From 275031bb5726eaff9ea5df79b64c454e89e5d8bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Staniewicz <scott.j.staniewicz@jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:15:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove `-tap` option from `gdal_merge.py` call

---
 src/dolphin/stitching.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dolphin/stitching.py b/src/dolphin/stitching.py
index 428aab031..878ade2ea 100644
--- a/src/dolphin/stitching.py
+++ b/src/dolphin/stitching.py
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ def merge_images(
     if out_dtype is not None:
         out_gdal_dtype = gdal.GetDataTypeName(utils.numpy_to_gdal_type(out_dtype))
         args.extend(["-ot", out_gdal_dtype])
-    if target_aligned_pixels:
-        args.append("-tap")
     if create_only:
         args.append("-create")
     if options is not None:
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ def merge_images(
     logger.info(f"Running {' '.join(arg_list)}")
     subprocess.check_call(arg_list)
 
-    # Now clip to
+    # Now clip to the provided bounding box
     gdal.Translate(
         destName=fspath(outfile),
         srcDS=fspath(merge_output),