[Qgis-user] Best Way to Open MapInfo (Solved)

[Saber Razmjooei]

For jpegs, you can either convert them to TIF (Raster menu > Translate) or
create pyramid images (Properties > Pyramids)


> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Giovanni Manghi
> <giovanni.manghi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the ERDAS libraries are not open source software so cannot be included
>> into QGIS (or in this case GDAL). Is the user that must to go to the
>> ERDAS site, register and download the ECW/JP2 SDK accepting the (very
>> restrictive) license.
>>
>> Once installed you will find a a folder "redistributable" where you can
>> find 4 .dlls you need to copy to the proper folder: system32 (not
>> suggested) or osgeo4w/bin (suggested).
>>
>> QGIS need to be installed with the osgeo4w installer, advanced install
>> option, that will allow you to select the "gdal-ecw" package, the
>> connector between those .dlls and GDAL.
>>
>> Unfortunately you cannot use the latest ECW/JP2 SDK, because the package
>> gdal-ecw has not been updated yet, so you need the previous version,
>> which is no more available for download in the ERDAS site (you may
>> always ask for a link).
>>
>> The file you need is
>>
>> ECWJP2SDKSetup_RO_20100920.exe
>>
>> which I cannot send you because is against the ERDAS license.
>>
>>
>>
>> This seems a painful process, but is not that complicated: once is done
>> you don't have to think anymore about it.
>>
>> In any case is what you get when you have to cope with proprietary
>> formats.
>>
>> Screencast here
>>
>> http://ubuntuone.com/p/12sy/
>>
>>
>>
>> PS
>> Please keep the discussion on-list
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> -- Giovanni --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 21:36 -1100, Nomeneta Saili wrote:
>>> Thanks a lot for the quick response man,
>>>
>>> I am still new to this stuff so i hope you don't mind me asking. Is
>>> the EREDAS libiary something i download and install or do i need to
>>> install and ERADAS porgram?.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Nome
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Giovanni Manghi
>>> <giovanni.manghi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>  My image files are in either jpeg, ecw and tif.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > QGIS support any raster format supported by GDAL, so all the above
>>> (for
>>> > ecw you need the necessary libraries from ERDAS)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Also are there any tips in speeding up the rendering of the imagery.
>>> >
>>> > add overviews.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > cheers
>>> >
>>> > -- Giovanni --
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks again for the detail help. Much appreciated. Now able to open
> ECW and the lot.
>
> It's interesting though that my jpegs takes ages to load/render but my
> ECW, GRD which are larger opens at lighting speed. Much faster than on
> MapInfo.
>
> I have moved on from MapInfo now and i am recommending everyone that
> are looking at GIS in my small part of the world (south pacific) to go
> with QGIS. Thanks again to all the great people that made this
> software possible. From a person living in a least developed country i
> can tell you QGIS is a huge deal for the development of GIS in our
> small corner of the world.
>
> Also thanks again for the great support on this forum. This is the
> only opensource forum i feel welcomed as a newbie. Thank you. Faafetai
> tele lava.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nome
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