Finally, the MrSID DSDK (decoding) is Tiger compatible and universal! I’ve made it available as a plugin for GDAL (for GIS Libs). They still haven’t followed ERMapper and made the DSDK explicitly open-source compatible, so it’s available as a separate download. Find it on the GIS Libs download page.
“The beast is actively interested only in now, and, as it is always now and always shall be, there is an eternity of time for the accomplishment of objects.” – the wisdom of Tarzan