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Hamish wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Richard Chirgwin wrote:
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<pre wrap="">In Grass 6.2, Ubuntu build (yes, there's a more recent version but not
yet for the right build), when importing ECWs in r.in.gdal, I receive
the "not a supported file format" error. Any ideas?
The same error occurs with Globe DEM files (although Globe DEM has been
reorganised and I'm not sure I have found the right header files).
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Your copy of GDAL has to be built with support for those formats. Once it
is, r.in.gdal should be able to read it.
check with:
gdalinfo --formats
if ECW is not there you will need to rebuild GDAL with support for those.
I am pretty sure that ECW support is not built by default.
see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html">http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html</a>
Now that ERmapper has been bought by Leica (apparently erdas has too),
obtaining the SDK has changed as they have a much different view of open
source:
"Product enhancements, including:
* no more restrictions on the distribution of 'Server Software' under
the GPL-style Public Use License Agreement"
.... but what has that been replaced by? Moved to BSD-like or proprietary?
The binary SDK is only available for Windows, so you may be forced to use
GDAL for Windows to export to GeoTiff. ? Hopefully the new license is
usable for Linux, I don't know. They still offer the source, which is
encouraging.
good luck,
Hamish
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Thanks, Hamish - I didn't realise about the build issue. It may be
easier to avoid ECW! <br>
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However, I have overcome the Globe DEM problem by using a different
download method...<br>
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Richard<br>
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