[CF-metadata] Question on WKT representation of CRS

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:22:20 +0000

Dear Etienne

Thank you for your two examples. This is very helpful. In the first example,
as you say, it appears that a new grid_mapping type of sinusoidal is needed.
It is easy to add new grid_mappings to Appendix F if their definition is known.
In the second example, the essential extra features are the names of the
geographical coordinate system, datum and spheroid, the prime meridian, and the
TOWGS84 parameters. Have I got that right? These would require new attributes
for the grid_mapping variable in Table F.1.

It is also interesting to see that GDAL's netCDF driver can convert WKT into
CF attributes. Can it translate the other way too?

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Tue Nov 22 2011 - 09:22:20 GMT