As a sequence of establishing measures and procedures to prevent acts of terrorism that threaten the security of passengers, crews and the safety of ships, NADRA had developed a Machine Readable Seafarer Identity Document (
MRSID) for the solution.
Despite some competitors, LizardTech remains on top, as Express Server is the only server on the market that can serve
MrSID as well as it does.
MrSID is a dynamic image technology and format whose name is an acronym for "Multiresolution Seamless Image Database," which simply means that users may zoom in and choose any sub-region of an image at any desired resolution or "zoom level" and that portion of the image will be extracted and sent to them, either as a JPEG or as
MrSID data.
* the orthophotos at 0.5m resolution in
MrSID format.
RDV 2007 delivers a new and enhanced set of visualization and simulation capabilities to Autodesk users such as object animation, support of Google Earth, real physical interaction and full support of all images inside AutoCAD, including
MrSid, ECW, and more.
Additionally, the digital orthophotos flown in 2001 are at 0.5-foot resolution and are available in TIFF, JPG, and
MrSID formats.
Raster images include TIF and
MrSID types, and some images are in SDE.
Probably the best zoomable software is
MrSID (www.lizardtech.com).
The resulting files were compressed using
MrSid, and FGDC-compliant metadata was created for each image.
Also, the inclusion of LizardTech's
MrSID technology will let users zoom, pan and manipulate images so that they can receive the digital content at the level of detail they require.
Imagizer Viewer is a stand-alone application used to view, edit, measure, and hyperlink any type of imagery such as TIFF, IMG, and
MrSID.