[Gdal-dev] ECW JPEG 2000 Source SDK v3.3 (RC)

[Mark Sheridan]

Hi Everyone,

The release candidate of the ECW JPEG 2000 Source Code SDK is available from
the ER Mapper website:

http://www.ermapper.com/downloads/download_view.aspx?PRODUCT_VERSION_ID=284

Version 3.3 includes the following enhancements:

. Numerous bug fixes and enhancements 
. functional ECWP on platforms other than Windows 
. Fix to lossless JPEG 2000 compression 
. Removal of the restriction on distribution of "Server Software" from the
GPL-style Public Use License Agreement 
. Bug fixed in lossless JPEG 2000 compression, where previously a tiny
fraction of pixels would be compressed with a value +/-1 with respect to the
input 
. Functional static library builds for NCSEcw, NCSUtil, and NCScnet 
. A new build structure called "libecwj2" providing single-library shared
and static builds 
. libecwj2 makefiles for gcc/g++ on Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X 
. inclusion of the sample code that formerly shipped with the binary
distribution, together with makefiles for the libecwj2 shared and static
libraries 

Regards,
Mark