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From: "Richard E. Hoskins" <rhoskins@home.com>
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For a very very cool product for those of you that are using raster base =
maps check out

http://www.lizardtech.com/  MapInfo users will be able to use this. =
Right now it seems the health GIS is stuck in cluster investigations and =
pretty simple mapping, mostly thematic maps. One of these days we will =
be very heavy into using raster images. I have experimented with this =
technology and I can't wait until WA state has high res raster images =
for all the counties.=20

from their FAQs


Q: What is LizardTech and where did the name come from?

A: In 1992, LizardTech was created as a spin-out of Los Alamos
National Laboratory. Via the Federal Technology Transfer Acts,
LizardTech was selected from a national bid as the exclusive
commercialization vehicle for the MrSID image compression technology
invented at LANL. Because we were a high-tech business located in
Santa Fe, NM, we choose the name LizardTech. In 1996, LizardTech
moved to Seattle in order to take advantage of all the support and
become a major player in the image compression and decompression
market. Since then, the entire Los Alamos image processing team
responsible for the original development of the MrSID technology has
left the Lab and now works for LizardTech. \


Q: What is MrSID?

A: MrSID is an acronym for Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database.
MrSID is a powerful wavelet based image compressor, viewer and file
format for massive raster images that enables instantaneous viewing
and manipulation of images locally and over networks while
maintaining maximum image quality. Features include unprecedented
compression ratios while maintaining highest image quality, true
multiple resolutions, selective decompression, seamless mosaicking
and browsing.
Q: Who should use MrSID and what does it provide for image
compression and retrieval?

A: MrSID has been designed for a wide range of markets including
mapping/GIS, document management, medical, games, and
Internet-based delivery of imagery. Its next-generation technology
provides:=20

     Unsurpassed compression of raster images of virtually any size
     with no noticeable reduction in image quality.=20
     Instant, seamless, multi-resolution browsing of massive
     images: No waiting, no tiles, no proxies.=20
     Fast transmission of vast amounts of raster imagery via CD
     ROMs, networks, and the Internet.=20
     Exceptional ease of use.=20


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spin-out of=20
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Acts,<BR>LizardTech was selected from a national bid as the=20
exclusive<BR>commercialization vehicle for the MrSID image compression=20
technology<BR>invented at LANL. Because we were a high-tech business =
located=20
in<BR>Santa Fe, NM, we choose the name LizardTech. In 1996, =
LizardTech<BR>moved=20
to Seattle in order to take advantage of all the support and<BR>become a =
major=20
player in the image compression and decompression<BR>market. Since then, =
the=20
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<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A: MrSID is an acronym for =
Multi-resolution=20
Seamless Image Database.<BR>MrSID is a powerful wavelet based image =
compressor,=20
viewer and file<BR>format for massive raster images that enables =
instantaneous=20
viewing<BR>and manipulation of images locally and over networks=20
while<BR>maintaining maximum image quality. Features include=20
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quality,=20
true<BR>multiple resolutions, selective decompression, seamless=20
mosaicking<BR>and browsing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Q: Who should use MrSID and what does =
it provide=20
for image<BR>compression and retrieval?</FONT></DIV>
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range of=20
markets including<BR>mapping/GIS, document management, medical, games,=20
and<BR>Internet-based delivery of imagery. Its next-generation=20
technology<BR>provides: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unsurpassed =
compression of=20
raster images of virtually any size<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with no=20
noticeable reduction in image quality. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Instant,=20
seamless, multi-resolution browsing of =
massive<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
images: No waiting, no tiles, no proxies. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Fast=20
transmission of vast amounts of raster imagery via=20
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