 Thanks so much for this, I'd managed to rework the runGDAL code from R
Modis  so that I could work with Glass Albedo
http://glcf.umd.edu/data/abd/  but it was just an ugly hack, worked, but
ugly. Looking forward to the package.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Jonathan Greenberg <jgrn@illinois.edu>wrote:

> r-sig-geo'ers:
>
> I wanted to draw your attention to the initial release of gdalUtils at:
> install.packages("gdalUtils", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>
> (https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=1695)
>
> Matteo Mattiuzzi and I have been working to provide R wrappers for all
> gdal utility programs.  Right now, we have gdal_translate, gdalinfo,
> gdalwarp, and gdalsrsinfo completed.
>
> This package uses an *already-installed* GDAL on your system.  You
> will need to install one before using this package.  gdalUtils will
> search for your GDAL installation the first time you run it.
>
> In the case of Windows boxes, this package provides an easy way to
> work with HDF4/5 files if you have had issues with this previously.
>
> For GDAL installations, check out:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries
>
> Note that the latest QGIS release
> (http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html) provides, as far
> as I know, the most up-to-date GDAL binaries for Windows boxes that
> also support HDF files.
>
> For Macs, we recommend William Kyngesburye's GDAL Complete Framework:
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software:frameworks
>
> This is not designed to be a replacement for rgdal in any way, rather,
> provides direct access to the various GDAL utility programs
> (http://gdal.org/gdal_utilities.html).
>
> Please let us know if you have any suggestions/bug reports.  While we
> will eventually wrap all of the utility programs up, but if there is
> one you would like us to prioritize, let us know that as well!
>
> --jonathan
>
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