MrSID

Multiresolution Seamless Image Database ( MrSID ) is protected by patents in the U.S. compression format for raster graphic files. It is mainly used in cartography and satellite images. The compression is based on a specially optimized implementation of the discrete wavelet transformation. It can be compression ratios of 15 to 20:1 for grayscale images and 30 to 50:1 achieved for three-channel RGB data at high quality of the images. Integrated image viewer you can, if necessary, after installation of a plugin that represent.