# LATLON to ROWCOL and Vice-versa

**URL:** <https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/latlon-to-rowcol-and-vice-versa/1549>\
**Category:** I/O API\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/latlon-to-rowcol-and-vice-versa/1549 "2020-06-03T15:54:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/latlon-to-rowcol-and-vice-versa/1549/7 "2020-06-04T22:07:33Z")

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You asked about going in both directions between LAT/LON and COL/ROW.  
The MCIP files GRIDCRO2D and GRIDDOT2D files have variables LAT, LON, LATD, and LOND, which give coordinates for the grid cell centers of the “cross” and “dot” points.  
Does that help?

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