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MrSID stands for ''Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database''.
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MrSID stands for ''Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database''.  MrSID uses a wavelet-based compression scheme and file format developed and patented by LizardTech designed to enable portability of massive bit-mapped (raster) images.  As of November 2012, the current ''generation'' of MrSID is Generation 4 (MG4).
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== Software ==
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*[https://www.lizardtech.com/developer/ LizardTech MG4 Decode SDK] Permits reading of MrSID files.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrSID MrSID : Wikipedia]  
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrSID MrSID : Wikipedia]  
 
* [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000184.shtml MrSID Image Format, Generation 3, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]
 
* [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000184.shtml MrSID Image Format, Generation 3, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]

Revision as of 20:34, 12 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Graphics > MrSID
File Format
Name MrSID
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Extension(s) .sid
MIME Type(s) image/x-mrsid
PRONOM fmt/392


MrSID stands for Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database. MrSID uses a wavelet-based compression scheme and file format developed and patented by LizardTech designed to enable portability of massive bit-mapped (raster) images. As of November 2012, the current generation of MrSID is Generation 4 (MG4).

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