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20050614: POES data from UNIDATA IDD (cont.)

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  • Subject: 20050614: POES data from UNIDATA IDD (cont.)
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:40:55 -0600
>From: Owen Cooper <address@hidden>
>Organization: Aeronomy Laboratory/NOAA
>Keywords:  200505261958.j4QJw7P4015501 McIDAS IDD POES

Hi Owen,

re: rectifying image with IMGREMAP
>>Yup :-)  The image can be rectified with an IMGREMAP, but you
>>will lose information.

>Will I lose resolution becasue IMGREMAP is limited to 1 km pixels? i.e. 
>I can't specify RES=0.250

No.  What I had in mind was remapping into a different projection where
North was "up".  The transformation in such a case will not be 1-to-1
so there will be an interpolation of values which, in turn, means
that you will lose information.

Cheers,

Tom
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