[Freegis-list] A public alternative to MRSID?

[Roger Bedell]

Heiko,
This has bugged me for a while. I think that it should be possible to put
together an alternative using JPEG2000. JPEG2000 uses the same compression
technique (wavelet compression) as mrsid, and is a public format. However,
mrsid it ain't. Perhaps there could be the same sort of effort that gave
birth to SVG, a now viable alternative to FLASH, or GML vs SHP for that
matter. Maybe an adjunct to GML, that specifies some JPEG2000 scheme? Any
ideas?

Roger

Roger Bedell, President
Sylvan Ascent Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: freegis-list-admin at intevation.de
[mailto:freegis-list-admin at intevation.de]On Behalf Of Heiko Kehlenbrink
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:09 AM
To: freegis-list at intevation.de
Subject: [Freegis-list] mrsid viewer


Hello all,
I´m studying GIS at the University of Applied Sciences in Oldenburg.
Right now I´m doing a practical cours at the Intevation GmbH.
Can anyone give me a hind about a free viewing/extracting - tool for
mrsid (.sid) files?
The original lizardtech software ´s working really fine, but as you know
it´s not really free software.

Regards
Heiko


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