[R-sig-Geo] What is the latest re: reading HDF files with R?

[Michael Sumner]

Rick Reeves wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> This week I am working with HDF format files containing ocean color 
> imagery (CZCS, SeaWIFS) secured from NASA GSFC,
> and would like to bring the image maps into the R environment.

I have had success using rgdal compiled on Windows against FWTools.  I 
have read data from MCSST, GISST, Quikscat, Pathfinder 4 and 5 
SeaWiFSand Modis files.  I've not tried CZCS. 

Usually you need to supply your own metadata, in order to read subsets 
etc. but it works.

Cheers, Mike.