[GRASS-user] ECW data

[Maciej Sieczka]

Richard Greenwood wrote:
> On 7/15/07, Mars Sjoden <amagine at telus.net> wrote:

>> I'm just wondering what the best way to import a 3.5GB .ecw file into
>> GRASS
>> is?

> If you have access to a Windows computer, gdal_translate (part of fw
> tools, fwtools.maptools.org/) should do the job. You could convert it
> to an intermediate format, e.g Erdas img, then import it into GRASS.
> ecw is a good format, or at least I like their politics, but it's not
> handy to use on platforms other than Windows.

The FWTools for GNU Linux includes ECW support too. No need to switch
to Windows. You can install FWTools in a custom location of your
preference (I use $HOME/bin/FWTools). It should not interfere with
system-wide instalation of PROJ, GDAL, MapServer et. all. Works for me.

Maciek