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---
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
tags:
- earth-observation
- remote-sensing
- satellite
- geospatial
size_categories:
- 1M<n<10M
---
# WORK IN PROGRESS...
# Spatial-Reference-Grid
> The MajorTom spatial reference grid is now available as spatial data, provided in both GeoParquet and GeoPackage formats.
> It is a global grid containing 5,091,140 cells.
>
![image](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/66aa04a381dd5b0fe363b4da/tAsHyVdiuPd2WHWG5CglJ.png)
## Metadata content
| Field | Type | Description |
|:-----------------:|:--------:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| grid_cell | string | Major TOM cell |
| grid_row_u | int | Major TOM cell row |
| grid_col_r | int | Major TOM cell col |
| utm_crs | string | CRS of the original product |
| centre_lat | float | Centre of the of the grid_cell latitude |
| centre_lon | float | Centre of the of the grid_cell longitude |
| utm_footprint | string | Polygon footprint (image UTM) of the grid_cell |
| geometry | geometry | Polygon footprint (WGS84) of the grid_cell |
| geotransform | array | geotransform of the footprint |
## Example Use
Interface scripts are available at
```python
import geopandas as gpd
gdf_pq = gpd.read_parquet("MT_grid_10km_global.parquet")
gdf_pq.head(5)
gdf_gpkg = gpd.read_file("MT_grid_10km_global.gpkg", layer="MT")
gdf_gpkg.head(5)
```
## Authors
[**Mikolaj Czerkawski**](https://mikonvergence.github.io) (Asterisk Labs), [**Marcin Kluczek**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-kluczek-03852a1a8/) (CloudFerro), [**Jędrzej S. Bojanowski**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C4%99drzej-s-bojanowski-a5059872/) (CloudFerro)
## Open Access Manuscript
[![arxiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/Open_Access-arxiv:2402.12095-b31b1b)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12095/)
```latex
@inproceedings{Major_TOM,
title={Major TOM: Expandable Datasets for Earth Observation},
author={Alistair Francis and Mikolaj Czerkawski},
year={2024},
booktitle={IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium},
eprint={2402.12095},
archivePrefix={arXiv},
primaryClass={cs.CV}
}
```
Powered by [Φ-lab, European Space Agency (ESA) 🛰️](https://philab.esa.int/) in collaboration with [CloudFerro 🔶](https://cloudferro.com/) & [asterisk labs](https://asterisk.coop/)