Developer Resources
LizardTech offers a robust suite of SDKs, APIs, and integration tools that embed its core technologies—MrSID image compression, LiDAR optimization, and advanced raster processing—into third-party applications. Available in C/C++ and .NET, these resources support encoding, decoding, reprojection, selective decompression, and batch automation. They enable efficient handling of massive raster and LiDAR datasets with memory-optimized tiling and progressive rendering, ensuring seamless deployment across GIS platforms, enterprise systems, cloud services, and high-performance computing environments.
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MrSID SDKs
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Extensis offers a range of MrSID Software Kits (SDKs) and development tools for integrating decode (viewing) capabilities and encoding technologies. Decode SDKs for MrSID are provided free of charge for development. This allows developers to integrate viewing of MrSID into their applications. For SDK support questions, please contact Extensis Technical Support.
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The MrSID 9.5 SDK, with support for MrSID Generation 4 files (MG4), is now available. With this SDK you can view and decode MG4 files containing both raster LiDAR data, in addition to MrSID Generation 3, MrSID Generation 2 and JPEG 2000 files. This version adds performance improvements so your images render even faster.
SDK Downloads
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Windows
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Visual Studio 2022 (VC 17.0) -- 64-bit | 32-bit *
Visual Studio 2019 (VC 16.0) -- 64-bit | 32-bit
Visual Studio 2017 (VC 15.0) -- 64-bit | 32-bit
Visual Studio 2015 (VC 14.0) -- 64-bit | 32-bit
Visual Studio 2013 (VC 12.0) -- 64-bit | 32-bit
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Linux
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GCC 11.3.1 -- 64-bit only
GCC 5.3.1 -- 64-bit only
GCC 4.8.2 -- 64-bit only
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Macintosh
Clang 14.0 (supports macOS 12, 13) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit)
Clang 8.0 (supports macOS 10.12) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit)
Clang 7.0 (supports OS X 10.11) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit)
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iOS
Clang 14.0 (part of Xcode 13) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit) **
Clang 8.0 (part of Xcode 8.2) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit) ***
Clang 7.0 (part of Xcode 7.3) -- Universal (32- and 64-bit) ***
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Android
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Clang 14.0.6 -- Universal (32- and 64-bit) ****
GCC 4.9 -- Universal (32- and 64-bit) *****
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Notes
* Windows Vista, 7, 8.1, 10, and 11
** Universal/ARMv7 and ARM64, x86, x86_64 and ARM64 simulators. Supports iOS 10 and higher.
*** Universal/ARM v7, ARMv7s, ARM64, x86 simulator, and x64 simulator. Supports iOS 8 and higher.
**** Android API Level 24 and later/ARMv7/ ARM64/ x86/ x64
***** Android API Level 12 and later/armeabi/ armeabi-v7a/ x86/ arm64-v8a/ x86_64
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User Manuals
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MrSID SDK User Manual (Raster)
MrSID SDK User Manual (LiDAR)
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System Requirements
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MrSID SDK (Raster)
MrSID SDK (LiDAR)
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