[mapserver-users] Mr.SID

[Lowell Filak]

The only e-mail I can find right now is
kevin at lizardtech.com . He is the local rep. for Ohio.
Lowell Filak

--- Brian Fischer <bfischer at mpls.houstoneng.com>
wrote:
> 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
> > > >
> > 
> > -- 
> >       __
> >      /
> >      | Paul Ramsey
> >      | Refractions Research
> >      | Email: pramsey at refractions.net 
> >      | Phone: (250) 885-0632
> >      \_
> > 
> 
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