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Summary

  • Use proj4's +over flag on target projection definitions (EPSG:4326 and EPSG:3857) to disable adjust_lon longitude normalization
  • Fixes 360° round-trip errors at the antimeridian that make Delatin mesh refinement unconvergeable for global COGs spanning ±180°

Problem

proj4's adjust_lon normalizes longitude to (-π, π], causing:

  • forward(-180.001°, lat) → positive easting (wrong sign)
  • inverse(-WM_HALF, northing) → +180° instead of -180°

For tiles touching the antimeridian on global EPSG:4326 COGs (e.g. 1.4M×600K pixel DEM), the round-trip error equals the full image width (5625 pixels), producing visibly distorted tile meshes at low zoom levels.

Fix

Add +over to the target projection definitions:

proj4.defs("__WGS84_OVER", "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +over");
proj4.defs("__MERC_OVER", "+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +k=1 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +over");

The +over flag is safe for longlat and Mercator projections where the 180° meridian is a straight line. Supported since proj4js v2.20.0 (proj4js#530).

Test plan

  • Load a global EPSG:4326 COG spanning ±180° longitude (e.g. GEDTM30 at 1440010×600010 pixels)
  • Verify z=0 tiles at the antimeridian (x=0, x=2) converge without 5625-pixel error
  • Verify regional COGs (EPSG:2193, EPSG:32610) render correctly
  • Verify no regressions with non-geographic source CRS

Fixes #352

proj4's `adjust_lon` normalizes longitude to (-π, π], which causes 360°
round-trip errors for coordinates at the antimeridian (±180°):

- `forward(-180.001°, lat)` wraps to positive easting (wrong sign)
- `inverse(-WM_HALF, northing)` returns +180° instead of -180°

These errors make the Delatin mesh refinement unconvergeable for tiles
touching the antimeridian on global EPSG:4326 COGs (e.g. a 1.4M×600K
pixel DEM spanning ±180° longitude). The round-trip error equals the
full image width, producing visibly distorted tile meshes at low zoom.

Fix: Add `+over` to the target projection definitions for both the 4326
and 3857 converters. The `+over` flag disables `adjust_lon`, allowing
coordinates to pass through unwrapped. This is safe for longlat and
Mercator projections where the 180° meridian is a straight line.

The `+over` flag is supported since proj4js v2.20.0 (PR proj4js#530).

Fixes developmentseed#352
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This looks very hacky.

I think we need a deeper consideration of how to handle images spanning the antimeridian.

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yharby commented Mar 18, 2026

Thanks, I’ve just discovered #171 and #269 .. will close this !

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…hes to ±85.051° (#574)

* docs(specs): add antimeridian crossing-tile (cut-in-two) design

Design for rendering imagery crossing ±180° in Web Mercator (issues #171,
#366). Splits a crossing tile at the antimeridian into west/east pieces so
each reprojects as a normal non-crossing tile — avoiding the proj4-rewrap
unwrap that prior attempts (#353/#374/#269) stumbled on. Generalizes the
RasterReprojector to accept a delaunator-shaped initial-triangulation seed
(subsuming #351 uvBounds / pole clamp), splits in _renderSubLayers into two
single-mesh RasterLayers, and uses a two-box bounding volume composing with
the merged world-copy traversal (#518).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(specs): refine antimeridian spec — add test fixture, handle slanted cuts

- Use the vendored geotiff-test-data antimeridian.tif fixture (42x42 EPSG:4326,
  crosses -180 at column 24) as the primary deterministic crossing test.
- Handle slanted (rotated-geotransform) cuts, not just vertical: any straight
  cut yields convex pieces delaunator triangulates exactly; error only on
  curved/concave cuts. createInitialConditions is therefore part of the MVP
  crossing path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(raster-reproject): add createInitialConditions (delaunator-backed seed)

Add the InitialTriangulation type and a tree-shakeable createInitialConditions
helper that builds a Delaunay seed from a UV point set. delaunator is confined
to its own module (initial-conditions.ts); delatin.ts does not import it and the
package is sideEffects:false, so it tree-shakes out for consumers that don't use
it. Foundation for antimeridian cut-in-two and the sub-domain capability in #351.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(raster-reproject): document delaunator seed pattern, don't ship a wrapper

Per review: a one-line delaunator wrapper isn't worth a runtime dependency.
Expose only the InitialTriangulation type and show the delaunator one-liner in
its docstring. delaunator moves to devDependencies — used by tests to validate
winding compatibility, not shipped to consumers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(specs): drop createInitialConditions wrapper from antimeridian design

raster-reproject exposes only the InitialTriangulation type + documents the
delaunator one-liner; delaunator is a dev/test dep (winding validation), not
shipped. Runtime seed-building for crossing tiles is the deck.gl-raster
builder's job (follow-up plan). Mark stage 1 done.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(raster-reproject): seed RasterReprojector from an initial triangulation

Generalize the constructor to accept an optional initialTriangulation seed
(delaunator's data shape), defaulting to a hardcoded unit-square seed so
behavior is unchanged and the package needs no runtime triangulation dep.
Refinement only ever splits existing triangles, so a sub-domain seed confines
the mesh to that region. Tests build seeds via delaunator (the documented
pattern) to validate winding compatibility + sub-domain confinement.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(raster-reproject): add rectangleSeed helper for sub-rectangle seeds

Build an axis-aligned 2-triangle rectangle seed for a UV sub-rectangle (no
delaunator, runtime-safe). UNIT_SQUARE_SEED is now rectangleSeed(0,0,1,1).
Used to clamp a mesh to a UV band — e.g. the valid Web Mercator latitude band
(#182 / #351) — and reused by the antimeridian vertical-cut case.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(deck.gl-raster): add webMercatorClampSeed (clamp mesh to ±85.051°)

Pure helper that returns a rectangleSeed clamping a north-up geographic tile's
reprojection mesh to the Web Mercator latitude band, or undefined when no clamp
is needed/possible (rotated/projected tiles, fully-polar tiles). Avoids the
degenerate near-pole triangles from #182 / #351. Unit-tested with synthetic
corner latitudes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(deck.gl-raster): clamp Web Mercator meshes to valid latitude band

Wire the reprojector seed through the render path: RasterLayer gains an
initialTriangulation prop (passed to RasterReprojector, regenerated on change);
getTileMetadata computes a per-tile _webMercatorReprojectorSeed via
webMercatorClampSeed; _renderSubLayers passes it in the Web Mercator branch
only (globe shows the poles, full mesh). Fixes the degenerate near-pole
triangles for EPSG:4326 imagery reaching ±90° (#182 / #351).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(deck.gl-raster): name clamp seed as initialTriangulation

Rename webMercatorClampSeed → webMercatorInitialTriangulation and the tile
metadata field _webMercatorReprojectorSeed → _webMercatorInitialTriangulation,
for consistency with the InitialTriangulation type and the
RasterLayer.initialTriangulation prop (drops the ad-hoc 'seed'/'ReprojectorSeed'
terms).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(deck.gl-raster): rename clamp fn to createInitialWebMercatorTriangulation

Verb-prefixed name for the builder (was webMercatorInitialTriangulation); the
tile metadata field stays _webMercatorInitialTriangulation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(raster-reproject): rename rectangleSeed -> triangulateRectangle

Active verb name for the helper that triangulates a UV rectangle into an
InitialTriangulation; internal UNIT_SQUARE_SEED -> UNIT_SQUARE_TRIANGULATION;
test file renamed to match. Updates the deck.gl-raster clamp caller too.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor: apply triangulateRectangle rename across source + caller

Completes the rename (a657eb8 only moved the test file): rectangleSeed ->
triangulateRectangle in delatin.ts + index export + the renamed test, and the
deck.gl-raster web-mercator-clamp caller. UNIT_SQUARE_SEED -> UNIT_SQUARE_TRIANGULATION.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PR #349: Antimeridian longitude wrap + NaN from oversized tile matrices on global COGs

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