[GRASS-dev] GSOC: ideas

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wolf:
>> Isn't MODIS already supported via GDAL?
>
> The processed level 3stuff comes in HDF(4) format, which GDAL
> knows, see  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/MODIS
>
> as for the "raw" level 1B and level 2 stuff which may come by
> scan line(?) I seem to recall that was a motivation for adding/
> extending the thin plate spine functionality in gdalwarp? but
> nicer ways of dealing + processing that could be the intention
> of the module..? anyone using that low level data? Markus?

Years ago, we (former CEA, now FEM) sponsored the implementation
of thin plate spine functionality in gdalwarp to georectify AVHRR
data.
The last years, I used moreover higher level MODIS data.

Markus