GeoCompressor 2020 Update 3 User Guide Version 16.6.0 Update 3 11 February 2021 Contents What’s New ................................................................................................................................. 4 Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Architecture .............................................................................................................................. 9 Supported Environments ........................................................................................................ 10 Installation Guide ..................................................................................................................... 11 Windows ................................................................................................................................. 11 Installation ........................................................................................................................... 11 Uninstallation ....................................................................................................................... 14 Linux ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Installation ........................................................................................................................... 15 Uninstallation ....................................................................................................................... 18 Licensing .................................................................................................................................. 19 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 19 Functionality Matrix ................................................................................................................. 20 Installation and Configuration ................................................................................................. 20 GeoCompressor Usage ........................................................................................................... 21 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 21 Image Compressor Usage ....................................................................................................... 24 Wizard Mode .......................................................................................................................... 24 Command-Line Mode ............................................................................................................. 32 Input .................................................................................................................................... 34 Output ................................................................................................................................. 34 Options ................................................................................................................................ 35 Reporting Example .............................................................................................................. 45 Usage Examples ................................................................................................................. 47 ECW v3 Update Example ....................................................................................................... 48 XML Project File ..................................................................................................................... 51 Supported Input Formats ........................................................................................................ 53 Null Block Analysis ................................................................................................................. 55 Comparison ......................................................................................................................... 56 Point Compressor Usage ........................................................................................................ 60 Wizard Mode .......................................................................................................................... 60 Command-Line Mode ............................................................................................................. 61 Input .................................................................................................................................... 62 Output ................................................................................................................................. 62 Options ................................................................................................................................ 62 Reporting Example .............................................................................................................. 64 Usage Examples ................................................................................................................. 65 2 Upload Usage ........................................................................................................................... 67 GUI Mode ............................................................................................................................... 67 Input File ............................................................................................................................. 70 Bearer Token ...................................................................................................................... 70 Options ................................................................................................................................ 70 GeoCompressor Viewer Usage ............................................................................................... 71 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 71 Toolbar Functions ................................................................................................................... 72 Standard Toolbar ................................................................................................................ 72 View Toolbar ....................................................................................................................... 72 Navigation Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 73 ECW or JP2 Toolbar ........................................................................................................... 73 Viewing Images ...................................................................................................................... 73 Viewing ECWP Images ........................................................................................................... 73 Map Properties ....................................................................................................................... 75 Layer Properties ..................................................................................................................... 75 ECW Layer Properties ............................................................................................................ 79 Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 80 About ...................................................................................................................................... 82 Appendix A: Mosaic to Multiple Output Workflow Example ................................................. 83 Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................................................. 90 Low Memory Issues During Compression .............................................................................. 90 Unexpected Application Closure / Crash ................................................................................ 90 Appendix C: FAQ ..................................................................................................................... 91 General ................................................................................................................................... 91 Image Compressor ................................................................................................................. 92 Point Compressor ................................................................................................................... 95 Appendix D: ECW Header Editor CLI Parameters ................................................................. 96 Support ..................................................................................................................................... 97 3 What’s New 2020 Update 3 • Maintenance release • Added resampling options Nearest Neighbour, Bilinear, Cubic, Cubic Spline, Lanczos, Average, Mode or Gauss when resizing data. #GC-1174 • ECW check is now more accurate when determining validity of files and prints better warnings. #EC-2444 • ECW check on Linux reports not enough disk space errors #GC-1194 • GeoCompressor cannot remove bands from the input image