modis-sinusoidal-tile-converter 0.0.4

A simple Python tool for converting geographic coordinates into MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) tile numbers.

modis_sinusoidal_tile_converter

A simple Python tool for converting geographic coordinates into MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) tile numbers.

Install

# Run in the console
pip install modis_sinusoidal_tile_converter

Usage

# Open python
python
>>> from modis_sinusoidal_tile_converter import Sinusoidal
>>> Sinusoidal.get_bounding_coordinates_of_sinusoidal_tiles(4, 24) # display bounding coordinates
(40.0, 50.0, 78.32443735993672, 108.90066788022885)
>>> Sinusoidal.gc2rc(50.0, 93.34342961162473)
(6671703.118599138, 5559752.598832616)
>>> Sinusoidal.rc2gc(6671703.118599138, 5559752.598832616)
(50.0, 93.34342961162473)
>>> Sinusoidal.gc2tcnum(50.0, 93.34342961162473)
(4, 24, -0.5, -0.5000000000008527)
>>> Sinusoidal.tcnum2gc(4, 24, -0.5, -0.5)
(50.0, 93.34342961162473)

Resources

MODIS_Sinusoidal_Tile_Grid_Corner_Coordinates.csv

How to get this file?

## the pattern “**” will match any files and zero or more directories, 
# subdirectories and symbolic links to directories
python scripts\get_corner_coordinates_of_modis_sinusoidal_tile.py **/*.hdf

References

• MODLAND_grid
• MODLAND Tile Calculator