#JPEG vs. GIF
The fractal compression schemes were at least in part developed by Michael
Barnsley of Georgia Tech. He wrote an introductory fractal geometry textbook
called "Fractals Everywhere" that is very good. He has since left the
University and formed a company to develope fractal compression commercially.
His company was envolved in the MS Encarta CD developement. I think we will
here a lot about this in the future.
He has also published a technical book on fractal compression theory. If you
have a good tech book store or library close, you might be able to find it.
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