Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> Who uses WSQ other than NIST? What is it's advantage? (My WSQ knowledge 
>> is only the bare minimum needed to work with NBIS)
> 
> WSQ nowadays is industry standard. Not only because of it's excellent
> compression, but it is also ideal for fingerprint images. 

Who actually uses it then?

Just because it's a standard doesn't mean it is useful or adopted.

When first dealing with NBIS I hunted for existing applications that 
could deal with the WSQ format. I found none outside of NIST...

>> Probably wouldn't object to JPEG/PNG (assuming code is clean and can be 
>> modularized and excluded at compile time in future) but which use cases 
>> are you envisioning for this? 
> Couldn't agree more... and yes I am.

Which use cases are you envisioning?

Daniel
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