getSds: List SDS in a MODIS grid file

In MODIS: MODIS Acquisition and Processing

Description

This function just lists the names of the SDS of a spezified MODIS grid HDF file

Usage

getSds(HdfName,SDSstring,method="gdal")

Arguments

HdfName	Character. File name or better filename with path (faster) to extract SDS names.
SDSstring	Character. If missing (default), the return is the list of available SDS in HdfName. If Present sequence of 1 and 0 for extracting/not extracting SDS layers. I.e.: "11101", Consult the MRT manual for detailes
method	Character. Default gdal. Caution on Windows default 'GDAL' doesn't support HDF4 files. Install 'FWTools' or use method=mrt instead.

Value

List or character. If SDSstring is provided the function reports extracted SDS and a formatted SDSsting. If not provided the SDS names in HdfName are plotted.

Author(s)

Matteo Mattiuzzi

Examples

## Not run: 
getSds(HdfName="XXX.hdf")
getSds(HdfName="/path/XXX.hdf",method="gdal") # require GDAL (FWTools on Windows)
getSds(HdfName="/path/XXX.hdf",method="mrt") # require MRTool

## End(Not run)

MODIS documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:09 p.m.