[Qgis-user] mrsid qgis 2.8 and ubuntu 14.04

[Springfield Harrison]

I've had great success with ECW files but unsure as to how they are
created.

In Manifold one can link to them rather than load them into the Project
file. Very fast.

Cheers . . . . .   Spring Harrison
Samsung Tab 4
On Jun 26, 2015 10:59 AM, "Chris House" <housec01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> i did try both of the build methods and neither worked. I get "command not
> found" for both.
>
> I would prefer a different format but I'm unaware of another file type
> that can compress as well as mrsid (usable file sizes) that cover as much
> territory (>200km2)
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:51 PM, James Keener <jim at jimkeener.com> wrote:
>
>> I've not used it as a gdal plugin and in the past have simply converted
>> my data into a more standard format:
>>
>> http://jimkeener.com/posts/orthoimagery
>>
>> Have you followed the steps you've linked to? Did either the
>> gdal-build-mrsid or gdal-mrsid-build work?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 06/26/2015 01:43 PM, Chris House wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to find some updated instructions for adding MrSid support
>> > for QGIS 2.8 on Ubuntu 14.04.  I started following the instructions from
>> > here:
>> >
>> > https://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki/TutorialMrSid
>> >
>> > However, I'm hung up on the instructions where you do the build.  I
>> > downloaded the following mrsid sdk from Lizardtech and extracted it.
>> >
>> > MrSID_DSDK-9.1.0.4045-linux.x86-64.gcc44.tar.gz
>> >
>> > The readme specifically says "no real installation is necessary"
>> >
>> > Can someone point me to some updated instructions on how to get mrsid
>> > support in QGIS 2.8?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
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