[mapserver-users] MrSID Format

[Stephen Lime]

LizardTech has been a pain to deal with. They want editorial control of the use
of their SDK in products. The SDK is also available for a limited number of 
platforms, Linux not being among them. I'm also not sure that the SDK could
even be used for free. So, while it would be nice to have it's not a priority at all. 

Steve

Stephen Lime
Internet Applications Analyst

Minnesota DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937

>>> "Ballard,Lowell" <LBallard at YesVirginia.org> 06/18/01 09:49AM >>>
Are there any plans to incorporate MrSID-compressed
(http://www.lizardtech.com <http://www.lizardtech.com/> ) image support into
Mapserv?  I saw a few people mention it on the archives site but...not sure
what became of it.
 
SDE at 8.1 supports MrSID, as I understand it, so that would be a possible
solution.  However, they can't store MrSID natively and basically uncompress
MrSID and recompress using LZW or something (~ 4:1 compression) so.....the
storage benefits disappear at that point.
 
We distribute the entire state of Virginia's DOQQs (http://gis.vedp.org 
<http://gis.vedp.org/> ) in MrSID format using their Image Server product
(http://www.lizardtech.com/cgi-bin/products/desc.pl?tsb=25718 
<http://www.lizardtech.com/cgi-bin/products/desc.pl?tsb=25718> ) which runs
on Linux etc. but is not completely Open-Source.  These data are on the same
box as our Mapserver instance and it would be nice to tie it all together.
I'm sure there are license issues with MrSID support being rolled in and I'm
curious if anyone has explored this?
 
Thanks,
 
Lowell Ballard
Unix/Database Administrator
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
901 E. Byrd St., Richmond, Va. 23218
http://gis.vedp.org <http://gis.vedp.org/>