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._______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
