Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TutorialMrSid


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Jul 3, 2009, 3:45:56 PM (15 years ago)
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    55If you have not already, add the Ubuntu GIS repository to apt sources list. See this page for instructions: [wiki:UbuntuGISRepository Adding Ubuntu GIS repository to your system's software sources]
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    7 '''1. Compiling and installing Geo-DSDK'''
     7'''1. Installing the SDK'''
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    99Download the software development kit (SDK) from LizardTech, the company that owns the MrSID patents. Go to this web site (http://www.lizardtech.com/developer/ ), register for a developer account (which is free of charge), and download the version of the Linux SDK that matches your architecture (32 bit or 64 bit) and your version of the Gnu C Compiler (gcc) – for recent Ubuntu distributions (8.04, 8.10, 9.04) the gcc 4.1 versions will work.
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    4545gdalinfo --formats | grep -i mrsid
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    47 You should see  “MrSID (ro): Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)” and “JP2MrSID (ro): MrSID JPEG2000”. These lines indicate that both MrSID and JPEG2000 support have been added to GDAL (note that there is a free software implementation of JPEG2000 support through the Jasper library, but support for JPEG2000 is also available using the LizardTech SDK).
     47You should see  "MrSID (ro): Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)" and "JP2MrSID (ro): MrSID JPEG2000". These lines indicate that both MrSID and JPEG2000 support have been added to GDAL (note that there is a free software implementation of JPEG2000 support through the Jasper library, but support for JPEG2000 is also available using the LizardTech SDK).
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    4949Example images are distributed with the SDK – you can further check whether compilation was successful with: