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ArcGIS can read netcdf files these days. Have you tried just importing the netcd file into ArcGIS instead of making it into a geoTIFF. IMO, if ArcGOS is going to insist that everything is (-180, 180) then when they read invalid files they should do the necessary conversions/wrapping. I think to do so would take about 3 lines of code. -Roy > On Jun 13, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Doug Fowler <dfowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Roy, > Thanks for the quick reply. ArcGIS is a popular tool among our users as are > GeoTIFF files. So I guess this one test was for to produce good GeoTIFF files > from the NetCDF files. The problem is visualizing the data 180 degrees from > where it should be. I don't know if it was run through a cf checker, but can > check with the data producer. > > Thanks again, > Doug > > We have written > > On 6/13/2017 11:05 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal wrote: >> Hi Doug: >> >> I thought GDAL had fixed this problem. it comes from just assuming what the >> latitudes and longitudes are, rather than reading in from the file. So for >> example, GDAL used to assume latitudes ran north to south, even when they >> didn't. Also,, they are not set to handle data where longitudes are (0, >> 360). ArcGIS has the same problem because I believe they just use GDAL. >> >> Can I also ask what exactly you are trying to achieve, and what you view as >> the "problem". Given that HDFView and Panoply are reading them fine, >> suggests that they are standard netcdf files. There are checkers to see if >> they are also valued CF netcdf files. IMO, if they are, then what you are >> seeing is a GDAL/ArcGIS problem, which you should probably take up with >> them. >> >> -Roy >> >>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Doug Fowler <dfowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> I work at a data center (NSIDC) in Boulder and we are reviewing some new >>> NetCDF data that we'll archive. This is satellite data and is a fairly low >>> level swath product. The geolocation data (lat/lons) is linked to the >>> science data within each file. >>> >>> In HDFView and Panoply the data seems to display fine, but using ArcGIS, >>> QGIS, and gdal, the data is 180 degrees off. >>> As an example, a file that is over Japan show up over the Atlantic in >>> ArcGIS. >>> >>> One of my team ran some through gdal, here are his comments; >>> It appears that GDAL has the same problem as ArcGIS, namely that when I >>> create a GeoTIFF using gdal_translate extracting any band in >>> VNP10.A2015183.1242.001.2017157163531.nc, the longitude values for each GCP >>> in the GeoTIFF are 180 degrees too large. >>> >>> The first GCP is: >>> GCP[ 0]: Id=1, Info= >>> (0.5,0.5) -> (205.183015823364,62.1505355834961,0) >>> I believe it should be: >>> GCP[ 0]: Id=1, Info= >>> (0.5,0.5) -> (25.183015823364,62.1505355834961,0) >>> >>> >>> We've basically exhausted things to try here. I was told that you might >>> have some suggestions of things to look at or try to help determine what is >>> causing this problem. >>> >>> Any ideas or information is appreciated, >>> Doug Fowler >>> >>> -- >>> Doug Fowler, MODIS, VIIRS & ICESat Team Lead >>> National Snow & Ice Data Center >>> University of Colorado at Boulder >>> UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 >>> ph (303)735-1357; fax (303)492-2468 >>> email: dfowler@xxxxxxxxx >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NOTE: All exchanges posted to Unidata maintained email lists are >>> recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and made publicly >>> available through the web. 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"From those who have been given much, much will be expected" "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr.
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