fwtool is really old so you should not use it and uninstall it. You may want to use the R package Rgdal, but I have not used iit under windows.
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/index.html On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Lucia Rueda Ramirez <lucia.ru...@ba.ieo.es>wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am trying to read hdf4 files in R. I have tried to install the gdal > package from http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource but I get an > error message saying that the description file is missing (Error: Does not > appear to be an R package (no DESCRIPTION)). > > > > I have also tried to load the hdf4 files using the modis library and the > code > > > > sds <- getSds("C:/mypath/T20011612001168.L3m_8D_CHL_chlor_a_4km.hdf") > > > > But I get the following errors: > > > > 'FWTools/OSGeo4W' installation not found or path not set. > > If you don't have installed one of them you can get it from ' > http://fwtools.maptools.org/' or 'http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/' > > (recommanded) > > Trying to autodetect path to 'FWTools/OSGeo4W' (this may takes some time, > you can interupt this process and set it manually, see 'gdalPath' argument > in '?MODISoptions': > > > > Found 'FWTools' version: '1.7.0b2' to enalbe this run: > > MODISoptions(gdalPath='c:/Archivos de programa/FWTools2.4.7/bin') Found > 'OSgeo4W' version: '1:' in 'c:/OSGeo4W/bin' but without HDF4 > support...strange, try to remove and re-install 'OSgeo4W'! > > Error in getSds("C:/Documents and Settings/lucia.rueda/Mis > > > documentos/MEDITS/tema_clorofila/T20011612001168.L3m_8D_CHL_chlor_a_4km.hdf") > > : > > Method GDAL does not work. Is GDAL installed properly on your system? > Run: > > 'checkTools()' to check out which metods should work on your system! > > > > I have already installed the FWTools/OSGeo4W from the recommended url > above though I got installation errors as well... > > > > Anyone with the same problem?? Any help would be apreciated. I have gone > through most forums but can't figure out how to solve this. > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > Lucia > > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev >
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