAL_GCP.dfGCPPixel
> coordinates. 
> 
> http://gdal.org/gdal_datamodel.html says:
> 
> The (Pixel,Line) position is the GCP location on the raster.
> 
> Is it the center of the pixel, or one of the corners? It would be great
> if that info could be added to the documentation.

Pablo,

It uses the same pixel/line georeferencing model as is inherent in the
geotransform.  That is (0.0,0.0) would refer to the top left corner of the
top left pixel.  For a GCP to be at the center of the top left pixel it
would use (0.5,0.5)

Best regards,
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