February 4th, 2003 – Seattle, WA – >Due to requests by leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software vendors, including Intergraph, Trimble(TM), MapInfo(R) and autodesk(R), LizardTech Software, a company that makes large images and documents usable over networks by greatly reducing file size without losing any data, is offering a Windows CE software development kit (SDK) for creating Pocket PC viewers for MrSID files.Part of LizardTech’s GeoExpress family of products, the SDK makes it easy for GIS developers to create applications that enable customers to view large graphical images on Pocket PC devices on wireless networks.

The MrSID Windows CE SDK is a specialized update to the popular MrSID SDK, successfully integrated as an industry-first on mobile applications such as ESRI’s ArcPad and Trimble’s TerraSync. With MrSID file formats available on Pocket PC devices, users in the field can pan and zoom through accurate and large images to more effectively interpret or acquire location data or overlay GPS data on maps, with near real time panning and zooming.For example, by utilizing a high-resolution MrSID image, a utility worker could use a Pocket PC device to quickly locate and log the condition of lampposts, or a railroad company could more efficiently notify repair teams if a tree falls on the track, by relaying precise locational information of the damaged equipment.Before the availability of widely used MrSID file format on Windows CE devices, displaying raster imagery was virtually impossible due to large file sizes and limited computing and storage capabilities of portable devices.

With the WinCE SDK, the GIS industry can create GIS applications that can:

• obtain real time information over the Internet,
• offer Pocket PC users location-based services, or
• provide graphical information on a wireless handheld.

MrSID files encode image files to many times smaller than the original, with no loss of accuracy or data.With the SDK, GIS vendors can easily add MrSID file viewing capability on the Pocket PC so that a 60MB image becomes 3MB image, with no visual loss of data.

The GeoExpress WinCE SDK is available now. For more information, go to lizardtech.com.

About LizardTech

Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution geospatial data such as aerial and satellite imagery and LiDAR data. LizardTech pioneered the MrSID technology, a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, Denver, London and Tokyo. For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. http://www.celartem.com develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, JASDAQ: 4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. d.b.a. LizardTech with headquarters in Portland, OR.

February 3rd, 2003 – Seattle, WA and Lombard, IL - DjVu^®, a groundbreaking content distribution technology, improves access to complex content in Computhink’s award winning ViewWise environment.

Computhink, a leading provider of integrated document management (IDM) solutions, has announced a technology and marketing-based partnership with LizardTech Software to incorporate the company’s content distribution technology into ViewWise 5.5.

LizardTech is an Enterprise Content Management software and services company that focuses on making valuable documents, photographs and imagery “network ready” for rapid and efficient distribution. The DjVu^® technology makes scanned and digital originals into network ready documents, significantly reducing access times, and storage costs by ten to one hundred fold, complementing the scanning and file conversion capabilities of ViewWise 5.5.

“LizardTech’s DjVu technology combined with Computhink’s award-winning ViewWise solution strategically positions our company to further enhance the functionality of knowledge management, document management, business process, and corporate portal applications,” said Computhink CEO John Torkelson. “We are very excited to be a partner with LizardTech as the wealth of information moving into the digital realm is rapidly expanding,” he added.

With the addition of DjVu, ViewWise 5.5 users can digitally capture, save, email, and export large, high-resolution documents, including CAD and engineering drawings, building plans, dealer manuals, annual reports, and full-color product catalogs in DjVu file format.

“We will continually work to improve our core technologies and to strengthen partnerships with best of breed software providers such as Computhink,” said Bill Patterson, president and CEO of LizardTech. ”Computhink’s ViewWise offers an unparalleled business solution delivering improved productivity, reduced costs and rapid implementation to its customers.”

Computhink’s ViewWise product line meets industry standards and facilitates seamless integration with existing hardware and software installations utilizing Java server-based technology.Incorporating LizardTech’s DjVu technology into the software adheres to the company’s commitment to delivering the best in class document management solution available.

LizardTech will provide content to support Computhink’s outbound marketing activities, offer technical support resources, post Computhink’s logo in its Partner Web pages, support tradeshow attendance and coordinate to share booth space or otherwise represent the LizardTech products cooperatively at events.

About Computhink Inc.

Computhink Inc., with corporate offices located near Chicago, Illinois, offers best-in-class IDM and image-enabling software for enterprise wide information sharing to government, utility and business organizations. Customers include the State of Georgia, New York City Department of Transportation, the Heart Group of Paducah, Will County, State of Kentucky, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S.D.A., Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development, Meyer Corporation, Williams, Pitts & Beard, the Croatian Institute of Civil Engineering, Physicians Practice Alliance, Thomas Cooley School of Law, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Ericsson, Texas A&M, and Hyundai. Computhink received the 2002 Advanced Imaging of the Year award as best Commercial Business & Communications Imaging product. Information about Computhink Inc. and its products can be found at www.computhink.com.

About LizardTech

Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution geospatial data such as aerial and satellite imagery and LiDAR data. LizardTech pioneered the MrSID technology, a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, Denver, London and Tokyo. For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. http://www.celartem.com develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, JASDAQ: 4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. d.b.a. LizardTech with headquarters in Portland, OR.