[Gdal-dev] MODIS Equal Area Sinusoidal projection

[guillaume huby]

Hi Jose

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org] De la part de
> Jose Luis Gomez Dans
> Envoyé : vendredi 2 juin 2006 12:32
> À : gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
> Objet : [Gdal-dev] MODIS Equal Area Sinusoidal projection
>
>
> Hi!
> The MODIS HDF files for level 4 (and up) products are given
> using the "Equal Area Sinusoidal Projection". I have tried to
> select one dataset, and export it to a GeoTIFF file using
> GDAL, but the projection information does not seem to
> work.The output GeoTIFF file does have the right metadata,
> thre resulting raster is not properly reprojected. I have
> also tried to set the source projection with "+proj=sinu",
> but this does not seem to produce a good result.
>
> What I want to do is to extract one dataset from a MODIS HDF
> file, reproject it to UTM and then cut an area of interest.
> However, without dealing with the projection issue first.
>
> Any pointers would be very appreciated!

You should try HEG Tool
http://newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov/sdptoolkit/HEG/HEGHome.html.
This tool is made for EOS datasets including MODIS. There is a UTM option
for repojection and subsetting. You can also use it in batch mode. But I do
not think it uses GDAL.

Regards,
Guillaume HUBY.
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