Latest Version of ERDAS ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop

The ERDAS ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 has been released by Intergraph. The plug-in is free. This plug-in version will not work on ArcGIS for Desktop versions earlier than 10.1. Esri customers having an earlier version of ArcGIS for Desktop should use the earlier version of the plug-in.

The ERDAS ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 enhances the native ECW / ECWP support Esri has built into ArcGIS for Desktop. This new version of the ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop adds over 35 enhancements. Among these enhancements are the following:

• Support for Esri's ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop, released in June 2012
• ECW v3 file support has been added
• Local files will read and store statistics information within the ECW fileheader
• Display speed of ECW v2 files has been improved when compared to Esri’s default v10.1 capabilities
• ECWP v3 has been added for improved streaming performance when connecting to ERDAS APOLLO 2013 servers over low bandwidth and secure environments
• ECWP will continue to work on older ERDAS APOLLO versions
• An automatic 99% clip is now applied to >8 bit JP2 or ECW v3 files when streamed over ECWP
• Projection handling of ECWP layers has been significantly improved to support additional EPSG and now also Esri's defined coordinate systems
• Numerous enhancements to ERDAS ER Mapper ERS and ALG file support
• Added support for catalog searching of ERDAS APOLLO Advantage 2013 servers
• Esri’s ArcCatalog now fully supports managing ECW v2, ECW v3, ERS and ALG files
• Resolved side-by-side compatibility with ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS. Both products can now coexist in the same ArcGIS for Desktop install

The plug-in is available from Intergraph here:  http://geospatial.intergraph.com/products/other/ecw/ECWPlugins/Downloads.aspx