WSQ

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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://oreilly.com/www/centers/gff/formats/fbi/ FBI Fingerprint Format]
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* [[Wikipedia:Wavelet Scalar Quantization|Wikipedia article]]
 
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Revision as of 20:17, 26 October 2014

File Format
Name WSQ
Ontology
Extension(s) .wsq

WSQ (Wavelet Scalar Quantization), also known as FBI Fingerprint Format, is a raster image file format used for storing images of fingerprints. It uses lossy wavelet compression, and supports only grayscale images.

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WSQ is similar to JPEG format, though it is not compatible with it.

Identification

Files begin with bytes FF A0, and end with FF A1.

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