How to project and resample a grid to match another grid with GDAL python?

Question

Clarification: I somehow left out the key aspect: not using os.system or subprocess - just the python API.

I\'m trying to convert a section of a NOAA GTX offset gri

Answer 1

Thanks to Jamie for the answer.

#!/usr/bin/env python

from osgeo import gdal, gdalconst

# Source
src_filename = 'MENHMAgome01_8301/mllw.gtx'
src = gdal.Open(src_filename, gdalconst.GA_ReadOnly)
src_proj = src.GetProjection()
src_geotrans = src.GetGeoTransform()

# We want a section of source that matches this:
match_filename = 'F00574_MB_2m_MLLW_2of3.bag'
match_ds = gdal.Open(match_filename, gdalconst.GA_ReadOnly)
match_proj = match_ds.GetProjection()
match_geotrans = match_ds.GetGeoTransform()
wide = match_ds.RasterXSize
high = match_ds.RasterYSize

# Output / destination
dst_filename = 'F00574_MB_2m_MLLW_2of3_mllw_offset.tif'
dst = gdal.GetDriverByName('GTiff').Create(dst_filename, wide, high, 1, gdalconst.GDT_Float32)
dst.SetGeoTransform( match_geotrans )
dst.SetProjection( match_proj)

# Do the work
gdal.ReprojectImage(src, dst, src_proj, match_proj, gdalconst.GRA_Bilinear)

del dst # Flush

Answer 2

If I understand the question correctly, you could accomplish your goal by running gdalwarp and gdal_translate as subprocesses. Just assemble your options then do the following for example:

import subprocess

param = ['gdalwarp',option1,option2...]
cmd = ' '.join(param)
process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
stdout = ''.join(process.stdout.readlines())
stderr = ''.join(process.stderr.readlines())

if len(stderr) > 0:
    raise IOError(stderr)

It may not be the most elegant solution, but it will get the job done. Once it is run, just load your data into numpy using gdal and carry on your way.