[Qgis-user] ERMapper files

[Brent Fraser]

And one under-documented free (but not open source) app is ERViewer from ERDAS. 
  It can read ALG files (and ERS files with algorithms) and save the images as 
geotiffs.

Brent Fraser

Micha Silver wrote:
> On 25/01/2010 09:34, Brett Adams wrote:
>> Thanks Brent.
>>
>> I got the ers files in but not the ecw. I have some dll's that suggest 
>> I should be able to bring in an ecw but so far its not working.
>>
> Have you installed the ECW SDK from ERDAS, and put the required ECW 
> DLL's in place? I don't recall you mentioning that step in earlier posts.
> Here's more detailed instructions:
> http://www.qgis.org/wiki/OSGeo4wSetup#Installing_support_for_raster__.2A.ECW_.28ERMapper.29_and_.2A.sid_.28MrSid.29_formats 
> 
>> I'll keep working at it.
>>
>> Brett
>>
>>
>> On 25/01/2010 11:00 AM, Brent Fraser wrote:
>>> Brett,
>>>
>>>    Do Layer ->  Add Raster Layer, then select "All Other Files" in 
>>> the open
>>> file dialog, then select your .ers file.
>>>
>>> Brent Fraser
>>>
>>>> Brent,
>>>> I'm very keen to give this a try. How do I access the GDAL programs? Is
>>>> this part of Grass? Can it be accessed via Qgis?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23/01/2010 12:22 AM, Brent Fraser wrote:
>>>>> Brett,
>>>>>
>>>>>    GDAL supports ERS files natively (with some restrictions) so I
>>>>> expect the gdal.dll delivered with QGIS will work.  GDAL has no
>>>>> support of ALG files (or algorithms in ERS files).  I see that the
>>>>> QGIS Enceladus install incluses the ERMapper ECW dlls so you should be
>>>>> able to open those as well (but I haven't tried it yet).
>>>>>
>>>>> Brent Fraser
>>>>>
>>>>> Brett Adams wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks Greg. Unfortunately I need it for W7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Greg Coats<gregcoats at mac.com
>>>>>> <mailto:gregcoats at mac.com>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      For Mac OS X?
>>>>>>      For Mac OS X, http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks 
>>>>>> offers
>>>>>>      support for GDAL with ECW, and QGIS. Greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      On Jan 22, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Brett Adams wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Hi folks,
>>>>>>>   Anyone know how to get ERMapper ERS, ECW or ALG files into QGIS?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Thanks heaps
>>>>>>>   --
>>>>>>>   Brett Adams
>>>>>>>   Spinifex Geophysics
>>>>>>>   0438 861 974
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Brett Adams
>>>>>> Spinifex Geophysics
>>>>>> 0438 861 974
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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