[mapserver-users] Mr Sid vs ECW

[Jeff McKenna]

Mark Volz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Which format is faster ECW or Mr Sid for a large image?  P.S.  I don’t 
> think I will be able to use a tile cache for the application I am 
> developing.
> 

Hi Mark,

Although those formats might be high compression, for MapServer I still 
rely heavily on GeoTIFFs with overviews for rasters (you don't have to 
worry about license or custom compile/build issues, making it very 
portable).

-jeff

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