displaying mrsid files in mapserver

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:31:12 +0200, John Spotten
<John.Spotten at capetown.gov.za> wrote:
> is the complete mrsid file loaded into memory on the server or only the
> portion that is in the view before being sent as a gif , my output format?

John,

MapServer extracts a subregion of the file at the resolution of the
output map rendering.  It does not load the whole file.

Can you provide me a .sid file that doesn't display for you?  (off list)

Best regards,
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