Developers can add support for MG4 files created with LizardTech GeoExpress 8

SEATTLE, Wash. – December 17, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of the 8.0 version of the MrSID^® Decode SDK (DSDK) to complement the recent release of LizardTech GeoExpress^™ 8. This SDK gives developers tools to support viewing files in the MrSID Generation 4 (MG4^™) format, unveiled with the recent launch of GeoExpress 8, which adds support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking.

“Last year we introduced an updated MrSID DSDK for LiDAR data and now we’re adding support for raster data. This release of the MrSID DSDK allows third-party developers to add support for viewing and decoding data compressed to any version of the MrSID file format,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “We’re excited to offer this SDK to our partners and look forward to the release of their products that support MG4 as well as MrSID Generation 3 and MrSID Generation 2.”

MG4 is the new version of the LizardTech MrSID file format that the geospatial industry has relied on for years. MG4 accommodates new technologies for analyzing the earth by supporting hyperspectral imagery, LiDAR point cloud data, and multiterabyte datasets. With MG4 users can losslessly compress their geospatial data, mosaic datasets together, color balance raster imagery, and manipulate data in many other ways. LiDAR data compressed to MG4 can be viewed in Merrick MARS, Overwatch LiDAR Analyst, ESRI 3D Analyst, and LizardTech’s free GeoViewer. Raster imagery compressed to MG4 can be viewed with either of LizardTech’s free viewers.

A free download of MrSID Decode SDK 8.0 is available athttp://developer.lizardtech.com.

About GeoExpress

With powerful tools for reprojecting, color balancing, mosaicking, cropping and more, LizardTech GeoExpress software is your first choice for manipulating and encoding your geospatial imagery to the industry standard MrSID and ISO standard JPEG 2000 compression formats. GeoExpress supports alpha bands for true transparency control and multi- and hyperspectral imagery for more flexible band utilization. The interoperability within LizardTech’s Express Suite^® software means that you can configure Express Server^® and Spatial Express^® software directly from GeoExpress, making it the ideal command center for your storage and distribution workflows.

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 15, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at ASPRS/CaGIS 2010 Fall Specialty Conference in booth number 4 in Orlando this week. The company is officially unveiling its brand new website at the show, which can be accessed at http://www.lizardtech.com.

The redesigned website offers up front access to information that visitors need to get to quickly and easily. The site’s homepage welcomes visitors with bold new colors and a clean uncluttered design and features content centered around information that was the most searched for on the company’s previous website.

In addition, visitors to the website will now be able to access a new “Industries” section offering information about the Civil and Defense sides of LizardTech’s business, information that was frequently inquired after.

The website features updated, rewritten and simpler text describing LizardTech’s geospatial line of products, making it easier to understand what each product does.

“This is a very exciting time for us,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of product management. “Less than two weeks ago we launched GeoExpress 8 and introduced the MrSID® Generation 4 (MG4™) format for compression of raster data, and now we’re launching our brand new website. Our intention for the comprehensive restructuring of the new website was to improve visitors’ experience. We look forward to feedback from our visitors as we unveil exciting new developments on the website in the coming months.”

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.

Special focus is aimed at recently launched GeoExpress 8

SEATTLE, Wash. – November 10, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is offering weekly informative webinars titled “Overview of LizardTech Express Suite^® & LiDAR Compressor^®.” The upcoming webinars will focus in particular on recently launched GeoExpress 8, which introduces the MrSID^® Generation 4 (MG4™) format for compression of raster data, adding support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking.

The free webinars are aimed at geospatial professionals and decision makers exploring the powerful features in LizardTech’s line of geospatial image products – GeoExpress^®for compression and manipulation, Spatial Express^® for storage, Express Server^® for high-performance delivery and publication, and LiDAR Compressor for compressing LiDAR data – focusing on the benefits these products bring to the managing, storage and distribution of geospatial imagery.

Following are the dates and times for upcoming webinars:

Date and Time:

• November 23 at 11:00 a.m. PST
• November 30 at 11:00 a.m. PST
• December 7 at 11:00 a.m. PST
• December 14 at 11:00 a.m. PST

The moderator will be Kelly Downs, director of sales and Robert Parker, sales engineer, will be presenting the webinars. To register for LizardTech webinars, or find out about upcoming ones, please visit:
http://www.lizardtech.com/news/events/?section=webinars

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.

Now With Support for MrSID Generation 4 (MG4)

SEATTLE, Wash. – November 1, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of version 8 of GeoExpress^® image compression software at the GEOINT 2010 Symposium in New Orleans this week. GeoExpress 8, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, introduces the MrSID^® Generation 4 (MG4™) format for compression of raster data, adding support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking.

With MG4‘s support for compressing hyperspectral data users can use GeoExpress to compress up to 255 bands of geospatial data to the MrSID format. Whether users need to compress 4-band color images containing an infrared channel, take advantage of the latest 8-band satellite imagery, or compress high-resolution RGB datasets, GeoExpress is the right solution.

With the MrSID format’s support for alpha channels, users can add true transparency to their geospatial imagery. Now portions of imagery can be made transparent or opaque so there is greater control over how imagery looks even at high compression ratios. Images with alpha channels will seamlessly combine into artifact-free mosaics for accurate analysis and visualization in various GIS applications.

GeoExpress 8 also introduces improved mosaicking options. Previously, mosaics were either quick to create but slower for end users to open, or opened rapidly in viewing applications but took a long time to create. Now thousands of MrSID files can be combined without spending valuable time reprocessing them. MG4 mosaics open as quickly as a single image, saving time both creating images and viewing them.

“The launch of GeoExpress 8 is particularly exciting because of the many benefits MrSID Generation 4 brings to our customers,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of product management. “Support for multispectral data and alpha channels have been features commonly requested by our customers. The launch of MG4 meets the demands of current raster image collection needs, and also future proofs the MrSID format for further advances in geospatial raster imagery. As with previous versions of the MrSID format, geospatial professionals can use MG4 to losslessly compress their geospatial data, mosaic datasets together, color balance raster imagery, and manipulate data in many other ways.”

To celebrate the launch of GeoExpress 8, LizardTech is having a contest at their booth at GEOINT. Attendees are encouraged to stop by LizardTech booth number 326 on the first day the exhibits open to learn the details.

To learn more about GeoExpress 8 please visit http://www.lizardtech.com/products/geo.

About GeoExpress^®

With powerful tools for reprojecting, color balancing, mosaicking, cropping and more, LizardTech^®GeoExpress^® software is your first choice for manipulating and encoding your geospatial imagery to the industry standard MrSID^® and ISO standard JPEG 2000 compression formats. GeoExpress supports alpha bands for true transparency control and multi- and hyperspectral imagery for more flexible band utilization. The interoperability within LizardTech’s Express Suite^® software means that you can configure Express Server^® and Spatial Express^® software directly from GeoExpress, making it the ideal command center for your storage and distribution workflows.

About MrSID^® Generation 4 (MG4™)

MrSID^® Generation 4 (MG4™) is the new version of the LizardTech^® MrSID file format the geospatial industry has relied on for years. MG4 accommodates new technologies for analyzing the earth by supporting hyperspectral imagery, LiDAR point cloud data, multiterabyte datasets, and other innovations. Use MG4 to losslessly compress your geospatial data, mosaic datasets together, color balance raster imagery, and manipulate data in many other ways. LiDAR data compressed to MG4 can be viewed in Merrick MARS, Overwatch LiDAR Analyst, ESRI 3D Analyst, and LizardTech’s free GeoViewer. Raster imagery compressed to MG4 can be viewed with either of LizardTech’s free viewers.

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.

Company to Exhibit at GIS in the Rockies and NW GIS User Conference

SEATTLE, Wash. – September 13, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting at this week’s 23rd annual GIS in the Rockies Conference in Loveland, Colo., in booth number 12 and the 2010 NW GIS User Conference in Spokane, Wash., in booth number 4.

“We always look forward to the more intimate setting of regional conferences where our LizardTech staff and sales representatives have plenty of time to meet face-to-face with our potential and existing customers,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “Through these regional conferences we get ample opportunity to share with our customers our latest geospatial developments as well as carefully listen to their input on how we can improve our software.”

At this week’s GIS in the Rockies Conference attendees will have the opportunity to attend a session hosted by Genie Hays, LizardTech’s central territory sales manager, titled, “An Easy and Faster Way to Stream Orthophotos,” on Sept. 16 from 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. in Presentation Room number 5 at the Ranch in Loveland.

Attendees of the same conference will find product information sheets in their attendee bag on LizardTech’s two products, GeoExpress^® and Express Server^® software, which demonstrate how fast and easy it is to manipulate, compress and distribute geospatial imagery. Since delays in image access may not only be costly but can also be the difference between failure and success, attendees will get a chance to learn how GeoExpress and Express Server minimize the time between the moment they receive their source image data and the moment their users view it in their applications.

During both conferences LizardTech will be focusing on showcasing its LiDAR Compressor^™software, which turns giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID^® files, along with the entire Express Suite^® line of products. This suite includes GeoExpress software for compression and manipulation, Spatial Express^™ software for storage, and Express Server software for high-performance delivery and publication.

For more information about all of LizardTech’s upcoming events, please visithttp://www.lizardtech.com/events/.

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. – September 9, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading 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 Marriott Minneapolis City Center, September 12-16 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Attendees at next week’s conference will find product information sheets in their attendee bag on two of LizardTech’s two products, GeoExpress^® and Express Server^® software, which demonstrate how fast and easy it is to manipulate, compress and distribute geospatial imagery. Since delays in image access may not only be costly but can also be the difference between failure and success, attendees will get a chance to understand how GeoExpress and Express Server minimize the time between the moment they receive their source image data and the moment their users view it in their applications.

“We look forward to attending and sponsoring this year’s NSGIC 2010 Annual Conference,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “LizardTech supports NSGIC and its members in providing a unified voice on geographic information and technology issues as well as statewide initiatives, so we look forward to participating in the different meetings where we can expand on those conversations and learn how our geospatial products can benefit its community.”

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 “Collaborating at the Headwaters” and reflects both the geography of Minnesota and the maturity of NSGIC

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. – July 27, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced that its Express Server^™ 6.1 software has received a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. Express Server’s submission for certification was facilitated by Spatial Engineering, a leading geospatial engineering firm located near Savannah, Georgia.

“After thoroughly evaluating several potential solutions, it is clear that LizardTech Express Server is the only choice for managing large volumes of imagery” said Les Sears, Spatial Engineering’s vice president of research and development. “Express Server’s delivery of compressed imagery, ease of integration and performance greatly enhance the functionality and usability of our geospatial applications.”

Express Server is LizardTech’s stable and easy-to-use solution for distributing imagery in standard geospatial formats and along with GeoExpress^™ is the second product in LizardTech’s Express Suite line of geospatial software to receive certification. With Express Server, users on any device access imagery faster, even over low-bandwidth connections.

The Certificate of Networthiness signifies that Express Server is configured to the current Army Golden Master (AGM) baseline and complies with all U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD) standards for security, compatibility and sustainability. A CoN is required for all enterprise software products in the Army Enterprise Infrastructure Network. Certification applies to the U.S. Army as well as all National Guard, Army Reserve and DoD organizations that use the Army Enterprise Infrastructure Network.

“Receiving certification from the U.S. Army is a significant honor,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “By demonstrating that our software meets the DoD’s strict security requirements, our customers within the US Army can now rapidly establish an Express Server installation to deliver imagery to their forward-deployed users, even over bandwidth-starved connections.”

More information about LizardTech’s Express Server software can be found atwww.lizardtech.com/products/exp/.

About Spatial Engineering

Founded in 2000, Spatial Engineering is a leading geospatial engineering firm located near beautiful Savannah, Georgia. In addition to offering a variety of geospatial services, Spatial Engineering provides complete geospatial solutions to public and private sector clients worldwide to support every CAD and GIS need. For more information about Spatial Engineering, visitwww.spatialengineering.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, 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. – July 12, 2010 - LizardTech^®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting in booth #810 at the 2010 ESRI International User Conference, July 12-16 in San Diego, Calif.

ESRI’s annual user conference brings together a global GIS community allowing ESRI customers, partners and competitors a chance to network with one another in an effort to move GIS forward as a whole.

“This is an exciting event for LizardTech,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “Our partners have made significant strides supporting MrSID^® Generation 4 LiDAR files in their products and we’re eager to share this news. We look forward to showing our customers what’s new with LizardTech and hearing feedback from our clients and partners.”

In May LizardTech announced support for MrSID imagery in Applied Imagery’s Quick Terrain Modeler as well as the integration of support for MrSID Generation 4 LiDAR files into Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst^® software. Both applications provide users with tools to work with their compressed geospatial data in their everyday workflows. In June the U.S. Army awarded LizardTech’s GeoExpress^™ Software a Certificate of Networthiness, an important recognition for Department of Defense clientele.

Customers can view product demonstrations and gather information on all of LizardTech’s recent developments including the latest innovations with MrSID and raster imagery compression in booth #810 or at any of LizardTech’s “Imagery at UC” sponsorship events.

More information about LizardTech’s line of geospatial products can be found atwww.lizardtech.com/products/. Also visit http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22ACS6LLQLZbefore July 31 to take part in LizardTech’s annual customer survey.

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.