[GRASS-user] ECW data

[Mars Sjoden]

Just to add,

I found this:

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/ECW

I'll give it a try.

Mars



On 16-Jul-07, at 7:59 AM, Mars Sjoden wrote:

> Thanks William,
>
> Good to know.
>
> I'll keep digging.
>
> Mars
>
>
> On 16-Jul-07, at 7:06 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
>> Normally you would use GDAL compiled with the ECW library support.
>>
>> BUT, I can't get it to work on OSX.  It always gives me invalid  
>> image errors, and others have the same problem so it's not just  
>> me.  I've asked ERmapper (uh, Leica) about it, but they only  
>> officially support 10.3.9 PPC, which is not usable on 10.4 because  
>> of C++ compiler version differences.  I've asked in their forums  
>> for any user/programmers that could help, but no response.
>>
>> Strangely enough, GraphicConverter uses the ECW library and works,  
>> I think it uses different library calls to read them.  But GC  
>> loses the geographic info, and it doesn't handle large files very  
>> well.  Because it works in GC, I also have a bug report for GDAL,  
>> but also no action on it yet.
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2007, at 12:30 AM, Mars Sjoden wrote:
>>
>>> 	Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm just wondering what the best way to import a 3.5GB .ecw file  
>>> into GRASS is?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Mars
>>
>> -----
>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>
>> "Oh, look, I seem to have fallen down a deep, dark hole.  Now what  
>> does that remind me of?  Ah, yes - life."
>>
>> - Marvin
>>
>>
>
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