Scheme: 1x1 degree grid cell
Submitted by t.hengl on June 16, 2011 - 15:07
Scheme: 1x1 degree grid cell. The grid cell name is determined by the coordinates of the lower left corner, e.g. E33 S14 refers to bounding box Lonmin=33, Lonmax34, Latmin=-14, Latmax=-13.
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