[Qgis-user] How to convert ECW using open source packages into something else?

[Simon Cropper]

On 04/08/15 13:59, Nicolas Cadieux wrote:
>
> Hi,
> You could use gdal  translate directly I imagine and try to figure out 
> why it's not working from there.  I would use a tiff format. Have you 
> tried on another computer?
>
> http://www.gdal.org/gdal_translate.html
>

Gdal will only work if it is pre-compiled with ECW support. I have spend 
a couple of days already trying to source or build a version of gdal 
that 'see' ecw files.

> Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc.
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> On Aug 3, 2015 11:40 PM, "Simon Cropper-3 [via OSGeo.org] " <[hidden 
> email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5218392&i=0>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I have recently tried to get QGIS to work with ECW files.
>
>     Despite several days of multiple
>     installs/reinstalls/uninstalls/lib-upgrades/etc I have not managed
>     to get ECW to be opened by QGIS. This is really frustrating as I
>     am keen to use QGIS on an upcoming project.
>
>     As an alternative, I would like to pose the following couple of
>     questions...
>
>     My first question is, what is a good alternative to ECW files for
>     use on QGIS?
>
>     The second question, how do I convert the ECW file into this
>     format without using a propriety software package?
>
>     -- 
>     Cheers Simon
>
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Cheers Simon


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