[Gdal-dev] is that ecw format is really supported?

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 7/17/05, cout m <coutm at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> i compile gdal whit that args :
> --with-ecw=/opt/ecwsdk-3.1.25Jan05-linux
> I'm using gdal 1.2.6

Hi, 

Does "gdalinfo --format ecw" report information about the ECW
driver?  If so, you have ECW support built in. 

There are many complexities to ECW support though.  The Jan05
tree is pretty out of date now and might not be prudent to use.

Best regards,
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