[Gdal-dev] MrSid

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bjoern Ruff wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just compiled gdal with VC71 and MrSid DSDK 3.2.1
> 
> I sent the neccessary changes to Frank.
> 
> Now I wanted to test it with test_ogrsf
> 
> I got the message: Unable to open datasource ... with the following
> drivers. .....
> 
> What must I do to get test_ogrsf to use the driver.
> test_ogrsf was linked with the MrSid lib's.

Bjoern,

The test_ogrsf program is only used to test OGR vector drivers, not GDAL
raster drivers.   Best to test by doing a gdalinfo on the .sid file, and
then a gdal_translate to convert to another format and check if it looks
OK.

Best regards,
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