[Gdal-dev] Should These Maps Be Aligned?

[Dean Mikkelsen]

I am not sure either, but another package I often use is uDig.
 
See: http://udig.refractions.net
 
Cheers,
Dean


----- Original Message -----
From: Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>
Date: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:17 pm
Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] Should These Maps Be Aligned?
To: eschenbe at psc.edu
Cc: GDAL <gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org>

> Kent Eschenberg wrote:
> > I converted the relief map from its Lambert projection to geographic
> > (i.e., longitude and latitude) with gdalwarp. As far as I can 
> tell the
> > roads already use that projection. No prj file came with the 
> roads but
> > the included text file has this section:
> > 
> > ===
> > Spatial_Reference_Information:
> >   Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
> >     Geographic:
> >       Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
> >       Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
> >       
> Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
> >     Geodetic_Model:
> >       Horizontal_Datum_Name: 
> North American Datum of 1983
> >       Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
> >       Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
> >       
> Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
> > ===
> > 
> > I wrote a C++ program that with the gdal/ogr library reads 
> these then
> > writes them in the VTK XML format.
> 
> Kent,
> 
> I don't know what's the VTK XML format, but AFAIK it's not
> supported by OGR.
> 
> > These can then be used by a
> > scientific visualization program (ParaView) where we are also 
> displaying> earthquake simulation results. I could have made an 
> error, of course.
> > 
> > Is there some non-commercial software I could run on Linux to 
> display> the road and relief maps together to check whether they 
> are aligned?
> 
> What about Quantum GIS, http://www.qgis.ogr
> 
> Cheers
> -- 
> Mateusz Loskot
> http://mateusz.loskot.net
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Dean C. Mikkelsen, B.Sc., P.Eng. 
Terra ETL Ltd. 
Victoria, B.C., Canada 
Phone: +1 (250) 88TERRA (83772) 
http://www.terraetl.com 

Consulting in Geodesy & GIS  for the Natural Resources
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