[gdal-dev] ECW driver as a plugin

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jason Beverage wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm exploring different methods of deploying GDAL with ECW support and
> saw various posts about building ECW support as a plugin vs including
> it within the build.  I found the GDAL ECW plugin and instructions
> here (http://home.prea.net/node/79) but the source is from the GRASS
> project.  I tried it out with GDAL 1.6.3 and it seemed to work great.
> Is this the "official" GDAL ECW plugin?


Jason,

The approach described seems fine, but the project does not produce "official"
binaries for linux itself, and so there is no official version of the plugin.

Best regards,
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