[GRASSLIST:751] Re: .ecw convert for GRASS

[Stephan Holl]

Hello Miss Carla Meurk,

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:57:18 +1000 Miss Carla Meurk
<s4112669 at student.uq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi, can someone help me?
> 
> I want to import a .ecw file into GRASS.
> 
> Importing via GRASS (6.0.1) by: file > Import > Raster map > Multiple
> formats using GDAL

Since GRASS uses GDAL as the import-library GDAL needs to be compiled
against the ECW-libs. You can check if GDAL has ECW-support by using

	gdalinfo --formats|grep -i ECW

> 
> I get the error message
> 
> r.in.gdal input = file name.ecw output = new file name 
> ERROR 4: file name.ecw not recognised as a supported file format.

you GDAL-version does not suppport ECW-files. Depending on your
plattform you need to rebuild GDAL with ECW-support. See [1] for more
information.

> 
> I would be very greatful for any help interpreting this error message
> 
> I have tried the gdal-dev mailing list and even to convert files,
> using the gdal commands downloaded directly from their site, in my
> terminal window.

Best

	Stephan

[1] http://www.gdal.org/frmt_ecw.html
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