[GRASSLIST:9660] Re: mapserver ecwp

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 11:30:18PM +0100, Wolfgang Zillig wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just found some informations and links to online accessable maps. The 
> format is ecw and the links are lokking like: 
> ecwp://ww3.pcn.minambiente.it <ecwp://ww3.pcn.minambiente.it/Cartografia>
> 
> I don't know much about the technology, but my questions are: is there a 
> way to access these maps from GRASS? Is it possible to download them 
> locally?
> 

GDAL can be compiled with ECW support:

 http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html

Markus