[FWTools] hdf4 driver is not support creation?

[Frank Warmerdam]

josn wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I create a HDF4 Driver like this:
>  
> _driver = Gdal.GetDriverByName("HDF4");
>  
> and find the _driver does not have the "DCAP_CREATE=YES" metadata.
> why?

JoSn,

For reasons related to the subdataset oriented nature of HDF4 support,
you actually have to use the HDF4Image driver to create new HDF images.

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