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'''MrSID''' stands for ''Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database''.  MrSID uses a [[Wavelet compression|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).
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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* [[Konvertor]]
 
*[http://www.lizardtech.com/developer/ LizardTech MG4 Decode SDK] Permits reading of MrSID files.
 
*[http://www.lizardtech.com/developer/ LizardTech MG4 Decode SDK] Permits reading of MrSID files.
  
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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]  2010 primer from LizardTech.
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* [http://www.lizardtech.com/files/geo/datasheets/MG4_White_Paper.pdf LizardTech’s MrSID Technology]  2010 primer from LizardTech.  Includes discussion of differences between MrSID generations.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110522210303/http://www.lizardtech.com/files/geo/techinfo/MrSID_Tech_Primer.pdf MrSID Technology Primer] 2004 primer from LizardTech
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110522210303/http://www.lizardtech.com/files/geo/techinfo/MrSID_Tech_Primer.pdf MrSID Technology Primer] 2004 primer from LizardTech.  Explanation of multi-resolution architecture.
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File Format
Name MrSID
Ontology
Extension(s) .sid
MIME Type(s) image/x-mrsid
LoCFDD fdd000031, fdd000184
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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