[Qgis-user] QGIS and ECW and MrSid formats

[Agustin Lobo]

Hi!

Could we clarify the situation for ecw and Mrsid
formats in QGIS? (and perhaps put a note
somewhere in the qgis web pages).

I think that not being
able to read these formats is a major drawback
in practice. At least in Spain, a lot of public
available raster layers are in these formats.
Also, for example, the imagery at
https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid/
(I know the original landsat images for those
are available in not compressed formats, but
that site is very convenient for many people)

If there is a compiled version of gdal including
support for these formats, why QGIS cannot? In any
case, is there any workaround so that users can get
to have ecw/Mrsid support out of their compiled version?
Perhaps through a plugin?

I really think that the final QGIS1.0 should be able to read in
those formats, somehow. This is probably seen as a minor concern for 
developers, but a significant problem for users.

Agus
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Dr. Agustin Lobo
Institut de Ciencies de la Terra "Jaume Almera" (CSIC)
LLuis Sole Sabaris s/n
08028 Barcelona
Spain
Tel. 34 934095410
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email: Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es
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