[GRASSLIST:762] Re: .ecw convert for GRASS

[Richard Greenwood]

On 4/18/06, 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
>
> 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.
>
> 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.

ECW support on Linux is spotting because the ECW library is primarily
for Windows. There are people that have got the ECW compiled on Linux,
but I am not one of them.

If you have access to a Windows machine, install FWTools from:
   http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/
And use gdal_translate to convert from ECW to TIFF, or some other
format supported by GRASS.

Rich

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