[GRASS-user] how to open .hdf files in GRASS?

[Hamish]

Nadine wrote:
> i seem to have a problem using the GRASS version 7.0.
> I need to use images from MODIS that I downloaded in an
> .hdf format. I couldn't open them in GRASS right away, but
> had to transform them with ERDAS into .image files. Does
> anybody know if there is an easier way? Or is it at all
> possible to use an .hdf format on GRASS.

using gdal tools to pre-process into GeoTiffs works for me, see
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/MODIS


Hamish