LizardTech MrSID Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

MRSID

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

MRSID or <source_dataset_filename>

Typical File Extensions

.sid

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Through TAB files

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

mrsid_type

MrSID Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

no

point

no

polygon

no

raster

yes

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no

MrSID Raster-Specific Quick Facts

Band Interpretations

Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16,

Alpha8, Alpha16, Gray8, Gray16

Palette Key Interpretations

UInt8, UInt16

Palette Value Interpretations

RGBA32

Nodata Value

Any.

Nodata values must be the same across all color components.

Cell Origin (x, y)

0.5, 0.5

Rotation Support

No

GCP Support

Through TAB files

World File Support

No

TAB File Support

Yes