Licensing options for this format begin with FME Professional Edition.
The MrSID Reader allows FME to read data in LizardTech’s MrSID format1Copyright © 1995-2004 LizardTech, Inc. All rights reserved. MrSID is protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,710,835. Foreign Patents Pending..
With the MrSID format, large raster image files such as aerial photographs or satellite imagery are compressed and can be quickly viewed without having to decompress the entire file.