[Qgis-user] Re: QGIS 1.5 Update for ECW/SID support crashes

[MORREALE Jean Roc]

Le 18/10/2010 11:35, Micha Silver a écrit :
>
>
> On 18/10/2010 10:15, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>
>> Il 18/10/2010 10:02, Jürgen E. Fischer ha scritto:
>>
>>> Ok. Two options. I'd opt for 1.7. Should we start a poll?
>> I would suggest: go for 1.7, and keep a legacy standalone with ECW
>> support for the
>> desperate addicts to that format.
>> How does it sound?
>> All the best.
> -1
> It's not a question of who's lucky and who is desperate. Every time the
> ECW /MrSid/GDAL licensing problems come up, there's a flurry of posts on
> the list asking "Program X has ECW support, why not QGIS?". Many users
> don't have a choice. We all realize that both compression formats are in
> wide-spread use by govt offices, aerial photo companies, etc. I consider
> support for ECW part of the core functionality of any GIS system today.
> If it's too complicated to maintain parallel installations of GDAL 1.6
> and 1.7, then I'd prefer keeping 1.6 until ERDAS clarifies or loosens
> their licensing policy.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Micha
>

So ERDAS is setting the pace for QGIS's evolution ? GDAL/OGR 1.7 brings 
usefull fix/features and native support for formats like dxf which many 
users would appreciate too.

I've converted all my dpt.'s ecw to tiff with fwtools and I am now 
requesting all the new dataset to shipped in tiff, this may not be easy 
for some but I prefer converting than limiting myself to gdal 1.6

Regards,
Jean Roc