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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] Seeking Opinions on Lizardtech's MrSID |
| Date: |
11/05/2003 04:55:01 PM |
| From: |
Graeme Brooke |
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In the short term, there are other free viewers that you could use. Start at
http://www.grime.net/GISTools/S.htm#SID.
In the longer term, why not try ECW (see
http://www.ermapper.com/products/ecw/index.htm).
Ciao,
Graeme
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-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com]On Behalf Of Leonard,
Korine
Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2003 6:46 AM
To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: [gislist] Seeking Opinions on Lizardtech's MrSID
Hello List!
Several months back, we were greatly disappointed to learn of Lizardtech's
decision to move to a "data cartridge" pricing plan on their latest
compression software. Because of that, we decided to stick with our
"ancient" version (1.2.1) of the compressor, and not upgrade to the latest
version, even though it will mean that at least one PC in our shop cannot be
upgraded to the XP operating system.
Just this week, we were shocked to discover that they have also removed
their free viewer (version 2.0) from their download site. This was one of
the early viewers, and while we have "tested" several newer versions, we
always went back to this one because it was so simple and easy to use - even
for non-computer folks. The only other viewer out there (that we found), is
actually NOT FREE. You can download a trial version, but the full version
is $299! I haven't noticed a time-out feature in the viewer documentation,
so I am assuming that most of the capabilities are turned off. This new
viewer (GeoExpress View) is okay, but it's much more complicated for the
casual user.
In our view, these are nearly extortionist schemes, since they control the
bulk of the market in image compression.
We were wondering if anyone else out there has a problem with these
practices, and what, if anything you plan to do about it. Will you move to
the new GeoJP2 or something else?
Thanks for your opinions!
Korine R. Leonard
GIS Manager
County of York, Virginia
(757) 890-3899 main
(757) 890-3584 direct
www.yorkcounty.gov
"Your life is the sum total of the choices you've made. If you don't like
your life, make better choices." John Gilbert
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