[gdal-dev] GDAL scripting with Python 2.5 (on windows)

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ivan wrote:
> Aleksey,
> 
>>  Thank you, this works. I must have overlooked the gdal-python bindings
>>  package in the Advanced settings on my last try.
> 
> Welcome.
> 
>>  One thing I am currently missing in OSGeo4W GDAL is support for ECW and
>>  MrSID -- is it available? I've installed the gdal-ecw and gdal-mrsid
>>  packages, but it seems I am missing the DLLs. E.g. when I try "gdalinfo
>>  --formats" I get complaints:
>>  ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL:
>>  C:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-16\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_ECW_JP2ECW.dll
>>  126: The specified module could not be found.
>>  
>>  ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL:
>>  C:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-16\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_MrSID.dll
>>  126: The specified module could not be found.
>>  
>>  Have tried this with both gdal-* and gdal16-* packages. And remembered to
>>  run gdal16.bat to activate the GDAL 1.6 environment. However, can't get
>>  ECW and MrSID support.
>>  
>>  I suspect this is due to licensing issues. Do I need to install support
>>  for these formats separately?
> 
> Yes, you need to get the SDKs from Erdas and Lizartech.
> 
> See the GDAL supported format list for information: 
> 
> http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html

Aleksey,

I would add that the OSGeo4W package pages for these packages have
additional details:

   http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-gdal-mrsid
   http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-gdal-ecw

Best regards,
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