LizardTech Announces Gold Level Sponsorship for “Imagery at UC” at the ESRI International User Conference

SEATTLE, Wash. – July 08, 2010 - LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced their Gold Level Sponsorship for “Imagery at UC” at the upcoming 2010 ESRI International User Conference July 12-16 in San Diego, Calif.

This year’s Imagery at UC conference track will focus on how imagery is core to GIS in management, dissemination, visualization and analysis. Attendees will learn how to manage their imagery within their GIS, network with peers to understand how others are using imagery, and see demonstrations of technical solutions. Imagery activities will be split between the Omni Hotel and the San Diego Convention Center.

As a member of the ESRI Partner Network, this sponsorship is a great opportunity to support ESRI and our customers” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “Customers will have multiple opportunities to engage with LizardTech representatives and to find out how our software can meet their most complex needs in imagery management, manipulation, storage and distribution. This year we’re particularly eager to share innovations with MrSID® and raster imagery compression. Any questions from our presentations can be taken to our team in booth #810 where we’ll be providing additional demonstrations and information about all of our geospatial products.” LizardTech’s product line includes LiDAR Compressor software, GeoExpress software, Spatial Express software and Express Server software.

Jon Skiffington will present “Increase the Power of Your Raster Imagery Using MrSID” on Tuesday, July 13th from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. and on Thursday, July 15 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Imagery Island Demo Theater inside the exhibition hall. In addition, LizardTech will take part in the Industry Panel Discussion in Salon A and B on the 4th floor at the Omni Hotel, Wednesday, July 14 from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. They will have a table at the Imagery Social following the panel discussion in the East Foyer of the 4th floor of the Omni on Wednesday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. as well.

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.

LizardTech’s GeoExpress Software Receives Certificate of Networthiness

SEATTLE, Wash. – June 09, 2010 - LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced that its GeoExpress 7.0 Software has received a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command.

GeoExpress, LizardTech’s flagship product, is the industry’s choice for manipulating geospatial imagery and encoding it to industry standard compression formats. The Certificate of Networthiness signifies that GeoExpress 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.

LizardTech is thrilled to receive this recognition and certification from the U.S. Army,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “Meeting the DoD’s strictest standards for security is a testament to our dedication to our defense community customers. We strive to supply the GIS community with only the most secure software applications.

More information about LizardTech’s GeoExpress software can be found athttp://www.lizardtech.com/products/geo/.

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.

LizardTech MrSID Generation 4 Files Now Supported in Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst

SEATTLE, Wash. – May 20, 2010 - 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 Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst® software application.

LIDAR Analyst is produced by Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and leading provider of imagery and geospatial solutions to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities. LIDAR Analyst is a plug-in for ArcGIS and ERDAS IMAGINE that provides tools for automatically extracting bare earth terrain, 3D buildings, trees/forests, contour lines, and terrain characteristics. In addition, it provides a rich set of data conversion tools, terrain editing tools, and 3D vector editing tools. The software is the premiere 3D feature extraction solution for airborne LiDAR data that supports Homeland Security, Defense and Intelligence, Forestry and other user communities requiring high-resolution terrain information. With the release of version 5.0, LIDAR Analyst customers will have the ability to efficiently process LIDAR data that has been compressed using LizardTech’s LiDAR Compressor software.

The MrSID format is best in class for raster imagery compression and we are quite pleased with LizardTech’s specific innovations in point cloud compression,” said Matt Morris, LIDAR Analyst product manager.

Our customers within the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community have frequently requested support for MG4 in LIDAR Analyst,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “We’re pleased that this integration will provide them with the ability to efficiently compress their LiDAR files and utilize them in one of their most commonly used applications.

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.

LizardTech Exhibits at the 2010 USGIF GEOINT Tech Days

SEATTLE, Wash. – May 19, 2010 - LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced they will be exhibiting in booth #205 at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) GEOINT Tech Days held at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Va. on May 20.

We look forward to exhibiting at this year’s conference and to sharing some of our most recent work on third-party application support for MrSID® with the intelligence community,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “In particular, we’re excited to share the recent integration of our GeoExpress Raster DSDK into Applied Imagery’s Quick Terrain Modeler version 7.1.0. This is exciting news for our Department of Defense (DoD) customers who currently work with MrSID imagery and also use the Quick Terrain Modeler for terrain visualization. They can now quickly merge their MrSID imagery with LiDAR point cloud data and other DEMs for greater application.

More information on LizardTech’s third party integrations as well as demonstrations of their complete line of geospatial software will be available in booth #205. LizardTech’s products include LiDAR Compressor software, designed to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID files, GeoExpress software for image compression and manipulation, Spatial Expresssoftware for storage, and Express Server software for high-performance image delivery and distribution.

LizardTech has been a member of USGIF since 2006. Information about LizardTech’s line of geospatial software products can be obtained here: http://www.lizardtech.com/products/suite

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.

LizardTech MrSID Generation 3 Files Now Supported in Applied Imagery’s Quick Terrain Modeler

SEATTLE, Wash. – May 18, 2010 - LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its GeoExpress Raster DSDK 7.0.0 for MG3/MG2, a toolkit for decoding and viewing MrSID®and JPEG 2000 images, into Applied Imagery’s Quick Terrain Modeler version 7.1.0.

Quick Terrain Modeler is a 3D point cloud and terrain visualization software package used to create and visualize large DEMs and point clouds from various data formats. The software is focused on both defense and civilian applications.

Our user community has access to significant libraries of MrSID images. This new decode functionality will allow our users to quickly and easily locate, drape, and sample MrSID imagery onto point clouds and DEM’s.” said Chris Parker, Applied Imagery’s founder. “Integration of the GeoExpress Raster DSDK into Quick Terrain Modeler offers users the best of both worlds, high resolution imagery and high resolution LiDAR in the same interactive scene.

This integration is especially exciting for our Department of Defense and intelligence community users who currently work with MrSID imagery and use Applied Imagery’s Quick Terrain Modeler for LiDAR data-set management,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing. “These users can now quickly drape MrSID imagery over their point clouds and DEMs for greater understanding and usability in the field.

About Applied Imagery

Applied Imagery makes powerful LiDAR exploitation software, the Quick Terrain Modeler, which enables intuitive, interactive modeling and analysis of enormous 3D point clouds and DEM’s. It is simple to use, is approved for use on NGA’s IEC workstations, and is in use on the U.S. Army AGC BuckEye program. For more information call (301) 589-4446 or visit www.appliedimagery.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.

LizardTech to Exhibit at ASPRS 2010 Annual Conference

SEATTLE, Wash. – April 22, 2010 - LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting in booth #214 at the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2010 Annual Conference in San Diego, Calif., April 26 -30 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center.

“LizardTech is excited to participate in the ASPRS Opportunities for Emerging Geospatial Technologies Annual Conference this year,” said Jeff Young, who is responsible for LizardTech’s business development activities and an ASPRS National Director representing the Rocky Mountain Region. “We’re particularly pleased with the conference emphasis on broadened LiDAR applications and image-based sensor innovations. The attendee list also includes several of our existing partners and customers and the Exhibit Hall provides an effective setting to discuss product innovations and future anticipated product initiatives. As an ASPRS sustaining member, LizardTech congratulates the program committee on a great blend of technical tracks and social networking opportunities.”

In addition to showcasing their complete line of geospatial software, members of the LizardTech team will be taking part in meetings throughout the conference, including the ESRI User Group Meeting on April 27th from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the California Room. Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of marketing will also be presenting, “Lidar Data Meets the MrSID Format” as part of Commercial Session 1 on April 29th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Sheffield Room.

LizardTech’s software line includes LiDAR Compressor software, designed to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID® files, GeoExpress software for compression and manipulation, Spatial Express software for storage, and Express Server software for high-performance delivery and distribution. Product demonstrations and more information will be available in booth #214 in the Exhibit Hall.

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.

LizardTech® Announces Engesat International as Authorized Reseller for Geospatial Software

Company to help expand sales and support of geospatial line of products in South America

SEATTLE, Wash. – April 14, 2010 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is pleased to announce the company has signed a reseller contract with South American based company, Engesat International.

“With this partnership we aim to bring our clients the best tools and support to deliver reliable and easily accessible geographic information to their end users,” said Laurent Martin, commercial consultant for Engesat. “The intensive use of high resolution data from multiple sensors has raised the need for new methods in data processing and distribution. LizardTech’s geospatial software enables us to meet these needs through the extraction of valuable information from digital imagery, enabling cost effective procedures to be adopted and technical challenges to be overcome.”

“LizardTech is very excited to add Engesat International to our network of authorized resellers,” said Kelly Downs, LizardTech’s director of sales. “We are confident they will add a high level of value and support to our South American customer base.”

LizardTech’s geospatial line of software includes LiDAR Compressor software, designed to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID® files, GeoExpress software for compression and manipulation, Spatial Express software for storage, and Express Server software for high-performance delivery and distribution.

For more information about LizardTech’s registered resellers, please visitwww.lizardtech.com/company/resellers/geo.php.

About Engesat International

Engesat Group was set up in 1997 and concentrates primarily on satellite imagery distribution to clients across South America. Fifty percent of the Engesat staff is composed of engineers and mapping specialists who offer competitive, high quality, geoprocessing technologies. Engesat’s services include the provision of raw data for multiple types of thematic applications and advanced digital processing including DEM extraction from high resolution satellite imagery, orthorectification and mosaicing over large areas. For more information about Engesat, visitwww.engesat.com.br or call 55 (41) 3023-1617.

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.

LizardTech® to Exhibit at Conferences Across the U.S. and Canada

SEATTLE, Wash. – April 12, 2010 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced they will be exhibiting at six regional GIS conferences across the United States and Canada between April 14 and April 28.

“These conferences are an excellent opportunity for our current and potential customers to meet face to face with LizardTech staff, including our sales team,” said Jon Skiffington, director of marketing.“They can quickly understand how the software can meet their needs and receive onsite demonstrations and training for all of our geospatial products in the LizardTech booth. These events also present a chance for LizardTech staff to gather valuable feedback. We’re always looking at how we can better meet and exceed our customers’ expectations whether it’s through new features or improvements to current functions.”

During these shows LizardTech will be focusing on promoting the newest release of LiDAR Compressor software, designed to turn 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 Serversoftware for high-performance delivery and publication.

In addition, attendees to the MidAmerica GIS Consortium (MAGIC) will have the opportunity to attend a session hosted by Genie Hays, LizardTech’s central territory sales manager, on Wednesday, April 21 from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. in the Penn Valley room at the Westin Crown Center. The presentation, “An Easy and Faster Way to Stream Orthophotos”, will explain how the State of New Jersey Office of Geographic Information Systems and North Carolina One Map were able to use Express Server to provide an easy way of streaming instant state and local compressed aerial imagery fast and at low cost.

Below is a complete list of the regional GIS events LizardTech will be attending in April.

  • GIS in Action (attending in partnership with AscentGIS), April 14-15, Portland, OR
  • Illinois GIS Association Spring Conference, April 14-15, Champaign, IL
  • MidAmerica GIS Consortium, April 18-22, Kansas City, MO
  • URISA Annual California GIS Conference, April 18-21, Huntington Beach, CA
  • ESRI Canada User Conference, Quebec, April 20-21, Quebec, Canada
  • ESRI Southeast Regional User Group, April 26-28, Charlotte, NC

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.

LizardTech® Exhibits at 2010 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference

SEATTLE, Wash. – March 19, 2010 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at the 2010 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference in Palm Springs, Calif., on March 22.

“We look forward to networking with other ESRI business partners and identifying new opportunities for continued integration with ESRI products,” said Jon Skiffington, director of marketing. “In addition, we’re excited to share our latest release of LiDAR Compressor™ software, designed to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID® files.” This newest version, 1.1, offers improved lossless compression performance and better data quality for lossy compression. We are also pleased to announce support for MG4 in several third-party applications including ArcGIS 3D Analyst. This integration, by way of a free MrSID plug-in, enables customers to easily compress and utilize all of the information in their point cloud data sets.

LizardTech will be showcasing their Express Suite™ line of geospatial products as well as the newest release of Lidar Compressor in booth #209. The free MrSID Plug-in for ArcGIS 3D Analyst is available for download at http://www.lizardtech.com/download/dl_options.php?page=plugins.

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.