Company to showcase its entire line of geospatial products

SEATTLE, Wash. – April 30, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is set to have a busy month of May, exhibiting at five different conferences.

Showcasing the company’s entire line of geospatial products, LizardTech representatives will be available for product demonstrations and to answer questions at the following shows:

• April 30 – May 2 in Houston, Texas at the Esri Petroleum GIS Conference in booth number 511.
• May 8 – 9 in Bloomington, Ind., at the 2012 Indiana GIS Conference
• May 15 – 16 in Syracuse, N.Y., partnering with GIS Services at the New York State Geographic Information Conference in booth number 20.
• May 22 – 23 in Grantville, Pa., at the 2012 Pennsylvania GIS Conference in booth number 24.
• May 29 – 31 in Sao Paolo, Brazil partnering with Engesat International at the MundoGeo Connect Latin America Conference in booth number 28.

The software products demonstrated at these shows will be: LizardTech GeoExpress^® software, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, Express Server^® software for high-performance delivery and publication, and LiDAR Compressor^™ software, which turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID files.

For more information about LizardTech’s geospatial software products, visit www.lizardtech.com. To see a complete list of LizardTech’s upcoming shows, visit www.lizardtech.com/news/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, visit www.lizardtech.com.

ClueTrust Product Supports Viewing MG4 files on iOS Devices

SEATTLE, Wash. – April 3, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its MrSID^® Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into ClueTrust’s CartoMobile^® version 1.2 for iOS^®.

ClueTrust, based in Reston, Va., specializes in developing geospatial tools for the Macintosh and iOS devices. With the integration of LizardTech’s MG4 DSDK, CartoMobile customers will have the ability to easily view their MrSID formatted imagery on their iOS devices such as the iPhone^® and the new iPad^® without the need for any external conversion prior to loading. Optimized for the retina display of the new iPad, CartoMobile enables users unparalleled access to their high resolution imagery for the most detailed data collection expeditions.

Gaige B. Paulsen, CEO at ClueTrust, anticipates this integration will be very well received by users of CartoMobile. He notes, “As the first mobile GIS vendor to support viewing of MrSID Generation 4 files, we’re thrilled at the opportunity to work with LizardTech to provide broader access to high resolution imagery for iOS users.”

“We’re pleased with this integration as it confirms LizardTech’s commitment to our customers in enabling them to use our product in as many other applications as possible,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “Now CartoMobile users will be able to use MrSID compression to carry imagery of larger areas and at higher resolution in the same space.”

About ClueTrust

ClueTrust relaunched commercial GIS on the Macintosh in 2009 by releasing Cartographica^®, an OS X-native GIS which is available at macgis.com. Cartographica provides extensive import and export, integrated projection management, intuitive exploration, and powerful analysis. In January 2011, ClueTrust brought interactive GIS and geospatial field data entry to the iPhone and iPad with CartoMobile^® which is available on the App Store^® and is available in English, French, and Spanish. More information about Cartographica and CartoMobile are available at macgis.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.

Company releases new SDK adding support for per-band decoding

SEATTLE, Wash. – March 19, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting this week at the 2012 ASPRS Annual Conference in Sacramento, Calif. in booth #227.

This week the company is releasing version 8.5 of their software development kit (SDK) that adds support for per-band decoding. This means that decode and viewing performance is improved dramatically for multi- and hyperspectral imagery. Now LizardTech’s partners and customers have the ability to decode only the bands that they need.

LizardTech representatives will be available in booth #227 to answer any questions pertaining to the updated SDK. They will also be conducting demonstrations of GeoExpress® software, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, Express Server® software for high-performance delivery and publication, and LiDAR Compressor™ software, which turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID files.

For more information about LizardTech’s geospatial software products, visitwww.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.

SEATTLE, Wash. – February 21, 2012 – LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting this week at the 2012 Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, D.C. in booth #401. This year the company celebrates its 20th anniversary, a milestone that is both exciting and reassuring.

Founded in 1992, LizardTech pioneered the MrSID® file format, which became the de facto standard among the geospatial community. Before MrSID came along, dealing with geospatial imagery required specialized workstations, since datasets that were hundreds of megabytes in size were completely unwieldy, and imagery resolution was in the tens of meters. Imagery was practically unusable. The introduction of the MrSID format in 1992, which compressed georeferenced image data at high ratios without sacrificing the visual quality of the image, opened up the field of geospatial image use.

“I think the key to our success is that we listen to our customers and provide quality software that’s in demand,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “At the end of the day it’s all about what our customers want and need, and developing a file format that’s been accepted by the majority of the geospatial community is the greatest achievement of all.”

At the Esri Federal GIS Conference Skiffington will be on hand to answer any questions pertaining to the history of the company. He will also be conducting demonstrations of GeoExpress® software, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, Express Server® software for high-performance delivery and publication, and LiDAR Compressor™ software, which turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID files.

SEATTLE, Wash. – January 20, 2012 – LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at two conferences next week – the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) at the Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center in Denver in booth #203, and the Defence Geospatial Intelligence (DGI) 2012 Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London in booth #65. Among other geospatial software products, the company will showcase its brand new free GeoViewer application for iPad, designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays, at both of the conferences.

The free GeoViewer application enables users to view data stored on the iPad. GeoViewer supports MrSID^® and JPEG 2000 formats, and includes measurement functionality as well as geolocation support. It’s also user friendly, with intuitive tools for band selection and coordinate display.

In addition, at the ILMF Conference, LizardTech will showcase the company’s innovative application for compressing LiDAR files, LiDAR Compressor^® software, which turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID^® files. LiDAR files compressed to MrSID^® format are easily managed resources from which derivatives can be extracted over and over again. Those not familiar with LiDAR Compressor are encouraged to attend the Basics to LiDAR workshop conducted by LizardTech’s Software Architect, Michael S. Rosen. The workshop, titled “What’s Our LiDAR Distribution Story,” is on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m.

At the DGI Conference, LizardTech will be conducting demonstrations of GeoExpress^® software, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, Express Server^® software for high-performance delivery and publication, and LiDAR Compressor.

“We’re looking at a very busy week ahead, with two conferences that look promising both for the defense audience and the LiDAR mapping audience,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “We’re confident that we will engage the attendees at both shows with great software products that most of our customers have relied on for years, as well as the latest free GeoViewer application for iPad.”

For more information about LizardTech’s geospatial software products, visit www.lizardtech.com

To download GeoViewer for iPad visit our website: LizardTech

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.

© 2012 Celartem, Inc. dba LizardTech. All rights reserved. LizardTech, MrSID, GeoExpress, Express Server, Spatial Express, and Express Suite are registered trademarks in the United States and LiDAR Compressor and the LizardTech, GeoExpress, Express Server, Spatial Express, Express Suite, LiDAR Compressor, ExpressView and GeoViewer logos are trademarks, and all are the property of Celartem Inc. dba LizardTech. Unauthorized use is prohibited. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

For more information, press only:
Justyna Bednarski, LizardTech, (206) 902-2839, jbednarski@lizardtech.com

MrSID files now viewable on mobile devices for consumers

SEATTLE, Wash. – January 18, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of a free GeoViewer application for iPad designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays.

The free GeoViewer application enables users to view data stored on the iPad. GeoViewer supports MrSID® and JPEG 2000 formats, and includes measurement functionality as well as geolocation support. It’s also user friendly, with intuitive tools for band selection and coordinate display.

“The free GeoViewer application for iPad is going to make a lot of our customers happy, as it’s been something that has been frequently requested in the recent months,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “Now our customers will be able to view a variety of formats like MrSID and JPEG 2000, as well as vector files. It’s easy to use, fast and efficient.”

To download GeoViewer for iPad visit our website: LizardTech

For more information about LizardTech’s geospatial software products, visit www.lizardtech.com/products.

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.