Google Colab GDAL update 3.0.4 -> 3.3.2

[bhyeh]

Context:
In most recent Google Colab update (2/17/23) gdal was updated from version 3.0.4 to 3.3.2
Issue:
Running build_vrt in create_map.ipynb does not result in vrts being built from .nc prediction files.

1. build_vrt call to gdal_cmd terminates with exit code 1
2. Manually calling gdalbuildvrt results in a warning that images are ungeoreferenced and is skipped.
   

Temporary Fix:
Add following to a cell in create_map.ipynb to downgrade gdal back to 3.0.4 which makes build_vrt work prior to the GC update.

%%shell
yes | add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get install python3-gdal=3.0.4+dfsg-1build3
apt-get install gdal-bin=3.0.4+dfsg-1build3
apt-get install libgdal-dev=3.0.4+dfsg-1build3
C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal 
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal 
python -m pip install GDAL==3.0.4

Potential Solution:
Investigate changed behavior with gdalbuildvrt from version 3.0.4 and 3.3.2.

[bhyeh]

Add following to a cell in create_map.ipynb to downgrade gdal back to 3.0.4 which makes build_vrt work prior to the GC update.

This actually only resolves the version issue with build_vrt - however there appears to be a following issue with gdal_translate related to pyproject and incompatible versions of PROJ and proj.db. Here, pyproj is likely referencing an incorrect CRS data directory.

[bhyeh]

The problem is actually likely not related to GDAL - but instead to changes related to how .nc prediction files are created. Exploring the warning message gdalbuildvrt does not support ungeoreferenced image. and looking at the .nc prediction files attempting to be mosaiced indicates that they are GCP georefrenced

Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (    0.0,    0.0)
Lower Left  (    0.0,  256.0)
Upper Right (  256.0,    0.0)
Lower Right (  256.0,  256.0)
Center      (  128.0,  128.0)

whereas looking at prior prediction files show that they typically are affine GeoTransform referenced

Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (  26.9999438, -15.4899199)
Lower Left  (  26.9999438, -15.5129168)
Upper Right (  27.0229407, -15.4899199)
Lower Right (  27.0229407, -15.5129168)
Center      (  27.0114423, -15.5014184)

The images to be mosaiced need to be affine GeoTransform referenced in order to work with gdalbuildvrt.