What is the difference between .sixel and .map?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .map
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Other
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- ColorgrafX
- Description
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- 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/vnd.dwg
- application/vnd.xworlds.colormap
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia