[Qgis-user] How to convert ECW using open source packages into something else?
Simon Cropper
contact at simonchristophercropper.com
Mon Aug 3 21:06:44 PDT 2015
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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