Have you attempted installing and using https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/gdalUtils/gdalUtils.pdf
I don't have any experience with it but it says it can extract sub_datasets from HDF4 -- David. On 6/24/20 7:00 AM, Matt Strimas-Mackey wrote: > Hi all, > > The MODIS package uses gdalwarp to process MODIS data. Previously it called > gdalwarp via system(), however, it recently switched to using the function > sf::gdal_utils() to access gdalwarp, which is more portable and avoids users > having to install GDAL on their system. The catch is that HDF4 support is > required for processing MODIS data. The Windows sf binaries already come with > HDF4 support for GDAL, however, the Mac OS binaries do not, which makes the > MODIS package unusable on Mac unless sf is compiled from source, which is > challenging. More context on this issue is available here: > https://github.com/MatMatt/MODIS/issues/78 > > In the above GH issue, Tim Salabim suggested this listserv would be a good > place to connect with someone that could get HDF4 support into the Mac OS > binaries. Any suggestions for how to proceed would be appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Matt > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac