[GRASS-user] r.in.gdal global raster incorrect extents

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 16:13 -0700, Jamie Adams wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions.  I opened the image up in python using
> gdal, looked at the geotransform and found that the image is
> ever-so-slightly shifted west (-180.00000000012497).  Hence the
> negative W-E center.  Maybe this is why GRASS thinks it has a 180E
> origin also, though I don't know.  
> 
> I checked the region - same problem - then set it manually and
> re-imported.  Same results.  In the end I was able to assign correct
> extents using r.region.  Though the boundary isn't exactly at 180W, I
> think nine 0s after the decimal point is a bit much.  :-)
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> -Jamie

Jamie,

would you share some python command examples (using gdal)? I am learning
python stuff (although very slowly) and I would like to have some
examples as the one you did.

Thank you, Nikos