Apologies Asia for calling you Jeremy! I was looking at the wrong feed for your name. Kind Regards,
Richard —— Richard McDonnell MSc GIS, FME Certified Professional FRM Data Management —— Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí Office of Public Works Sráid Jonathan Swift, Baile Átha Troim, Co na Mí, C15 NX36 Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co Meath, C15 NX36 —— M +353 87 688 5964 T +353 46 942 2409 https://gov.ie/opw —— To send me files larger than 30MB, please use the link below https://filetransfer.opw.ie/filedrop/richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie Email Disclaimer: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/439daf-email-disclaimer/ —— Richard McDonnell MSc GIS, FME Certified Professional FRM Data Management —— Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí Office of Public Works Sráid Jonathan Swift, Baile Átha Troim, Co na Mí, C15 NX36 Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co Meath, C15 NX36 —— M +353 87 688 5964 T +353 46 942 2409 https://www.opw.ie —— To send me files larger than 30MB, please use the link below https://filetransfer.opw.ie/filedrop/richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie Email Disclaimer: https://www.opw.ie/en/disclaimer/ > -----Original Message----- > From: QGIS-User <qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Richard > McDonnell via QGIS-User > Sent: 27 September 2023 09:22 > To: Garth Fletcher <ga...@jacqcad.com>; asiajmur...@gmail.com > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] opening .sid files in QGIS > > Hi Jeremy, > Garth is indeed right. MrSID is not open source, therefore it's not installed > by > default. > Thankfully it's easy to install, I can only give you instructions for Windows > though. > > 1) Open OSGeo4W Setup > 2) Select Advanced Install > 3) Install from Internet > 4) Keep clicking Next until you get to Select Packages > 5) In the search bar Type Mr and you should see the list drop to just Libs. > When you expand on this you will see the GDAL drivers for MrSID > 6) It will say Skip, if you click on this it will change to the current > version. > 7) Click next and it will then go through the setup process. You will be > required to accept the Licencing Agreement, but once finished you will be > able to use MrSID format. > > I hope that helps. > Kind Regards, > > Richard. > > > > > > > —— > Richard McDonnell MSc GIS, FME Certified Professional FRM Data > Management > > —— > Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí > Office of Public Works > > Sráid Jonathan Swift, Baile Átha Troim, Co na Mí, C15 NX36 Jonathan Swift > Street, Trim, Co Meath, C15 NX36 —— > M +353 87 688 5964 T +353 46 942 2409 > https://gov.ie/opw > > —— > To send me files larger than 30MB, please use the link below > https://filetransfer.opw.ie/filedrop/richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie > > Email Disclaimer: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/439daf- > email-disclaimer/ > > > > —— > Richard McDonnell MSc GIS, FME Certified Professional FRM Data > Management > > —— > Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí > Office of Public Works > > Sráid Jonathan Swift, Baile Átha Troim, Co na Mí, C15 NX36 Jonathan Swift > Street, Trim, Co Meath, C15 NX36 —— > M +353 87 688 5964 T +353 46 942 2409 > https://www.opw.ie > > —— > To send me files larger than 30MB, please use the link below > https://filetransfer.opw.ie/filedrop/richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie > > Email Disclaimer: https://www.opw.ie/en/disclaimer/ > > -----Original Message----- > > From: QGIS-User <qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Garth > > Fletcher via QGIS-User > > Sent: 26 September 2023 20:31 > > To: asiajmur...@gmail.com > > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] opening .sid files in QGIS > > > > I have routinely opened .SID color orthophoto files for several years > > with QGIS running on a Mac. > > Currently using QGIS 3.30 under Mac OS X 10.13; I started using QGIS > > back in the 2.14 days, ~2016. > > > > I have a vague recollection of having to load a MrSID SDK, perhaps 4 > > or > > 5 years ago. > > Perhaps that installation has been persistent since I haven't had to > > do anything MrSID related since as I updated QGIS. > > If indeed a MrSID is needed, it can be found at > > <https://www.extensis.com/support/developers> > > > > -- > > Garth Fletcher > > > > _______________________________________________ > > QGIS-User mailing list > > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ QGIS-User mailing list QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
