Hi All, I'm trying to use GDAL (version 1.7.2 on Gentoo built with hdf5 and netcdf support) to read NetCDF files, but I'm a little unclear on how the NetCDF driver attempts to determine the georeferencing.
The driver page here: http://www.gdal.org/frmt_netcdf.html states that it will attempt to read the metadata "spatial_ref" for a Well Know Text definition of the spatial reference (I assume that it means that it will try to use a global attribute of the NetCDF file named spatial_ref). Since this would be convenient for my application, I attempted to use GDAL this way without success. + I added a global attribute named "spatial_ref" with the WKT definition of the spatial reference system. + gdalinfo on the file still reports "Coordinate System is `'" + opening the file with the python bindings and calling dst.GetProjection() returns a blank string (i.e. no projection information) The full listings of my spatial reference definition, the output of ncdump and gdalinfo and the output from the python session are listed below. Can anyone tell me whether I'm doing something wrong, or should I not count on georeferencing being supported by the NetCDF driver? ~James ja...@basalt ~ $ ncatted -a spatial_ref,global,a,c,'PROJCS["unnamed",GEOGCS["Normal Sphere (r=6370997)",DATUM["unknown",SPHEROID["sphere",6370997,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",60],PARAMETER["central_meridian",263],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",3925000],PARAMETER["false_northing",8325000]]' narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc ja...@basalt ~ $ ncdump -h narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc netcdf narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs { dimensions: xc = 123 ; yc = 104 ; time = UNLIMITED ; // (9496 currently) bnds = 2 ; variables: char polar_stereographic ; polar_stereographic:grid_mapping_name = "polar_stereographic" ; polar_stereographic:longitude_of_central_meridian = 263. ; polar_stereographic:straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263. ; polar_stereographic:standard_parallel = 60. ; polar_stereographic:TrueGridLength_Latitude = 60. ; polar_stereographic:XGridLength_M = 50000. ; polar_stereographic:YGridLength_M = 50000. ; polar_stereographic:PoleOnPlane = "north" ; polar_stereographic:false_easting = 3925000. ; polar_stereographic:false_northing = 8325000. ; polar_stereographic:latitude_of_projection_origin = 90. ; double yc(yc) ; yc:long_name = "y-coordinate of Cartesian system" ; yc:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ; yc:axis = "Y" ; yc:units = "m" ; double xc(xc) ; xc:long_name = "x-coordinate of Cartesian system" ; xc:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ; xc:axis = "X" ; xc:units = "m" ; double lon(yc, xc) ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; lon:long_name = "longitude" ; lon:standard_name = "longitude" ; lon:axis = "X" ; lon:NX_NumPntsOnParallel = 123 ; lon:NY_NumPntsOnMeridian = 104 ; lon:actual_range = 211.5412f, 316.2759f ; lon:XGridLength_M = 50000. ; lon:YGridLength_M = 50000. ; lon:PoleOnPlane = "north" ; double lat(yc, xc) ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; lat:long_name = "latitude" ; lat:standard_name = "latitude" ; lat:axis = "Y" ; lat:NX_NumPntsOnParallel = 123 ; lat:NY_NumPntsOnMeridian = 104 ; lat:actual_range = 21.23807f, 67.63758f ; lat:XGridLength_M = 50000. ; lat:YGridLength_M = 50000. ; lat:PoleOnPlane = "north" ; ... // global attributes: ... :history = "Mon Aug 9 13:44:50 2010: ncatted -a spatial_ref,global,a,c,PROJCS[\"unnamed\",GEOGCS[\"Normal Sphere (r=6370997)\",DATUM[\"unknown\",SPHEROID[\"sphere\",6370997,0]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[\"Polar_Stereographic\"],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",60],PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",263],PARAMETER[\"scale_factor\",1],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",3925000],PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",8325000]] narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc\n", "Fri May 8 09:34:14 2009: ncrcat tasmin_ECPC_1979010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1981010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1986010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1991010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1996010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_2001010106.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep.nc" ; :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1 ; :spatial_ref = "PROJCS[\"unnamed\",GEOGCS[\"Normal Sphere (r=6370997)\",DATUM[\"unknown\",SPHEROID[\"sphere\",6370997,0]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[\"Polar_Stereographic\"],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",60],PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",263],PARAMETER[\"scale_factor\",1],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",3925000],PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",8325000]]" ; } ja...@basalt ~ $ gdalinfo narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc Driver: netCDF/Network Common Data Format Files: narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc.aux.xml Size is 512, 512 Coordinate System is `' Metadata: ... NC_GLOBAL#history1=Original output in GRIB 1 NC_GLOBAL#history2=Contains modifications made to original data NC_GLOBAL#history=Mon Aug 9 13:44:50 2010: ncatted -a spatial_ref,global,a,c,PROJCS["unnamed",GEOGCS["Normal Sphere (r=6370997)",DATUM["unknown",SPHEROID["sphere",6370997,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",60],PARAMETER["central_meridian",263],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",3925000],PARAMETER["false_northing",8325000]] narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc Fri May 8 09:34:14 2009: ncrcat tasmin_ECPC_1979010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1981010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1986010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1991010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_1996010106.nc tasmin_ECPC_2001010106.nc narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep.nc NC_GLOBAL#nco_openmp_thread_number=1 NC_GLOBAL#spatial_ref=PROJCS["unnamed",GEOGCS["Normal Sphere (r=6370997)",DATUM["unknown",SPHEROID["sphere",6370997,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",60],PARAMETER["central_meridian",263],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",3925000],PARAMETER["false_northing",8325000]] Subdatasets: SUBDATASET_1_NAME=NETCDF:"narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc":lon SUBDATASET_1_DESC=[104x123] longitude (64-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_2_NAME=NETCDF:"narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc":lat SUBDATASET_2_DESC=[104x123] latitude (64-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_3_NAME=NETCDF:"narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc":time_bnds SUBDATASET_3_DESC=[9496x2] time_bnds (64-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_4_NAME=NETCDF:"narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc":tasmin SUBDATASET_4_DESC=[9496x104x123] air_temperature (32-bit floating-point) Corner Coordinates: Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0) Lower Left ( 0.0, 512.0) Upper Right ( 512.0, 0.0) Lower Right ( 512.0, 512.0) Center ( 256.0, 256.0) ja...@basalt ~ $ python >>> from osgeo import gdal >>> dst = gdal.Open("narccap_ecpc-20c3m-tasmin-ncep-with-srs.nc") >>> dst.GetProjection() _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev