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

[Dane Springmeyer]

Thanks Mateusz, fixed.

- dane (pronounced dayne, or danee, or dude, what does your name stand  
for?)


On Nov 11, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> 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
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