[Bug]: Data is loading with lon/lat transposed

[alexgleith]

Bug Summary

I'm running the below code to load an xarray, and if I don't transpose lat/lon, then the array is flipped along a diagonal axis.

Am I doing something wrong to cause the data to be flipped?

Steps to Reproduce

import ee
import xarray as xr
import odc.geo.xr  # noqa: F401

# Authenticate and initialize
# ee.Authenticate()
ee.Initialize(opt_url="https://earthengine-highvolume.googleapis.com")

dataset = "ACA/reef_habitat/v2_0"
ic = ee.ImageCollection(ee.Image(dataset))

# Region of interest. Eventually, we need to do all of -180 to 180 and -32 to 32
left = 142.0
bottom = -10.0
right = 144.0
top = -8.0

# Close to full resolution
res = 0.00005
transform = [res, 0, left, 0, -res, top]

ds = xr.open_dataset(
    ic,
    engine='ee',
    geometry=[left, bottom, right, top],
    projection=ee.Projection(
        crs="epsg:4326", transform=transform
    ),
    chunks={"time": 1, "lon": 10000, "lat": 10000},
).squeeze().drop_vars("time")

# Load into memory and clean up
reef_mask = ds.reef_mask.astype("uint8").compute()
reef_mask = reef_mask.transpose("lat", "lon")  # Why is it transposed?!
reef_mask.odc.nodata = 0

reef_mask.odc.write_cog("test.tif", overwrite=True)

Current Behavior

Data is flipped

Expected Behavior

Data comes out in the right orientation

Relevant log output

Xee Version

0.0.20

Contact Details

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[jdbcode]

Hey Alex! Thanks for bringing this up. It's currently working as initially intended (x / lon, y / lat), but we're planning to introduce a breaking change to (y / lat, x / lon) to be more compatible with plotting for the majority of geospatial libraries and software.

You can see and add to the discussion at #196. Our plan is to release a new version that includes #225 and the transposed coordinates. This work is not scheduled until ~mid H2 this year.

[alexgleith]

Maybe this is a bit of a misunderstanding on my part... I just assumed that if xarray has labelled axes, the order wouldn't matter!

Thanks for the explanation.