Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of pkg-gdal-ecw


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Timestamp:
Feb 7, 2011, 8:53:02 AM (13 years ago)
Author:
warmerdam
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Updated for 4.1 ECW SDK.

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  • pkg-gdal-ecw

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    11= gdal-ecw =
    22
    3  * Plugin for ECW and JPEG2000 Raster Formats
    4  * Requires gdal and manually-installed ECW 3.3 Runtime libraries
    5  * Includes bug fix for [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2320 GDAL ticket 2320] so that both ECW and JP2ECW drivers are registered.
     3 * Read-only plugin for ECW and JPEG2000 Raster Formats
     4 * Requires gdal and manually-installed ECW 4.1 Runtime libraries
     5 * Write support for ECW and JPEG2000 via the ECW SDK is not available as part of OSGeo4W
    66 * Maintainer is FrankWarmerdam
    77
    88== Installing ECW SDK ==
    99
    10 The GDAL ECW Plugin requires the ECW 3.3 Runtime library, which was distributed by ERDAS, but is no longer available for download (see [wiki:pkg-gdal17-ecw] for newer version that is available for download from ERDAS). In order to use the runtime libraries, the end user is required to install the DLLs into a system directory.
     10The GDAL ECW Plugin requires the ECW 4.1 Runtime library, which is by ERDAS.   In order to use the runtime libraries, the end user is required to download and install the DLLs into a system directory. 
    1111
    12 ERDAS Web Site: http://www.erdas.com/Products/ERDASProductInformation/tabid/84/currentid/1142/default.aspx
     12ERDAS Web Site: http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASECWJPEG2000SDK/Downloads.aspx
    1313
    14 After installation, please copy the DLL files from the {{{redistributable\vc71}}} directory to somewhere appropriate, like {{{C:\windows\system32}}}, or {{{C:\Windows\SysWOW64}}} for 64-bit Windows.
     14After downloading and installing the ECW SDK it is necessary to copy the runtime DLLs somewhere appropriate like {{{C:\windows\system32}}}, or {{{C:\Windows\SysWOW64}}} for 64-bit Windows, or {{{C:\\OSGeo4W\bin}}}. 
    1515
    1616E.g.:
    1717{{{
    18 copy "C:\Program Files\Earth Resource Mapping\ECW SDK\redistributable\vc71\*.dll" C:\windows\system32
     18copy "C:\Program Files\ERDAS\ERDAS ECW JPEG2000 Read SDK\bin\vc9\win32\*.dll" C:\windows\system32
    1919}}}
    2020
    2121Note that downloading and installing these DLLs requires agreeing to a license. Please review the license terms carefully.
    2222
    23 It is imperative that the VC7.1 ECW 3.3 SDK binaries be used.  Any other ECW (NCS*) DLLs are unlikely to work properly.  Failure to install the correct ECW libraries will normally result in a popup message reading "This application has failed to start because NCSEcw.dll was not found." or a console error report like:
     23It is imperative that the VC9 ECW 4.1 SDK binaries be used.  Any other ECW (NCS*) DLLs are unlikely to work properly.  Failure to install the correct ECW libraries will normally result in a popup message reading "This application has failed to start because NCSEcw4_RO.dll was not found." or a console error report like:
    2424
    2525{{{
    2626C:\warmerda>gdalinfo
    27 ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\osgeo4w\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_ECW.dll
     27ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\osgeo4w\bin\gdalplugins\1.8\gdal_ECW_JP2ECW.dll
    2828126: The specified module could not be found.
    2929
    30 ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\osgeo4w\bin\gdalplugins\gdal_ECW.dll
     30ERROR 1: Can't load requested DLL: C:\osgeo4w\bin\gdalplugins\1.8\gdal_ECW_JP2ECW.dll
    3131126: The specified module could not be found.
    3232
    33 Usage: gdalinfo [--help-general] [-mm] [-stats] [-nogcp] [-nomd]
    34                 [-noct] [-checksum] [-mdd domain]* datasetname
     33Usage: gdalinfo [--help-general] [-mm] [-stats] [-hist] [-nogcp] [-nomd]
     34                [-norat] [-noct] [-checksum] [-mdd domain]* datasetname
    3535}}}
    3636