[GRASS5] "Illegal latitude for South" again

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

I think that we should find a solution for problems
like this one:

g.region n=90N s=90N w=180W e=180E res=0:20
r.in.onearth -b out=bluemarble_global_mosaic
...
************* DATA CHECK OK ***************
************** IMPORT DATA ****************
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 1080, 540
Coordinate System is:
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
    DATUM["WGS_1984",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.2572235629972,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
Origin = (-180.000000,90.000000)
Pixel Size = (0.33333334,-0.33333334)
Metadata:
  AREA_OR_POINT=Area
  TIFFTAG_SOFTWARE=SGI's Image Format Library/1.2
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (-180.0000000,  90.0000000) (180d 0'0.00"W, 90d 0'0.00"N)
Lower Left  (-180.0000000, -90.0000054) (180d 0'0.00"W, 90d 0'0.02"S)
Upper Right ( 180.0000107,  90.0000000) (180d 0'0.04"E, 90d 0'0.00"N)
Lower Right ( 180.0000107, -90.0000054) (180d 0'0.04"E, 90d 0'0.02"S)
Center      (   0.0000054,  -0.0000027) (  0d 0'0.02"E,  0d 0'0.01"S)
Band 1 Block=1080x2 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red
Band 2 Block=1080x2 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green
Band 3 Block=1080x2 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue
A datum name wgs84 (WGS_1984) was specified without transformation parameters.
Note that the GRASS default for wgs84 is towgs84=0.000,0.000,0.000.
Projection of input dataset and current location appear to match.
Proceeding with import...
WARNUNG:G_set_window(): Illegal latitude for South

(It's even an error btw., import fails).

Apparently the NASA WMS delivers maps slightly larger.
Instead of leaving the user alone with that problem which
also appears with other world data sets I suggest to
have a GRASS environment variable to optionally cut
the map or whatever is appropriate in the underlying code.

Any ideas?

Markus