[Xastir] MrSid format DRG maps

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Tom Russo wrote:

> There is a GDAL plug-in that allows the MrSID SDK to be used, but that
> plug-in is only available on linux and Losedows.  When xastir supports
> gdal rasters it could theoretically make use of that SDK for anyone who
> was willing to install it and build GDAL with that support (I don't think it's
> especially expensive anymore).  But I'm guessing GDAL raster support is a
> fairly distant wish at the moment.

Nobody's been working on the GDAL raster support for quite some
time.  Anyone willing to pick that up is welcome to.  GDAL raster
support might mean we could dump ImageMagick support too, which
would be a very good thing!

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