[OSGeo-Discuss] Mapnik in windows with gdal with ecw support

[Mateusz Loskot]

Dane Springmeyer wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses wrote:
> 
>> Hello Frank.
>>
>> Thank you for your quick response.
>>
>> I have gdal 1.6 running "properly" (I mean with ecw support) in my
>> sistem. And I've tried the OSGeo4w version and the "official" windows
>> version. With both, I have no problems managing ecw images, for
>> example using gdalinfo with my ecw images.
>>
>> The problem seems to be with Mapnik and Mapnik's gdal plug in. It
>> seems that the "gdal plug in" which comes with mapnik in doesn't
>> support ecw...
>>
> 
> Pedro,
> 
> That is correct, the Mapnik binaries provided for windows do not include 
> the gdal plugin with support for formats such as ecw or MrSid.
> 
> You would need to recompile the library that is the 'gdal plugin' (with 
> is separate from Mapnik's core library) against a gdal version built 
> with that support.

Dane,

"GDAL (pronounced Goodle)" [1]

Someone wants Google to fine GDAL for
"too similar pronunciation of project name" ;-)

Anyway, there is not only one way correct [2]

[1] http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/MapnikDependencies
[2] http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQGeneral#WhatdoesGDALstandsfor

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net