Hi,
We had not planned to add png support in the near future.
We will add it to the work schedule for the next 3-6 months.
It won't be a "critical" item, so there is no absolute guarantee it will get done
within that timeframe.
cheers
Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shawn Pike
> Sent: Thursday, 3 January 2002 12:31 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: FW: ER Mapper Support Query 7246
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure to whom I'm speaking - there's no signature.
> Thank you for
> your advice. I do use JPEG's, and I do use Paint Shop Pro
> and AutoCAD to
> convert images to JPEG's and TIFF's.
>
> PNG seems to us like a "better" format than JPEG's and
> TIFF's. Here are the
> differences that are important to us:
>
> JPEG TIFF PNG
>
> Lossy No loss No loss
> Very Small Huge Very Small
> 16.7 M Colors only Some color levels Many color levels
> Compressed Might be compressed Compressed
>
>
> The PNG is the only format of the three that wins in every
> category. Will
> ER Mapper support Portable Network Graphics soon?
>
> Thank you, Shawn
>
> Shawn Pike
> CA DWR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ER Mapper Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 8:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FW: ER Mapper Support Query 7246
>
> >Shawn -
>
> > > Does ER Mapper support the Portable Network Graphics
> (PNG) file formats?
>
> No it does not. It does support JPEG read/write if you want to
> create graphics for web sites. If you need to use PNG files
> in ER Mapper,
> I'd suggest getting an inexpensive program like Paint Shop Pro to
> convert them to TIFF for processing in ER Mapper (or vice versa to
> export from ER Mapper to PNG).
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
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