http://www.gdal.org/frmt_kea.html
Starting with GDAL 2.0, GDAL can read, create and update files in the KEA format, through the libkea library.
KEA is an image file format, named after the New Zealand bird, that provides a full implementation of the GDAL data model and is implemented within a HDF5 file. A software library, likea, is used to access the file format. The format has comparable performance with existing formats while producing smaller file sizes and is already within active use for a number of projects within Landcare Research, New Zealand, and the wider community.
The KEA format supports the following features of the GDAL data model:
Multiple-band support, with possible different datatypes. Bands can be added to an existing dataset with AddBand() API Image blocking support Reading, creation and update of data of image blocks Affine geotransform, WKT projection, GCP Metadata at dataset and band level Per-band description Per-band nodata and color interpration Per-band color table Per-band RAT (Raster Attribute Table) of arbitrary size Internal overviews and mask bands
The following creation options are available. Some are rather esoteric and should rarely be specified, unless the user has good knowledge of the working of the underlying HDF5 format.