[Gdal-dev] Warping from a full disk image of the Earth

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 10/21/05, Paul Xander <paul at qwikcast.com> wrote:
>  Hi,
>      I've been trying to determine if 'gdalwarp' is the tool for
>  reprojecting a section of a jpeg full disk image of the earth into a
>  standard format such as Lambert Equal Area.

Paul,

Yes, gdalwarp can do this assuming you have appropriate georeferencing
for the image.  If the image has a world file providing the coordinates,
you can supply the coordinate system with the -s_srs switch.

Best regards,
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