Polar to WGS84 Converter

Global geometry processing utilities for GeoJSON-safe WGS84 polygons.

Stable release

To install Polar to WGS84 Converter, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install git+https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84.git

This is the preferred method to install Polar to WGS84 Converter, as it will always install the most recent stable release.

If you don't have pip installed, this Python installation guide can guide you through the process.

Installing UV

To manage the dependencies of Polar to WGS84 Converter, we use [UV](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). If you don't have UV installed, follow these steps:

1. Install UV:

   $ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
   

2. Verify the installation:

   $ uv --version
   

Please note that this project has been tested with UV version 0.9.15.

From sources

The sources for Polar to WGS84 Converter can be downloaded from the Gitlab repo.

You can either clone the public repository:

$ git clone https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84.git

Or download the tarball:

$ curl -OJL https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84/tarball/main

Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it with:

$ make  # install

Development

$ git clone polar2wgs84.git
$ cd polar2wgs84
$ make prepare-dev
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ make install-dev

To get more information about the preconfigured tasks:

$ make help

Usage

To use Polar to WGS84 Converter in a project:

from polar2wgs84 import Footprint
from shapely import Polygon

# Define the vertices of your spherical polygon as a list of (longitude, latitude) tuples.
# Example: A polygon with 4 vertices (e.g., a rectangle near the North Pole).
polygon_vertices = [
    (longitude_1, latitude_1),  # First vertex
    (longitude_2, latitude_2),  # Second vertex
    (longitude_3, latitude_3),  # Third vertex
    (longitude_4, latitude_4),  # Fourth vertex
    (longitude_1, latitude_1),  # Close the polygon by repeating the first vertex
]

# Create a Shapely Polygon from the vertices
polygon = Polygon(polygon_vertices)

# Instantiate the Footprint class with the polygon
footprint = Footprint(polygon)

# Convert the polygon to a valid GeoJSON-compatible geometry.
# This ensures the geometry is either a Polygon or MultiPolygon,
# which are the only types supported by the GeoJSON standard.
valid_geom = footprint.make_valid_geojson_geometry()

# Interpolate the geometry to the Plate Carrée (CAR) projection (EPSG:4326)
# and simplify it to reduce complexity while preserving its shape.
# This is useful for visualization and further processing.
simplified_valid_geom = footprint.to_wgs84_plate_carre(valid_geom)
# Additional arguments can be provided to control polygon densification and geometry simplification.

With command line:

$ polar2wgs84 -h

Run tests

To run automatic tests

$make tests

To run manual tests

pytest -m "manual" -s

Documentation

The documentation is automatically deployed on https://pdssp.io.cnes.fr/polar2wgs84 based on main branch

Container

A container is automatically created on https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84/container_registry

Author

👤 Jean-Christophe Malapert

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!<br />Feel free to check [issues page](https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84/issues). You can also take a look at the [contributing guide](https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.rst)

📝 License

This project is [Apache V2.0](https://gitlab.cnes.fr/pdssp/common/polar2wgs84/blob/main/LICENSE) licensed.