Document is a step-by-step guide to using GeoExpress

SEATTLE, Wash. – December 1, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of the GeoExpress Best Practices Guide at the Autodesk University Conference 2009 in Las Vegas, where the company is exhibiting in booth #345 this week.

The GeoExpress Best Practices Guide is a printable key designed to help navigate the many workflows available using LizardTech GeoExpress software, and provide users with the best settings and options to use for optimal image quality and performance. Many of the decisions that are made and the options that are selected in compressing, manipulating and publishing imagery have impacts for downstream users. “LizardTech’s goal is to provide our users with information to understand and use best practices so that they and their end users can get the most out of their imagery,” said Jon Skiffington, director of marketing.

The complete GeoExpress Best Practices Guide is available as a free download here:http://www.lizardtech.com/products/geo/datasheets.php. Hard copies will also be distributed at the Autodesk University conference in LizardTech’s booth #345.

At the Autodesk University conference, LizardTech will be showcasing its Express Suite™ line of geospatial products, which consists of GeoExpress for image compression and manipulation,Spatial Express™ for storage, Express Server™ for high-performance delivery and distribution and LiDAR Compressor™ for turning giant point cloud data into efficient MrSID files.

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, visitwww.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.

Integration Enables MrSID LiDAR Files to be Viewed in MARS^® Version 6.0

SEATTLE, Wash. – November 17, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its MrSID Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into Merrick & Company’s MARS^®(Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing) software application.

With the integration of LizardTech’s MG4 Decode SDK, MARS^® users will be able to efficiently load MrSID files into the application for data visualization purposes. Clients utilizing LizardTech’s LiDAR Compressor™ can convert their LAS point cloud data into compressed MrSID files, which can then be loaded into MARS^® for visualizing and managing LiDAR terrain datasets. MARS^® is a robust, production-grade Windows application designed to manage, visualize, process and analyze LiDAR data.

“MrSID has been a leading technology for raster imagery,” said Bill Emison, MARS^® product manager. “Now that we’ve integrated MrSID support for LiDAR, we’re excited to give our customers tools for viewing compressed point cloud data.”

“LizardTech’s product development efforts with LiDAR Compressor have been focused around product integration from the very beginning to ensure that our customers can use our product in as many other applications as possible,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “This is an integration that our customers have been waiting for so we’re pleased to announce that now our customers can easily load point cloud datasets compressed to MrSID Generation 4 into MARS^®.”

About Merrick & Company

Merrick & Company, an $85 million geospatial solutions, surveying, engineering, architecture, and design-build firm, serves domestic and international clients in the energy, security, life sciences, and infrastructure markets. With a focus on the highly technical field of geospatial surveying and remote sensing, the firm’s most recent work includes providing mapping services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Cook County, IL; Xcel Energy; and the U.S. Air Force Space Command.

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, visitwww.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.

SEATTLE, Wash. – November 16, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting in Booth #403 at the MAPPS/ASPRS 2009 Specialty Conference in San Antonio, Texas, this week.

At the conference, LizardTech is showcasing its Express Suite™ line of geospatial products, which consists of GeoExpress™ for image compression and manipulation, Spatial Express™ for storage,Express Server™ for high-performance delivery and distribution and LiDAR Compressor™ for turning giant point cloud data into efficient MrSID files. LizardTech entered LiDAR Compressor in the 3rd Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards in the “Technology Innovation” category.

“At this year’s conference LizardTech is excited to showcase tools that enable an efficient workflow for high-volume, high-resolution image management and delivery,” said Jon Skiffington, director of marketing, “We’re also happy to show our recently launched LiDAR Compressor product, which we entered to be considered for the Excellence Awards.”

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, visitwww.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.

Integration Enables MrSID LiDAR files to be used in Global Mapper version 11.01

SEATTLE, Wash. – November 12, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its MrSID Generation 4 (MG4) SDK into Global Mapper version 11.01.

Until recently, Global Mapper’s customers were not able to load point cloud datasets that were compressed to MrSID Generation 4 using LiDAR Compressor into Global Mapper. However, with the addition of support for MG4 in Global Mapper version 11.01 users can load point cloud datasets compressed to MrSID Generation 4 for use in volumetric analysis, contour generation, and visualization.

“Adding MG4 integration to the latest version of Global Mapper is just another step to ensure that our customers have as many mapping tools possible at their fingertips,” said Mike Childs, Global Mapper Software LLC. “Based on user feedback, we believe this integration with LizardTech will bring added value to our customers.”

“LizardTech’s goal is to give customers tools for using their point cloud data compressed with LiDAR Compressor in the applications they use every day,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “Many of our customers use Global Mapper, but were not able to use it with MrSID files created in LiDAR Compressor. Now our customers can easily load point cloud datasets compressed to MrSID Generation 4 into Global Mapper.”

About Global Mapper, LLC

Global Mapper Software LLC designs, develops, and distributes the Global Mapper software package, which is also distributed by the USGS (United State Geological Survey) under the name dlgv32 Pro. Global Mapper Software LLC was founded in 2001 in Olathe, KS and is now based in Parker, CO in the United States. We are committed to bringing powerful GIS software within the reach of everyday users by combining unparalled ease of use with a vast feature set and an amazingly low price.

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, visitwww.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.

New Plug-in Enables MrSID Generation 4 LiDAR files to be used in 3D Analyst

SEATTLE, Wash. – October 19, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of the MrSID Plug-in for ArcGIS 3D Analyst at the GEOINT 2009 Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, hosted by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) October 19-21, 2009. LizardTech is exhibiting in booth #517.

Until now, LizardTech’s customers, who widely use ArcGIS 3D Analyst, were not able to load point cloud datasets that were compressed to MrSID Generation 4 using LiDAR Compressor into ESRI’s 3D Analyst product. However, with the release of this free plug-in, 3D Analyst users can load point cloud datasets compressed to MrSID Generation 4 to create surfaces for use in line-of-sight and terrain modeling, visualization, and spatial analysis.

“LizardTech’s goal is to give customers tools for using their point cloud data compressed with LiDAR Compressor in the applications they use every day,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech director of marketing. “Many of our customers use ArcGIS, but were not able to use it with MrSID files created in LiDAR Compressor. Now our customers can easily load point cloud datasets compressed to MrSID Generation 4 into ESRI’s 3D Analyst product.”

The free MrSID Plug-in for ArcGIS 3D Analyst is available for download here. Additional information can be obtained by contacting one of LizardTech’s sales representatives at 206.652.5211.

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, visitwww.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.

SEATTLE, Wash. – October 5, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is a bronze sponsor at the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, October 4-8 in Cleveland, Ohio.

NSGIC is an organization committed to efficient and effective government through the prudent adoption of geospatial information technologies (GIT). Each year NSGIC hosts a fall conference in a host state focused on state and local activities of NSGIC members. The theme of this year’s conference is “Fifty States Rockin’ Solid” and it illustrates NSGIC’s commitment to the nation moving forward together to build the NSDI.

Attendees of the NSGIC Conference will be able to find a product information sheet in their attendee bag on LizardTech’s latest product, LiDAR Compressor. LiDAR Compressor enables users to turn giant point cloud data into efficient MrSID files that retain 100 percent of the raw data at just 25 percent of the file size. Unlike raw LAS or ASCII data, LiDAR files compressed to MrSID are easily managed resources from which derivatives can be extracted over and over again.

“NSGIC provides a unified voice on geographic information and technology issues, advocates states’ interests, and supports its membership in their statewide initiatives. We’re thrilled to be a bronze sponsor at the NSGIC 2009 Annual Conference,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing.

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, visitwww.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.

Express Server™ Software Provides an Easier, Faster Way of Orthophoto Delivery

SEATTLE, Wash. – September 29, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial data, announced that the State of New Jersey Office of Geographic Information Systems (OGIS) has purchased Express Server, one of the LizardTech Express Suite™ line of products, in order to provide an easier and faster way of streaming orthophotos throughout the state of New Jersey.

Every five years, OGIS flies over the entire state of New Jersey to update the several sets of orthophotos archived over the past decade and a half. This resulted in a substantial archive of over 900 gigabytes of losslessly compressed JP2 files, which were created with LizardTech GeoExpress™, another Express Suite product, and are stored on a SAN. OGIS needed an extensible solution which would provide easy access to this imagery as well as all future datasets for state residents, the GIS community, and the online public. The solution needed to enable WMS access to imagery from file-based storage for easy image management.

“Our project was to provide an easier way of streaming the State of New Jersey orthophotography for our users,” said John Macready, geographic information systems specialist for OGIS. “We evaluated a small group of vendors using development time, level of functionality, performance, software reliability and platform support as criteria and concluded that LizardTech’s Express Server was the best solution for us, meeting all of the criteria we required.”

“Express Server is designed to serve more users in less time using widely adapted standards and familiar tools without adding hardware or buying more bandwidth,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech director of marketing. “That’s why Express Server was the perfect solution to the very challenging problem that OGIS was facing. It allowed their users to instantly access aerial photography for online use or in their software packages for viewing and downloading.”

To learn more about Express Server, please visit http://www.lizardtech.com/products/exp.

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, visitwww.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.

Developers can add support for MG4 files created with LizardTech LiDAR Compressor

SEATTLE, Wash. – July 23, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced the release of the MrSID Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) to compliment the release of LizardTech LiDAR Compressor. This SDK leverages the new and improved version of the MrSID format that enables users to view and access their LiDAR data much faster than traditional uncompressed formats would have allowed.

Trusted as a raster format by geospatial professionals since 1992 and supported in virtually all GIS applications, MrSID is the highest quality file format with the most advanced compression technology available. A free download of the MrSID Generation 4 Decode SDK is available athttp://developer.lizardtech.com, and enables application developers to add support for viewing and decoding LiDAR datasets compressed to MrSID.

“This new SDK gives third-party developers the ability to add support for our updated MrSID file format to their GIS applications,” said Jon Skiffington, director of marketing at LizardTech. “It is still the MrSID format users have known for years, but we’ve listened to our customers’ requests and have added support for compressing LiDAR data. We’re excited to offer this SDK to our partners, and are looking forward to the release of their products that support MG4.”

Introduced last week, LizardTech LiDAR Compressor enables users to turn giant point cloud data into efficient MrSID files that retain 100 percent of the raw data at just 25 percent of the file size. Unlike raw LAS or ASCII data, LiDAR files compressed to MrSID are easily managed resources from which derivatives can be extracted over and over again. LiDAR files can be viewed in LizardTech’s free GeoViewer 4.0 available for download here.

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, visitwww.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.

Brand new LiDAR Compressor turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID files

SEATTLE, Wash. – July 13, 2009 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced the release of its latest product called LizardTech LiDAR Compressor at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego this week where LizardTech is exhibiting in booth number 511. This brand new product enables users to turn giant point cloud data into efficient MrSID files that retain 100 percent of the raw data at just 25 percent of the file size. Unlike raw LAS or ASCII data, LiDAR files compressed to MrSID are easily managed resources from which derivatives can be extracted over and over again. One of the key features of LiDAR Compressor is its ability to reduce LiDAR file sizes by 75 percent while retaining all of the points and all of the point precision and accuracy of the original file. If users need even smaller files, LiDAR Compressor can reduce LiDAR file sizes by 90 percent with no perceptible loss. With the release of LiDAR Compressor, LizardTech also unveils a new and improved version of the MrSID format called MrSID Generation 4 (MG4). It is still the same MrSID format users have known for years, offering the highest quality with the most advanced compression technology available, but now with MG4 MrSID files support the compression of LiDAR data, which will allow users to view and access their LiDAR data faster.

“At LizardTech we are committed to listening to our customers when they ask us for new products and features,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech director of marketing. “With the explosive growth of LiDAR data over the recent years, our customers have been asking for ways to compress their point cloud data to MrSID, similar to how they’ve been compressing their raster data. Our LiDAR Compressor is easy to use and requires minimal training. Plus, since it comes with an improved MrSID Generation 4 file format, it allows LiDAR data to be viewed and accessed much faster than before.”

LizardTech LiDAR Compressor is available for purchase now by contacting one of LizardTech’ssales representatives.

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, visitwww.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.