[Gdal-dev] HDF problems

[Seppo Kaitala]

I  am new with gdal library and I do not know,if it is working properly. 
I installed  FWTools-0.9.1 under Fedora C2.
I have downloaded hdf files from DAAC server 
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/datapool/ and I can open the files with 
HDFLook software.
However, for further development I wold like to load HDF files directly  
to GRASS 5.4 with gdal libraries.
So for testing I exported the geotif file from GRASS and run

 >gdalinfo maa1km.tif
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 2169, 1422
Coordinate System is `'
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (    0.0,    0.0)
Lower Left  (    0.0, 1422.0)
Upper Right ( 2169.0,    0.0)
Lower Right ( 2169.0, 1422.0)
Center      ( 1084.5,  711.0)
Band 1 Block=2169x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red
Band 2 Block=2169x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green
Band 3 Block=2169x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue

So as if it is working properly

But when I try 

 >gdalinfo GSUB1.A2001122.1045.003.2002343183413.hdf
ERROR 4: `GSUB1.A2001122.1045.003.2002343183413.hdf' not recognised as a 
supported file format.
 
GDALOpen failed - 4
`GSUB1.A2001122.1045.003.2002343183413.hdf' not recognised as a 
supported file format.
 >

With HDFLook it works properly showing the information inter alia:
 HDFLook_modis  (Version 4.10B [HDF.4.2.r5])

Do I still miss some libraries, and how I would know that.
How I could get forward?


Best regards

-- 
Seppo Kaitala, Scientist, Ph.D.

Biological Oceanography
Finnish Institute of Marine Research
PO Box 33 (Lyypekinkuja 3 A)
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email: seppo.kaitala at fimr.fi