MrSID
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrSID MrSID : Wikipedia]   | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrSID MrSID : Wikipedia]   | ||
| * [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000031.shtml MrSID Image Format, Generation 2, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats] | * [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000031.shtml MrSID Image Format, Generation 2, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats] | ||
| − | * [http://www.lizardtech.com/files/geo/datasheets/MG4_White_Paper.pdf LizardTech’s MrSID Technology] | + | * [http://www.lizardtech.com/files/geo/datasheets/MG4_White_Paper.pdf LizardTech’s MrSID Technology]  Primer from LizardTech. | 
Revision as of 04:59, 13 November 2012
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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).
Software
- LizardTech MG4 Decode SDK Permits reading of MrSID files.

