Hi, I used GDALinfo("MOD13Q1.A2001049.h13v11.005.2007002215512.250m_16_days_EVI.tif") and got the results: rows 10 columns 11 bands 1 origin.x 150701.4 origin.y 7744897 res.x 250 res.y 250 ysign -1 oblique.x 0 oblique.y 0 driver GTiff projection +proj=utm +zone=23 +south +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs file /MOD13Q1.A2001049.h13v11.005.2007002215512.250m_16_days_EVI.tif apparent band summary: GDType Bmin Bmax Bmean Bsd hasNoDataValue NoDataValue 1 Int16 -32768 32767 0 0 FALSE 0 Metadata: AREA_OR_POINT=Point TIFFTAG_SOFTWARE=MODIS Reprojection Tool v4.1 March 2009 *How to read the information GDType?* Julio [[alternative HTML version deleted]]