- MrSID export ability available with Geographic Imager 4.1 -

Toronto, ON, January 7, 2013 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher^® cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator^® and PDF Maps for Apple iOS and LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today announced the integration of LizardTech^® GeoExpress^® 8.5 and the ability to produce MrSID format files into the latest release of Geographic Imager 4.1 for Adobe Photoshop.

LizardTech, based in Seattle, WA, specializes in developing the MrSID format, which handles high-resolution geospatial data. Previous versions of Geographic Imager have already provided read capability for raster and LiDAR MrSID via the integration of LizardTech MG4 Decode Software Development Kit (DSDK). With the current release, Avenza customers can take advantage of the ability to write to MrSID format directly from Adobe Photoshop provided they have the current version of LizardTech GeoExpress installed. This ability expands the number of supported file formats Geographic Imager can write and increases workflow options when working with high-resolution imagery.

“As the leading GIS vendor to support both viewing and writing of MrSID files in Adobe Photoshop, we’re excited at the opportunity to partner with LizardTech to provide our users with access to MrSID technology,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “With this integration, customers on both sides will be able to use MrSID images with the entire Geographic Imager toolset without compromise. The capability of tools in Geographic Imager and Adobe Photoshop with the ability to export to MrSID format is an invaluable workflow and shows how committed we are at bringing formats to the platform that may have never been thought possible.” he added.

Jon Skiffington, director of product management at LizardTech, notes, “We’re thrilled at the opportunity to work with Avenza Systems to expand the reach of MrSID technology into viable platforms like Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop for the benefit of our mutual users.” Additionally, Jeff Young, business development manager at LizardTech, commented, “Collaboration with Avenza allows for more effective support of the Avenza/LizardTech world-wide user community with smoother workflows and more transparent data exchanges.

More information about MrSID support in Geographic Imager is available at www.avenza.com/geographic-imager/lizardtech-mrsid.

About Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop
Geographic Imager is software for Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of raster-based image editing software and transforms it into a powerful geospatial imagery editing tool. Work with satellite imagery, aerial photography, orthophotos, and DEMs in GeoTIFF and other major GIS image formats using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, and image adjustments while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.

Geographic Imager 4.1 is immediately available free of charge to all Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and at prices starting at US$319 for non-maintenance members. -. Academic and volume license pricing are also available. Geographic Imager 4.1 is available for Adobe Photoshop CS5, CS5.1 and CS6. LizardTech GeoExpress licenses and data cartridges are also available through Avenza Systems.

About Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools for making better maps and for working with spatial imagery. In addition to software offerings for Mac, Windows and Apple mobile device users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com  for more details.

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, visit www.lizardtech.com.

For further information contact:
Avenza Systems:
Tel: 416-487-5116
Email: info@avenza.com
Web: www.avenza.com

LizardTech:
Tel: 206-902-2839
Email: jbednarski@lizardtech.com
Web: www.lizardtech.com

Now with support for iPhone and iPod Touch devices

SEATTLE, Wash. — Dec. 13, 2012 — LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today released an update to its free GeoViewer application for Apple iOS devices, designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays.

With this latest application, iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch users will be able to view their imagery in MrSID^® and JPEG 2000 formats. Like the previous GeoViewer for iPad, this user friendly application includes measurement functionality and geolocation support and has intuitive tools for band selection and coordinate display.  For those needing to rapidly view image layers from WMS servers, an in-application purchase adding WMS support is available for $4.99.

To download GeoViewer for iOS 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.

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© 2012 Celartem, Inc. d.b.a. 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

Company to showcase recently launched Express Server 8

SEATTLE, Wash. — Oct. 2, 2012 — LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at GEOINT 2012 Symposium at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla., October 9-11, 2012 in booth number 420. LizardTech will be conducting product demonstrations for the defense audience of recently launched Express Server® 8 software for serving imagery, now with a brand new administrative interface, support for Geospatial PDF and a free 30-day trial.

“We look forward to sharing Express Server 8 with the intelligence community at GEOINT next week,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management at LizardTech. “Designed to be the fastest, most stable, and easiest solution for distributing compressed, high-resolution raster imagery via standard protocols, Express Server 8 now comes with a 30-day free trial so anyone can take it for a test drive before they buy it.”

In addition to conducting product demonstrations of Express Server, LizardTech will also be showcasing GeoExpress^® software, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, and LiDAR Compressor^™software, which turns giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID files.

More information about LizardTech’s entire line of geospatial products can be obtained here: http://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.

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© 2012 Celartem, Inc. d.b.a. 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

Now with support for Geospatial PDFs and a 30-day free trial

SEATTLE, Wash. — Sept. 17, 2012 — LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today released version 8 of Express Server^® software for high-performance delivery and publication. This latest version comes equipped with a brand new graphical user interface (GUI), support for Geospatial PDF’s and a free, 30-day trial.

With a new graphical user interface (GUI) called the Express Server Manager, customers now can easily and quickly configure their Express Server software and their image catalogs from anywhere on the Web without having to open a command line or edit XML files. Now they can set Express Server’s properties, configure catalogs, and create catalog groups all in the new GUI, just by logging in with a browser, checking a few boxes, filling in a few fields, and clicking a button or two. The new Express Server Manager is all about ease of use and saving time.

Also new with this release is support for Geospatial PDF as a source image format, which means customers can take advantage of PDF data and serve a wider range of users.

Finally, users can now try Express Server before they buy it. The free 30-day trial is available here: http://www.lizardtech.com/downloads/category/#free_trials. Once downloaded and installed, the same copy becomes permanently licensed if a decision is made to purchase Express Server.

“Express Server is the fastest, most stable, and easiest way to distribute compressed, high-resolution raster imagery via standard protocols,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “And now anyone can take it for a test drive before they buy it with a 30-day free trial that we are offering.”

LizardTech will be exhibiting at the 2012 GEOINT Symposium October 9 – 11, 2012 in Orlando, Fla., in booth #420, where demonstrations of the product will be available. More information about Express Server 8 can be obtained here: http://www.lizardtech.com/products/exp/

About Express Server
Express Server® software is the fastest, most stable, and easiest way to distribute compressed, high-resolution raster imagery via standard protocols such as WMS. With Express Server, users access imagery faster. Support for MrSID, JPEG 2000 and Geospatial PDF source formats ensures the highest visual quality regardless of device or bandwidth.

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.

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© 2012 Celartem, Inc. d.b.a. 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

Company to showcase its entire line of geospatial products

SEATTLE, Wash. — Sept. 5, 2012 — LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is heading into a busy conference season, exhibiting at six different tradeshows this fall.

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:

• September 19 – 21 in Columbus, Ohio, at the 2012 Ohio GIS Conference.
• September 20 – 21 in Denver, Colo., at GIS in the Rockies.
• September 26 – 28 in Louisville, Ky., at the 2012 Kentucky GIS Conference.
• October 8 – 11 in Orlando, Fla., at the 2012 GEOINT Symposium in booth number 420.
• October 8 – 11 in Albuquerque, N.M., at SWUG 2012.
• October 29 – November 1 in Tampa, Fla., at the MAPPS/ASPRS 2012 Specialty Conference.

The software products demonstrated at these shows will be 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/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.

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© 2012 Celartem, Inc. d.b.a. 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

SEATTLE, Wash. – Aug. 13, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is a sponsor at the CENTCOM/SOCOM Defense and Intelligence Users Group Meeting at the Embassy Suites, Downtown Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., this week.

LizardTech will conduct product demonstrations at their booth 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.

In addition to exhibiting, on Tuesday, August 14, Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of product management, will give a presentation titled “Easily Manage Large Imagery & LiDAR Datasets,” from 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

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.

© 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

SEATTLE, Wash. – July 17, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is a Platinum Imagery Sponsor and exhibitor at this year’s Esri International User Conference, July 23 – 26, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., in booth number 1317.

As a Platinum Imagery Sponsor, LizardTech will be participating in a Lightning Talk presentation during the Imagery Concept Session on Tuesday, July 24. The presentation, titled “Using LizardTech Geospatial Products as part of Enterprise GIS Viewer Workflow”, will be given by one of LizardTech’s end users, Geospatial Unit Leader John Peterson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and will take place from 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. in SDCC, Room 28D.

In addition, on Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Imagery Island Demo Theater in Exhibit Hall C, Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s director of product management, will give a presentation titled “Easily Manage Large Imagery & LiDAR Datasets.”

LizardTech will also have a presence on Wednesday night at the Imagery Social taking place at the Upper Level City Side Corridor on the second floor of the convention center from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Esri attendees interested in attending the Imagery Social can stop by LizardTech booth number 1317 prior to Wednesday evening to pick up an invitation.

“This year LizardTech is celebrating the 20th anniversary of MrSID,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “Many attendees at the Esri conference may remember what it was like before MrSID made it easy to work with large image datasets on the desktop. Esri and its users were some of the first to embrace MrSID, so we hope the attendees will join us in celebrating this milestone.”

LizardTech will conduct product demonstrations at their booth, number 1317, 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, visitwww.lizardtech.com.

© 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

Company to showcase its entire line of geospatial products

SEATTLE, Wash. – May 30, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at the 2012 EUCOM/AFRICOM ESRI User Group meeting held at the Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany June 4-5, 2012.

At the conference, Jon Skiffington, director of product management, will give a presentation titled, “Easily Manage Large Imagery and LiDAR Datasets.”

“Imagery and elevation data are critical for today’s decision makers, but the volume and size of data can be unwieldy,” said Skiffington. “I’m excited to demonstrate how LizardTech’s MrSID^® technology makes it possible to highly compress images and LiDAR data for efficient analysis and delivery.” This presentation will take place on June 5 from 1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m. in Salon 10.

LizardTech representatives will be available to conduct demonstrations of the company’s entire line of geospatial products: 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

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.