Table of Contents

Introduction
Features
How to Read this Manual
SDK Contents
Getting Started
System Requirements
Installation
Example Code
Technical Support
Architecture and Design
Pipeline Design
Strip-Based Decoding
Scenes
Other Design Considerations
The Support Classes
Preprocessor Constants and Basic Typedefs
Status Strings
The LTIFileSpec Class
Streams
The SDK Base Classes
Base Enums
Base Classes
The Image Classes
The Raw Readers and Writers
Scene and Buffer Management
Concrete Image Readers, Filters and Writers
Image Filters
Image Writers
MrSIDSupport
MG2, MG3 and MG4
Key Features of MrSID
MrSID Readers
JPEG 2000 Support
The JPEG 2000 Reader
NITF Support
The NITF Reader
NITF Input Metadata
Metadata Support
The Metadata Record
The Metadata Database
The Tags
The C API
Image Support
Decode Support
Metadata Support
Streams
Command Line Applications
Switches Common to All Tools
mrsidinfo
mrsiddecode
mrsidviewer
Appendix A - Technical Notes
Zoom Levels
Coding Conventions
Overrides
Reference Counting
Notes on Streams
Notes on World Files
Notes on BBB Files
GeoTIFF Metadata for JPEG 2000
Georeferencing of NITF Imagery
Metadata Tags
Negative y-Resolutions
Nodata and Background Pixels
Appendix B - Company and Product Information
About LizardTech
Other LizardTech Products
MrSID and Patents
Copyrights, Trademarks and Credits
Glossary
Reference Manual