[Gdal-dev] Sinusoidal projection for MODIS images with OGR

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 12:17:39AM -0700, Chris G. Nicholas wrote:
> you can also use the MODIS reproject tool,
> http://lpdaac2.usgs.gov/landdaac/tools/modis/index.asp, to get it in a
> projection that might perhaps be more familiar...

The MODIS reproject tool is only able to read ISIN, not SIN.
"The MODIS Level-3 Land products are generated by the MODIS Adaptive
 Processing System (MODAPS), located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight
 Center, as gridded output in the Integerized Sinusoidal (ISIN) projection.
 The ISIN projection is unique to the MODIS land products, analogous to the
 Sinusoidal projection except that the ISIN projection is centered about 0° 
 longitude and special coefficients are used to flatten the ellipsoid. The 
 ISIN projection was devised for the Level-3+ products because it employs a
 tessellation scheme, efficient organization, and hierarchical management of
 the multi-resolution data acquired by the MODIS sensor.
"