just minor correction in your letter, Chris is "Product" manager for ECW<div><br></div><div>Just as I note, they have Read Only version of the SDK and also have few other editions;</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:12px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(35,31,32)">
ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK is offered as four different editions:</p><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(35,31,32)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;list-style-position:outside">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Server Read-Write</strong> 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.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;list-style-position:outside"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Server Read-Only</strong> 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 <a href="http://geospatial.intergraph.com/products/other/ecw/ECW_for_ArcGIS_Server/Details.aspx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(21,101,163)">ECW for ArcGIS Server</a>.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;list-style-position:outside"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Desktop Read-Write</strong> provides tools to enable desktop applications to read ECW, ECWP and JPEG2000 and compress images into ECW and JPEG2000 data formats.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;list-style-position:outside"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK Desktop Read-Only</strong> is a free product that provides tools to enable desktop applications to read ECW, ECWP and JPEG2000.</li>
</ul></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>So, we need to be very specif about this.</div>
<div><br></div><div>They will never allow GDAL or anyone else to use the library for ECW Serving function, without $$$$$. So, dont even bother to ask.</div><div><br></div><div>So, with GDAL, we should make a point to mark ECW as Read only format.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Ramon Andiņach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:custard@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">custard@westnet.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And the list this time.<br>
On 16/01/2013, at 06:24 , Ramon Andiņach wrote:<br>
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> On 16/01/2013, at 04:13 , Alister Hood wrote:<br>
><br>
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:43:10 +0800<br>
>>><br>
</div><div class="im">>>> I've drafted a letter, but I'd like some feed back before I send it off.[1]<br>
>>><br>
>>> Along the lines of:<br>
>>> Does it make sense?<br>
>>> Am I understanding correctly?<br>
>>> Does it cover the questions that need asking?<br>
>>> and,<br>
>>> I'm not misrepresenting any of the QGIS or OSGeo camps and in any way?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Particularly, if Paolo, J?rgen and Frank had anything to say on the note that would be appreciated.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> -ramon.<br>
>>><br>
>>> [1] <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dwq8qzc6yvh27jx/QuestionsForIntergraph2012i15" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/dwq8qzc6yvh27jx/QuestionsForIntergraph2012i15</a><br>
>>> (I can open the folder up if people have big notes, that would be better left there)<br>
>><br>
>> In relation to the last question in the letter, they are/were working on an updated Linux version:<br>
>> <a href="http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/erdas-ecwjp2-sdk-for-linux.html" target="_blank">http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/erdas-ecwjp2-sdk-for-linux.html</a><br>
>> <a href="http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2012_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">http://field-guide.blogspot.co.nz/2012_05_01_archive.html</a><br>
><br>
</div>> Thanks Alister, I'll adjust the last one to ask how the update is going.<br>
><br>
> 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.<br>
><br>
> -ramon.<br>
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