[Gdal-dev] can't read ASTER HDF-EOS files...

[Norman Vine]

Frank Warmerdam writes:
> 
> Jeff D. Hamann wrote:
> > I've built gdal-1.1.9 under cygwin (for use within GRASS) and haven't been
> > able to read ASTER L1B files (in HDF-EOS format) using any of the tools like
> > gdalinfo.
> > 
> > These are the supported file formats from my builod:
> 
> You haven't built GDAL with HDF support.  If you look through the above
> format list, you will note it is missing.  When configuring you need to
> use the --with-hdf4 command switch to point to your hdf libraries.  I don't
> know if this build arrangement has ever been tried under cygwin before.
> Using the hdf libraries can be tricky.

I haven't succeeded in getting the hdf libs to buil dwith Cygwin :-(

but ...

The libraries distributed with the Modis Reprojection Tool seem to work
http://lpdaac2.usgs.gov/landdaac/tools/modis/index.asp

HTH

Norman