On 12/8/05, Lawrence Hartpence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am very new to MapServer. I wanted to add a set of tiled images in MrSidd > format to my map. I have a shapefile depicting the locations of the tiles. > I understand that I need GDAL to make this happen. I loaded MapServer using > the MS4W download. Do I have GDAL? If I do, how do I use it. Also I am > running MapServer on a Windows 2000 server machine with IIS as the > webserver.
Lawrence, You do need GDAL, but more importantly you need a GDAL built with MrSID support which I don't believe is included in the stock MS4W builds. I *think* I wrote an email a few months ago to the MS4W list about a MrSID plugin that was compatible with a particular version of MS4W, but even for that you still need to download the MrSID DLLs directly from Lizardtech. MrSID tends not to get built into stuff because their SDK has somewhat unnerving rules about redistribution. The other option is to pay someone like DM Solutions or me to prepare a custom build with MrSID support. Of course, you can also do it yourself if you are fairly savvy about building software from source, but I realize that is not everyone forte. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
