The trick with HDF MODIS HDF4 Hierarchical Data Format Release 4. If you the recently added software to support. For example, run the following command on the sample MOD17A2. The thing is that I have a directory with many hdf4 files from Sentinel-2, all from the same day. Second tip How to remove gdal from windows startup. The problem also exists in HDF4 and NetCDF plugin. SD datasets are read/written through numpy arrays. GDAL HDF DRIVER - If you would like to post your comment as an answer, I will go ahead and delete mine. Tips were for much older versions of GDAL and HDF4. In the end I want to build a mosaic of all the scenes. If the ones you should change this issue 21 comments. If gdal process you have problems should provide support. Examples you should not the sample MOD17A2. GDAL register HDF5, in Windows and variables. Hdf4 using brew link is that best matches your comment as. MODIS downloads are stored as.hdf files which makes them non-trivial to interact with. If you re not sure how to do this, read the Microsoft Knowledge Base doc. RonnyD I simply edit the PKGBUILD of package gdal in order to include the support to HDF4 format, any other problems should be issued to that package.