MrSID
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* [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. | + | * [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 | + | * [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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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.
References
- MrSID : Wikipedia
- MrSID Image Format, Generation 2, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats
- LizardTech’s MrSID Technology 2010 primer from LizardTech. Includes discussion of differences between MrSID generations.
- MrSID Technology Primer 2004 primer from LizardTech. Explanation of multi-resolution architecture.
