What is the difference between .sid and .map?
- Extension
- .sid
- .map
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Other
- Developer
- Extensis
- ColorgrafX
- Description
- Image created using Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) compression, which was developed by Extensis for compressing large images; commonly used to partition and store large Geographic Information Systems (GIS) images.
- This format is used as the color palette format for a variety of operating system image editors. It is used to store font templates in text and graphic editors. It allows you to change color intensity and transparency levels.
- MIME Type
- image/x-mrsid
- application/vnd.xworlds.colormap
- Sample
- sample.sid
- Wikipedia
- .sid on Wikipedia