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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.