You have NW, (lines 5 and 6), and you can calculate SE using lines 1
and 4.
Widht of the image in pixels times line 1 gives you SE longitude.
Height of the image in pixels times line 4 gives you SE latitude.

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On Aug 6, 7:57 pm, Bajji <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> Can you explain how to get pointSW and pointNE using the gfw file.
>
> The file contents are:
>
> 0.017971305190311
> 0.000000000000000
> 0.000000000000000
> -0.017971305190311
> -127.620375523875420
> 50.406626367301044
>
> The NWS website explains these fields to be:
>
> Line 1: x-dimension of a pixel in map units
> Line 2: rotation parameter
> Line 3: rotation parameter
> Line 4: NEGATIVE of y-dimension of a pixel in map units
> Line 5: x-coordinate of center of upper left pixel
> Line 6: y-coordinate of center of upper left pixel
>
> It seems like I have point NW from lines 5 and 6 and not pointSW and
> pointNE.
>
> I am also trying to overlay latest weather on my map and would very
> much appreciate this help.
>
> Thanks
> Balaji
>
> On Jul 30, 10:51 pm, Andrew Trice <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I don't know what "GoogleWeatherMaps" is, but you can use a ground
> > overlay and show the national US radar available from NOAA on top of a
> > regulargooglemap.
>
> > var groundOverlay = new GGroundOverlay(
> >    "http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/RadarImg/latest_radaronly.gif";,
> >    new GLatLngBounds(pointSW, pointNE));
>
> > map.addOverlay(groundOverlay);
>
> > You can get various radar projections (with varying detail) 
> > athttp://radar.weather.gov/Conus/RadarImg/
>
> > Also in that directory, you will see gfw files that can be use to
> > calculate the SW and NE coordinates (US states and territories only)
>
> > -Andy
>
> > On Jul 10, 7:46 pm, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > What is "googleweathermaps" ? Never heard of it.
>
> > > You can embed a map using theGoogleMaps API, and you can overlay
> > > data - for exampleweatherdata. But you will need to find a source
> > > for that data, dont thinkGoogleprovide any API for it.
>
> > > Inputing a city or country and re centering the map is done with a
> > > Geocoder. The API provides one.
>
> > > On 10/07/2009, Jyothi N <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi All,
>
> > > >       Is is possible to embed googleweathermaps into site.
> > > > Input will be city or country. displayweatherfor that region.  Please 
> > > > help
> > > > me.
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jyothi
>
> > > --
> > > Barry
>
> > > -www.nearby.org.uk-www.geograph.org.uk-
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