[Qgis-developer] Mrsid business

[Tim Sutton]

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Hi

Looks like your prayers are answered (for MrSid in the meantime anyway):

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable

Regards

Tim

Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Might some of these help:
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/MrSID
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/ECW
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2385
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2683
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=515046
> http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Come_abilitare_il_supporto_ai_file_ECW_in_GDAL_e_visualizzarli_in_GRASS_e_QGIS
> 
> 
> I'm also starting to ask in the gdal list, but a developer would know
> better how to handle this issue.
> My point is that this is not "just a gdal issue". For qgis users, this
> is a qgis issue. Maybe
> this type of support is not seen as urgent in the gdal community, but
> our requests might
> make them change their mind.
> 
> Agus
> 
> Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Thanks for clarification.
>>
>> I had a look at the LizardTech webpage
>> (http://www.lizardtech.com/download/) and couldn't find a source code
>> release to download and compile for gdal support. Would I have to
>> download
>> a SDK (requires registration first?)
>>
>> Does it also properly support 64bit Linux?
>>
>> The problem with many of those free/but closed source apps is that they
>> usually only support mainstream platforms (usually 32 bit Intel Linux) -
>> they wouldn't support PowerPC/ARM, 64 bit/AMD Linux support. For the same
>> reason I don't like Flash and Acrobat. They usually also support only
>> mainstream platforms.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On Thu, April 2, 2009 6:14 am, Alex Mandel wrote:
>>  
>>> Reading threw several threads it kept coming up and I thought I'd try to
>>> clarify from what I know.
>>>
>>>     MrSID is free to use, as with many linux distro's it's not part
>>> of the
>>> defualt build of say gdal because it's not open source. But it is indeed
>>> free just like acrobat or flash or an of those "non-free" apps.
>>> This is what I understand from listening to MPG who I believe works for
>>> lizardtech (which is an OSGeo sponsor).
>>>
>>> Maybe we can offer up a 2nd build via launchpad for the "non-free"
>>> version of gdal build with support turned on.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> Qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>>   
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