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Missing ECW format in GeoServer with GDAL
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PhillyPride
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Even with the GDAL plugin, your underlying GDAL installation (on the OS GeoServer uses) needs the Hexagon (ERDAS) ECW SDK installed and GDAL compiled with that support.I followed the steps to install the GDAL plugin on GeoServer, but the ECW format isn't appearing in the raster formats list, while other GDAL formats are available. Do I need to add something else, or could this be a license restriction?
Standard GDAL builds often omit it due to licensing. Check gdalinfo-- formats on your system to confirm if ECW is listed there. If not, that's another problem!
LayerShift
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Getting ECW to work can be a bit of a challenge since it needs a special GDAL plugin that comes with a licensed ECW SDK. The thing is, it's not included by default because of those licensing issues. When you were setting up GDAL, did you make sure to add that ECW support? Also, just out of curiosity, which version of GDAL are you using with GeoServer?
Ah, that makes sense now, I'll run it to check if ECW is even supported in my buildEven with the GDAL plugin, your underlying GDAL installation (on the OS GeoServer uses) needs the Hexagon (ERDAS) ECW SDK installed and GDAL compiled with that support.
Standard GDAL builds often omit it due to licensing. Check gdalinfo-- formats on your system to confirm if ECW is listed there. If not, that's another problem!
I'm using GDAL 3.6 right now, I didn't add ECW support manually during setup, so that's probably the issue, I am gonna look into adding the SDK and rebuilding if neededGetting ECW to work can be a bit of a challenge since it needs a special GDAL plugin that comes with a licensed ECW SDK. The thing is, it's not included by default because of those licensing issues. When you were setting up GDAL, did you make sure to add that ECW support? Also, just out of curiosity, which version of GDAL are you using with GeoServer?