[Qgis-developer] 64bit Windows version

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi

It is not difficult to compile a 64bit windows version, since most of 
the dependencies are available from gisinternals( 
http://www.gisinternals.com/sdk/ ).
The difficulty is more in the detail:
- GRASS : I don't have experience with compilation for 64bit
- Formats like sid, ecw
- Interlis support (important here in Switzerland)

Therefore I think it would be best if osgeo4w could have a 64bit version.

Regards,
Marco

On 16.11.2012 08:49, Bernhard Ströbl wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> thanks for the move. We would definitely be interested in a Win64 bit 
> version sometime next year.
>
> Bernhard
>
> Am 16.11.2012 08:39, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wouldn't it be good to offer 64bit Windows versions from QGIS version
>> 2.0 on? Most new and many existing Windows PCs are 64bit Windows these
>> days.
>>
>> I don't expect someone to work for free on it, but if an estimate could
>> be done how many hours of work it would mean to put together a 64bit
>> OSGeo4W and standalone viewer, we could start collecting money to make
>> it happen. There should be enough Windows users out there with a strong
>> interest in the 64bit version.
>>
>> Question: is this more a one-time investment or would it mean a lot of
>> work further on, maintaining the two versions, 32bit and 64bit?
>>
>> Other opinions?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>
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