MODIS HDF LAI product: ERROR 1: latitude or longitude exceeded limits in gdalwarp

[Markus Neteler]

Frank,

I was trying to warp a MODIS 15A2 HDF file today (Leaf area Index etc), but
got this error:

gdalwarp -of HFA -s_srs '+proj=latlong +ellps=sphere' -t_srs EPSG:4326 'HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MOD15A2.A2003153.h18v04.004.2003171141042.hdf":MOD_Grid_MOD15A2:Lai_1km' MOD_Grid_MOD15A2_Lai_1km_LL_WGS84.img
ERROR 1: latitude or longitude exceeded limits
ERROR 1: GDALSuggestedWarpOutput() failed because the passed
transformer failed.

If I don't use  +ellps=sphere it generates a map, but the coordinates are
incorrect:

gdalinfo MOD_Grid_MOD15A2_Lai_1km_LL_WGS84.img
Driver: HFA/Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
Size is 1200, 1200
Coordinate System is:
GEOGCS["WGS_1984",
    DATUM["WGS_1984",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.2572235629972],
        TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
Origin = (0.000000,5559752.598333)
Pixel Size = (926.62543306,-926.62543306)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (       0.000, 5559752.598) (  0d 0'0.01"E,5559752d35'21474836534.00"N)
Lower Left  (       0.000, 4447802.079) (  0d 0'0.01"E,4447802d 4'17179869227.20"N)
Upper Right ( 1111950.520, 5559752.598) (1111950d31'4294967306.80"E,5559752d35'21474836534.00"N)
Lower Right ( 1111950.520, 4447802.079) (1111950d31'4294967306.80"E,4447802d 4'17179869227.20"N)
Center      (  555975.260, 5003777.338) (555975d15'35.40"E,5003777d20'17179869202.60"N)

The indicated HDF file is 5.2MB - maybe you could take a look?

thanks in advance

 Markus