Using the ArcPad ECW Extension on Windows 7
ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) is a proprietary wavelet compression image format optimized for aerial and satellite imagery. The lossy compression format efficiently compresses very large images with fine alternating contrast.
Support
for ECW files in ArcPad has been available as of ArcPad 6 with the addition of a the ECW Extension for ArcPad.
The ECW
Extension for ArcPad is available (at no cost) from Intergraph/Erdas at the following
website:
This
version of the ECW Extension for ArcPad will work with all subsequent versions of ArcPad.
HOWEVER: Some users have been running into issues when attempting to use this extension on versions of Windows other than XP (which is what is was originally developed against).
The
following instructions will allow you to install the extension on a Windows 7
PC:
- Type ‘compat’ into the Start Menu search and select ‘Run Programs made for previous versions of Windows’
- Click ‘Next’ on the Program Compatability wizard
- Select ‘ArcPad’ from the list of programs and then click ‘Next’
- Select ‘Troubleshoot Program’ as your troubleshooting option
- Check the ‘I don’t see my problem listed’ option and then click ‘Next’
- Select ‘I don’t know’ from the list of Windows versions and then click ‘Next’
- Check the ‘I don’t see my problem listed’ option and then click ‘Next’
- Click ‘Start the Program’ to launch ArcPad (enter license code if prompted)
- DO NOT CLOSE THE PROGRAM COMPATABILITY WIZARD YET!
- Run the ArcPad_6.0_ECW_Plugin_v1.2.exe
- Check that the install is successful by loading a .ecw file into ArcPad
- Click ‘Next’ on the Program Compatability wizard
- Select ‘Yes, save these settings for this program’ to finish
Now you
should be able to use the ECW Extension for ArcPad on a Windows 7 PC!
Enjoy!
5 Comments:
At Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:29:00 pm,
Chang Liu said…
have you tried ECW plugin on Win8 yet>?
At Wednesday, July 31, 2013 6:52:00 am,
Unknown said…
Has anyone gotten this to work on Windows 8 with ArcPad 10.2?
At Friday, August 09, 2013 6:00:00 pm,
Andrew Duncan said…
I have had no problems getting the ECW Plug-in to install under Windows 7 32 bit for ArcPad 10, however have had no luck under Windows 7 64 bit. The InstallShield Wizard just hangs. Any one out there had any luck.
At Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:24:00 am,
Michael B said…
Anyone have luck with ArcPad 10.1? I am having no luck with any of the CAB files. They install, and I can see images, but that is it. I cannot zoom, pan, etc. I have tried all CAB's (PPC ARM, HPC_2000 ARM, PPC 2002 ARM)<--Don't really know which one is correct for my Trimble GeoXH. Any advice??
At Friday, December 12, 2014 3:50:00 pm,
Marika said…
Hi All, I noticed that the link in this original post is no longer valid. To download go to
http://download.intergraph.com/?ProductName=ECW%20Plugins
and choose to show legacy downloads.
Similar to the sentiments in the above comments, i cant even find the cabs to try and install on Windows Mobile, however the readme.txt does specifically state that it was built for Windows CE 2.11, 2.12, and 3.0 (Pocket PC)
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