The performance issue is good enough to convince me to stick with TIFFs. It's cheaper just to buy the space.
BTW - for completeness, the server runs Win2003 server. Thanks! -Abe On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Gregor Mosheh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeshua Lacock wrote: > > It might be good to share for what platform... > > M hm. One item of note, is that the Linux version of the SDK is for > 32-bit only, and will not work in 64-bit environments. Most sad. > LizardTech doesn't even have immediate plans for the next version, only > the idea that it will support 64-bit. Sigh. > > > > > I suspect that the GDAL list would be a more appropriate place to > > inquire about GDAL support. > > Indeed. I can provide a few pointers right here, though, before you take > it to the other list. :) > > 1. First you need to install the MrSID SDk, from LizardTech's downloads > area. After that, when you run configure, use --help and look for the > --with-mrsid option. > > 2. I have found the runtime performance of wavelet-compressed images > (ECW, JPEG2000, MrSID) to be unacceptable for my needs. Your mileage may > vary, but you may want to save yourself some trouble by fetching > mrsiddecode and extracting it to TIFFs. > > -- > Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth, BS, A+ > System Administrator > HostGIS cartographic development & hosting services > http://www.HostGIS.com/ > > "Remember that no one cares if you can back up, > only if you can restore." - AMANDA > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
