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How can I get the real coordinates (i.e. X and Y) of a given grid cell when I know its row and column position? Thanks Demetris

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If you know row, column, cellsize and extent, X & Y can easily be calculated. Note this assumes a North up raster. If the raster is rotated you'll need to know the other two affine transformation coefficients (or geotransform in GDAL speak). Also note that the column/row coordinates in the below are from (0.0,0.0) at the upper left corner of the upper left pixel. To get the coordinates of the centre of the column/row location you need to add 0.5 to the column and row values.

mapx = xmin + col*cellsize
mapy = ymax - row*cellsize

See also the IRaster2.PixelToMap Method (9.3 reference and 10 reference)

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Luke:How can I determine the Xmin and Ymax in the above formulas? – Demetris Dec 5 '11 at 5:37
I've updated my answer to add links to the IRaster2.PixelToMap method. – Luke Dec 5 '11 at 11:47
Ok Luke. Many thanks. This is the right answer. – Demetris Dec 5 '11 at 15:24

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