MrSID

MrSID
Filename extension
.sid
Internet media type
image/x-mrsid, image/x.mrsid, image/x-mrsid-image
Developed byExtensis
Latest release
MG4 (MrSID Generation 4)[1]
Type of formatLossless or lossy bitmap image format
Websitewww.extensis.com/mrsid-file-format

MrSID (pronounced Mister Sid) is an acronym that stands for multiresolution seamless image database. It is a file format (filename extension .sid) developed and patented[2][3] by LizardTech (in October 2018 absorbed into Extensis)[4] for encoding of georeferenced raster graphics, such as orthophotos.

MrSID originated as the result of research efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).[5][6]

  1. ^ LizardTech Releases MrSID Generation 4 Decode SDK - July 23, 2009, Press Room - Press Release, LizardTech (archived)
  2. ^ "LizardTech files appeal in patent lawsuit". GEO World. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  3. ^ US patent 5710835, Jonathan N. Bradley, "Storage and retrieval of large digital images", issued 1998-2-20 
  4. ^ Osamu Ikeda (2 October 2018). "Extensis and LizardTech Unite as One Company". Extensis blog. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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