[mapserver-users] MrSID Format

[Richard Greenwood]

Stephen Lime wrote:
>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.

On a related note, I have had very good luck with ECW compression.  The 
compressor, application plug-ins, and SDK are all free. I would recommend 
it over MrSid any day. Check it out at: http://www.ermapper.com

Just my $0.02 worth,
Rich

Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
Greenwood Mapping, Inc.
Rich at GreenwoodMap.com
(307) 733-0203
http://www.GreenwoodMap.com