[GRASSLIST:2035] Re: MrSID conversion

[Hamish]

> Does anyone happen to know of a good conversion utility for MrSID
> files so that I can import some ortho photos into GRASS? I found one
> called mrsiddecode, but it doesnt use the projection information in
> the header file, making it virtually useless.

Did you try compiling GDAL with MrSID support? Then just r.in.gdal ..


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

[gdal] $ ./configure --help | grep MrSID 
  --with-mrsid=ARG      Include MrSID support (ARG=path to MrSID DSDK or no)


[requires non-free software]


Hamish