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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Are there any plans to incorporate MrSID-compressed (<a
href="http://www.lizardtech.com/">http://www.lizardtech.com</a>) image support
into Mapserv?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I saw a few people
mention it on the archives site but...not sure what became of it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SDE at 8.1 supports MrSID, as I understand it, so that would
be a possible solution.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>However,
they can't store MrSID natively and basically uncompress MrSID and
recompress using LZW or something (~ 4:1 compression) so.....the storage
benefits disappear at that point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We distribute the entire state of </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Virginia</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s
DOQQs (<a href="http://gis.vedp.org/">http://gis.vedp.org</a>) in MrSID format
using their Image Server product (<a
href="http://www.lizardtech.com/cgi-bin/products/desc.pl?tsb=25718">http://www.lizardtech.com/cgi-bin/products/desc.pl?tsb=25718</a>)
which runs on Linux etc. but is not completely Open-Source.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>These data are on the same box as our
Mapserver instance and it would be nice to tie it all together.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I'm sure there are license issues
with MrSID support being rolled in and I'm curious if anyone has explored
this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lowell</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:
yes'> Ballard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>Unix/Database Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:State><st1:place><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>Virginia</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:
yes'> Economic Development Partnership<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>901 E. Byrd St.</span></font></st1:Street><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:City><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>Richmond</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>Va.</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'>23218</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:address><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://gis.vedp.org/">http://gis.vedp.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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