[Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.8 Windows Standalone is not OK with spatialite versions (ECW tangent)

[Ted]

just minor correction in your letter, Chris is "Product" manager for ECW

Just as I note, they have Read Only version of the SDK and also have few
other editions;

ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK is offered as four different editions:

   - *ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Server Read-Write* provides tools to enable server
   applications to read ECW, ECWP, and JPEG2000 data, serve ECW and JPEG2000
   data, and compress images into the ECW and JPEG2000 data formats.
   - *ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Server Read-Only* provides tools to enable end-user
   server applications to read ECW, ECWP and JPEG2000 data and serve ECW and
   JPEG2000 data via third-party server applications. For ESRI ArcGIS Server
   customers, please refer to ECW for ArcGIS
Server<http://geospatial.intergraph.com/products/other/ecw/ECW_for_ArcGIS_Server/Details.aspx>
   .
   - *ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Desktop Read-Write* provides tools to enable
   desktop applications to read ECW, ECWP and JPEG2000 and compress images
   into ECW and JPEG2000 data formats.
   - *ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Desktop Read-Only* is a free product that provides
   tools to enable desktop applications to read ECW, ECWP and JPEG2000.


Since this is a major shift from the 3.3 SDK which allowed WRITE function
upto 500MB, we could use without much of a problem. After hexagon, there
has been lot of changes and also the licensing of SDK.

At the moment, for GDAL and well and general QGIS user, what we are looking
at is, DESKTOP READ ONLY SDK where by users could use ECW files in QGIS.

So, we need to be very specif about this.

They will never allow GDAL or anyone else to use the library for ECW
Serving function, without $$$$$. So, dont even bother to ask.

So, with GDAL, we should make a point to mark ECW as Read only format.


Thanks

Ted






On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Ramon Andiñach <custard at westnet.com.au>wrote:

> And the list this time.
> On 16/01/2013, at 06:24 , Ramon Andiñach wrote:
>
> >
> > On 16/01/2013, at 04:13 , Alister Hood wrote:
> >
> >>> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:43:10 +0800
> >>>
> >>> I've drafted a letter, but I'd like some feed back before I send it
> off.[1]
> >>>
> >>> Along the lines of:
> >>> Does it make sense?
> >>> Am I understanding correctly?
> >>> Does it cover the questions that need asking?
> >>> and,
> >>> I'm not misrepresenting any of the QGIS or OSGeo camps and in any way?
> >>>
> >>> Particularly, if Paolo, J?rgen and Frank had anything to say on the
> note that would be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -ramon.
> >>>
> >>> [1]
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/dwq8qzc6yvh27jx/QuestionsForIntergraph2012i15
> >>> (I can open the folder up if people have big notes, that would be
> better left there)
> >>
> >> In relation to the last question in the letter, they are/were working
> on an updated Linux version:
> >>
> http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/erdas-ecwjp2-sdk-for-linux.html
> >> http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2012_05_01_archive.html
> >
> > Thanks Alister, I'll adjust the last one to ask how the update is going.
> >
> > From the looks of that I should add a question along the lines of if
> there are anticipated licence changes between SDKv4 and the clearly being
> worked on SDKv5.
> >
> > -ramon.
>
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