On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Roy Mendelssohn <roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Actually this file, as it contents state, follow the CF convention, which is > widely used in climate science, oceanography and atmospheric science (see > http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions). The particular > projection used is one of the ones specified in the standard. By following > this convention, there exists a host of software that can immediately > understand the contents of the file. Ah, but it doesn't use any of the projection and coordinate standards such as those in the PROJ4 system. Obviously its because PROJ4 comes initially from the EPSG (European Petroleum Research Group) and their goal is to make us burn fossil fuels and climate scientists are trying to stop us. Barry [joke] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
