[mapserver-users] Mr.SID

[Brian Fischer]

Who do I have to send a request to at Lizard Tech?  I would be more then
willing to send a note to see if we can get them to change their minds.

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Lowell Filak [mailto:lfilak at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:06 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Mr.SID

I also have chatted with LizardTech personnel and have
come up with the same result. There are many a
corporation that don't understand all the reasons that
JPEG2000, GIMP, Linux, PostGIS, Mapserver, Grass, &
etc. exist/are under development.
However if LizardTech was to receive more requests
then...
Lowell Filak

--- Stephen Lime <steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> I have chatted with them, and while they'd like to
> help it's just not in 
> the cards for the foreseable future. Curiously the
> folks at ERMapper
> and their ECW compression don't support non-Windows
> platforms 
> either. Perhaps JPEG2000...
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
> 
> >>> Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net> 10/16/01
> 11:55AM >>>
> The SDK web page for Mr.SID decoder is here:
> 
>
http://www.lizardtech.com/developer/index.php?family=2
> 
> 
> As Stephen notes, they do not seem to currently
> support UNIX (the title
> says "Solaris", but the body says "currently only
> available for
> Windows"). I guess this is something a prospective
> developer could
> followup on w/ lizardtech.
> 
> kenboss wrote:
> > 
> > I don't think that MrSID's image server supports
> WMS, but it is scripted in
> > Perl.  I would guess that it wouldn't be too hard
> to customize the image server
> > a bit and then incorporate calls to both it and
> mapserver within a java applet.
> > Or maybe it could be incorporated directly into
> the ArcIMS emulation bit...
> > 
> > --Ken
> 
> > > On the Mr. SID issue. If someone can convince
> LizardTech to support platforms
> > other than Windows then it will be supported,
> until then...
> > >
> > > You might be able to integrate Mr. Sid's image
> server into a MapServer
> > application, especially if that product supported
> WMS.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > Stephen Lime
> > > Data & Applications Manager
> > >
> 
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