LizardTales Newsletter - Q3 2007

In This Issue

1. From The General Manager
2. Geospatial Products
3. Where is LizardTech?
4. Customer Wins
5. Promotions
6. Tips and Tricks
7. Employment Opportunities

From The General Manager Jim White discusses the recent launch of Express Server 6 and LizardTech’s presence at The 2007 ESRI International Users Conference.

Geospatial Products

As many of you know, LizardTech launched Express Server 6 in June. Express Server 6 allows users on almost any device to access imagery faster, even over low-bandwidth connections, and its interoperability with file systems, Oracle databases, and a variety of client applications means that users aren't restricted to particular data sources and viewing environments.

Of course, while we're enthusiastic about the launch of Express Server 6 and how it will make our customers' jobs easier, we're also excited because Express Server 6 compliments LizardTech's suite of geospatial products in a way that it never has done before. Many of you are familiar with GeoExpress for encoding and manipulating imagery to MrSID and JPEG 2000 formats, and some of you have used our Spatial Express product for storing SID and JP2 imagery in an Oracle Spatial database. But did you know that from within GeoExpress you can choose an Oracle database to output your imagery to? Now you don't need to worry about using command line loading tools or contacting your database administrator for help; instead you can quickly load your imagery into Oracle using the same GeoExpress workflow you're already familiar with.

Further, now that Express Server 6 is available you can serve that imagery you've stored in Oracle without any additional interaction because Express Server 6 talks directly to Spatial Express. You save time because the compressed files are already in SID or JP2 and you don't have to waste days or weeks creating image pyramids, while your users benefit by being able to view large raster images quickly using almost any application.

This combined suite of products makes it easy to compress and manipulate imagery using GeoExpress, store the imagery in an Oracle database using Spatial Express, and serve imagery to WMS, ESRI, and web applications using Express Server. Take a tour of how LizardTech's products can work together to make your job easier by visiting our Express Server demonstration site.

Where Is LizardTech?

• July 23-27 - GeoWeb - Vancouver, Canada. Morris J. Wosk Center for Dialogue. Booth #21.
  
  
• August 6-10 - Mission Planning Users Conference - Orlando, Florida. Coronado Springs Resort. Booth #222.
  
  
• August 8-9 - Arizona Geographic Information Council GIS - Prescott, AZ. Prescott Resort and Conference Center.
  
  
• September 12-14 - GIS in the Rockies - Denver, CO. Invesco Field at Mile High. Booth #149.
  
  
• September 12-14 - Ohio GIS - Columbus, OH. Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly the Marriott North Hotel).
  
  
• September 12-14 - Northwest GIS Users Conference - Tacoma, WA. Tacoma Convention Center.
  
  
• September 24-27 - National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) - Madison, WI. The Madison Concourse Hotel.
  
  
• September 24-26 - GITA Oil and Gas - Houston, TX. Marriott Westchase Hotel. Booth #409.
  
  
• October 1-2 - NY State GIS - Albany, NY. Holiday Inn Albany.
  
  
• October 3-5 - Quebec GIS - Quebec, Canada. Le Centre des Congres de Quebec. Booth #27.
  
  
• October 15-17 - Rocket City GIS - Huntsville, AL. Huntsville Marriott.
  
  
• October 22-24 - Geospatial Intelligence Symposium 2007 - San Antonio, TX. Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
  
  
• October 28-31 - Canadian Remote Sensing Society / American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (CRSS / ASPRS) - Ottawa, Canada. Westin Hotel Ottawa.
  
  
• October 30-November 1 - SWUG, Southwest Users Group Conference - Santa Fe, NM. La Fonda Hotel.
  

Complete schedule of LizardTech Events.

Customer Wins

In June, LizardTech visited San Diego, CA, for The 2007 ESRI International Users Conference. Turnout was excellent and traffic to the LizardTech booth was highlighted by two separate LizardTech contests giving away GPS units. Out of several hundred contestants, Wayne Belzer of The International Boundary and Water Commission won the first GPS, scoring a perfect "10" on the LizardTech Trivia Challenge!

Emmor Nile, of Oregon State's GIS Dept., won the second GPS for his outstanding collection of 31 assorted LizardTech lizards!

Congratulations to both winners! Please check out some great pictures from LizardTech's ESRI UC booth and contests in our Press Gallery.

We would also like to share with you recently added clients to our ever expanding customer base:

• Gulf South Pipeline
• Digital Mapping Associates, Inc
• Digital Globe, Inc
• Clermont County
• Ohio Department of Administrative Services
• Post, Buckley, Mooney & Schuh (PBS&J)
• G-Squared, LLC
• Okefenoke Rural Electric
• Morehead Utility Plant Board
• Chattanooga Fire Department
• State of North Carolina, Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• Keet Consulting

Promotions

To celebrate the launch of Express Server 6 we are offering a 10% discount on any LizardTech purchase through August 31st, 2007. To take advantage of this limited offer, contact your sales representative at 1-866-725-5211 or 206-652-5211 or geosales@lizardtech.com.

Tips and Tricks

This is a new segment of our quarterly newsletter. Each quarter we'll offer a practical tidbit about how to perform a certain task or achieve a certain result using one of our software products - a tip or trick you might not be aware of that we hope you'll find useful.

Employment Opportunities

LizardTech is seeking great talent. To learn more about current opportunities, please visit: Jobs at LizardTech.