On 08/10/2010, at 11:59 , William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Ramon Andinach wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm trying out qgis on my Mac, and having taken the suggestion that new 
>> users should try the standalone installer I now have a couple of questions.
>> 
>> I've used Qgis 1.5.0-3 (standalone) for Snow Leopard and am running macos 
>> 10.6.4
>> 
>> 1. Both the instructions on http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/qgis and in 
>> the readme indicate that I need to select GDAlTools settings from the Raster 
>> menu. I'm having problems finding the Raster Menu. Could some one point me 
>> in the right direction?
> 
> The GdalTools plugin may need to be enabled.  Do this from the Plugins menu 
> -> Manage Plugins.

Ah, now I've got a raster menu. Done. Thanks. 

>> 2. I'd also like to be able to use ECW images. Is this possible? If so, what 
>> else do I need to do?
>> 
> The GDAL framework in the standalone Qgis can use GDAL plugins (not Qgis 
> plugins) in the standard locations (for GDAL).  I have an ECW plugin that's a 
> separate package.  But I just realized that it will only install if it finds 
> the GDAL framework, so there's no simple way to use it with Qgis standalone.  
> You would have to install the standard Qgis plus the frameworks.
> 
> Note also that the ECW support on OS X is read-only.  I couldn't figure out 
> some problems with my limited C++ skills, and ER/Leica is no help (and they 
> seem to have killed off Mac and *nix support with their latest SDK).

Read only is fine for my purposes, but it's very disappointing about the SDK.

So, I guess I'm about to find out what I can mess up with a full install.

-ramon._______________________________________________
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