[gdal-dev] help with gdalwarp

[Joaquim Luis]

Alex Bernstein wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry for a newbie question. I've been reading this list and searching
> elsewhere for a few days now to try to figure this out, but I'm still
> missing something. I need to reproject a map from Plate Caree
> projection to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection centered on
> 0N,15E with gdalwarp. I'm using a Natural Earth II map from
> <http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural2/>. The map
> <http://www.nacis.org/data/NE2/NE2_land_only.jpg> is 16200x8100
> pixels, plate caree, WGS84. It also has a world file
> <http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural2/images/world_16000.zip> with
> following information.
>           0.02222222222222
>           0.00000000000000
>           0.00000000000000
>           -0.02222222222222
>           -180.00000000000000
>           90.00000000000000

Alex,

The world file name must follow the conventions. If your file is called NE2_land_only.jpg
than the world file name must be either NE2_land_only.jgw or NE2_land_only.wld

And, humm, there is much sea water on that "..._land_only" image

Joaquim Luis