[Mapserver-users] mrSID

[Frank Warmerdam]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Bruno Luis wrote:
> 
>> I was wondering... does MapServer support mrSID images?
> 
> 
> Bruno,
> 
> The GDAL library (you would need a CVS snapshot) does not support the MrSID
> format ... if you have a licensed copy of the MrSID library when you 
> build it.
> When GDAL is built this way, it can be used with MapServer to images from
> MrSID quite effectively.

err, a slight correction to this.

The GDAL Library *does* support the MrSID format (if build from a CVS
snapshot linking in the appropriate libraries).  I hate it when I get the
main point of a message completely backwards!

Best regards,
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