[GRASS-dev] [bug #4991] (grass) r.in.gdal support for MrSID included

[Glynn Clements]

Request Tracker wrote:

> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=4991
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> Subject: r.in.gdal support for MrSID included
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> Platform: WindowsNT/2000/XP
> grass obtained from: CVS
> grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> GRASS Version: 5.4
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> Dearest Help!
> 
> For the next version of GRASS would it be possible to include a MrSID
> import option with r.in.gdal.

r.in.gdal supports whatever formats GDAL supports. GDAL can be
compiled to support MrSID, however it requires a non-free library.
See:

	http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/frmt_mrsid.html

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>