[Proj] Custom nadgrid and .lla format again

[nicolas david]

Hi Michal

After looking at the source code of proj4 what I'm conclude is (and without
100% certainty)  :

1) difference on lla file are on micro_sec. Because on nad2bin.c the input
read from lla file are converted from micro_sec to radian. see ligne 137
of nad2bin.c :
    "t.lam = (laml += lam) * U_SEC_TO_RAD;"

2) concerning the lla format and after reading the part "Reading the ASCII
Table" of nad2bin.c I'm agreed with your conclusion about <ddx> (  as
before it is was I understand from lignes 132-140 of nad2bin.c)

3) The nadgrid file should be on Local LatLong. If you look at
pj_transform.c when there is/are nadgrids files: for the conversion from
local (source) latlong to wgs84 latlong there is a call to
   pj_apply_gridshift_2( srcdefn, 0, point_count, point_offset, x, y, z );
and from wgs84 to destination (local lat/Long) there is a call to
  pj_apply_gridshift_2( dstdefn, 1, point_count, point_offset, x, y, z );
the second parameter is "inverse" so the first call use the direct way and
the second call the inverse way.

4) the "inverse" is computed with iteration (do while loop) , you could see
that from the nad_cvt.c file.

5) for geoidgrids the inverse is only a "minus" operation because the input
and output coordinate are on the same planimetric system. **The question**
is what is this planimetric system. see some discussion on lastools list (
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lastools/jRV0bvyAlJQ)

Hope that could help you.

Nicolas David


2014-04-20 21:15 GMT+02:00 Michal Seidl <michal.seidl at gmail.com>:

> Hello,
> 1) I spent some time testing and studying proj code and this is my
> conclusion about *.lla format that is used by nad2bin
>
> The data are organized:
> <line number>: <dx> <dy> <ddx> <ddy> .....
>
> <ddx> means difference between current dx and dx at previous
> position(left).
> So to get dx at some position needs get dx from begging of line plus sum of
> ddx.
>
> Can someone confirm or explain?
>
> 2) As I am playing with nadgrids another question rise up. There is just
> one
> nadgrids file. In what coordinate system it should be? In WGS84 LatLong or
> Local LatLong? If you go from local system to WGS84 how can you interpolate
> in gird tha is in WGS84 system?
>    a) some iteration or other clever algorithm
>    b) do not care, correction should not change so dramatically
>
> Probably the same question applies to geoidgrids?
>
>
> Best regards Michal
>
>
>
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