GeoCompressor 2020 Update 2 Linux

 GeoCompressor 2020 (Linux), is a stand-alone data preparation tool to rapidly compress imagery data to ECW or JPEG 2000 file formats.

This full installer includes: 

• GeoCompressor Essentials 
• GeoCompressor Advantage 
• GeoCompressor Professional 

GeoCompressor 2020 Update 2 provides incremental improvements and bug fixes to previous releases. It is distributed only as a full installer.

Prerequisites 

• Geospatial Licensing Administrator 2020 

Install Instructions 

• Refer to the GeoCompressor User Guide.
• This is a full installer, uninstall the previous version, then install this one.
• Older versions can be installed side by side into a separate folder where needed.

Selected Highlights  

• Default output version for ECW is now 3.
• Default block size for ECW v3 files is now 128 x 128.
• Viewer crash when selecting statistics on opacity channel for ECW vs files.
• Ability to specify background colour without using an opacity channel.
• Fixed missing library dependencies on CentOS8/RHEL8.
• Log file now prints input metadata from GDAL, the output block size, and the number of data blocks and null blocks.
• User can now use the "Shapefile / Feature Id" dialog when choosing region/featureId for opacity channel (rather than text input).
• Compressing ER Mapper Algorithm file containing 16 bit images to 8 bit ECW would fail.

Resources 

• Licensing information 
• Hexagon Geospatial Community