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## SDK Contents

The contents of the MrSID Decode SDK include the following:

###### Documentation

###### Cover documentation

The fileREADME.txt in the top-level directory and the file CHANGES.txt in the doc directory contain information about late changes to the SDK.

###### License

In the top-level directory, the file LICENSE.pdf contains the complete licensing information for this SDK.

###### User Manual

The User Manual (this document) can be found at doc/UserManual/index.html.

###### Reference Manual

The Reference Manual, containing detailed information about each class and method, can be found at doc/ReferenceManual/index.html.

###### Copyrights, Trademarks and Credits

Information about licenses and copyrights, as well as trademark information and acknowledgments, are found in the document Copyrights_Trademarks_and_Credits.pdf in the top-level directory.

###### Headers and Libraries

###### Headers

The header files for the MrSID Decode SDK are located in subdirectories under the include directory. (The Reference Manual provides full documentation for these headers.)

###### Libraries

The libraries for the SDK are located in the lib directory.

###### Sample Applications

###### Command-line tools

Several tools are provided in the bin directory to aid in development, debugging, and testing. (For information on using these tools, see "MrSID Decode SDK Command Line Tools")

###### Example Code

A number of example functions are included in the directory examples/src. The test files used by these examples are located in examples/data. (The Reference Manual provides additional information about these examples.)

NOTE: As a further resource, sample LiDAR images are available for you to work with at http://bin.us.lizardtech.com/lidar/LT_LiDAR_Sample_Data.zip.

###### Language Bindings

We have added experimental language bindings for C#, Python and Ruby. They are located in the directory contributions/SWIG. Please see the README.txt in that directory for more details.