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LizardTech Announces Support for Next Generation MrSID Format in Intergraph’s GeoMedia 5.2 Product Suite
Seattle, WA, July 6, 2004 – LizardTech, Inc., a leader in software solutions that make it significantly easier to manage, distribute and access digital content such as aerial photography, satellite imagery and scanned color documents, today announced that its next generation MrSID®format (MG3) is now being supported in Intergraph’s recently announced GeoMedia 5.2 product suite.
MrSID technology, the most widely accepted compressed geospatial image format, produces dramatically smaller image files with no degradation in image quality. Geospatial professionals rely on LizardTech’s GeoExpress 4.0 with MrSID® to manage, access and distribute massive geospatial imagery such as aerial photos and satellite images. Now, Intergraph customers are able to benefit from LizardTech’s MrSID geospatial image format with Intergraph’s GeoMedia®version 5.2, which provides a full suite of powerful analysis tools and data server technology enabling analysis across multiple geospatial formats.
“MrSID makes it easier and less expensive for organizations to utilize enormous geospatial images for utility infrastructure maintenance, field workforce access, department of transportation asset management and many other GIS workflow scenarios,” said Karen Morley, vice president of global marketing for LizardTech. “GeoExpress 4.0 with MrSID is also being used to enable rapid deployment of high quality geospatial imaging capabilities as companies face an ever-growing demand for faster and more comprehensive information. We’re pleased to work with Intergraph to integrate support for LizardTech’s industry-standard MrSID image format with GeoMedia technology to provide customers with support for the latest MrSID imaging technology within their Intergraph viewing and analysis tools.
“Intergraph is providing dynamic solutions for distributing and analyzing large disparate data sets”, said Terry Keating, Executive Vice President, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions. “Visualization is key to that and the new MrSID format fits nicely into that workflow. This integration provides a solution to our largest customers for managing large geospatial imagery.”
Image formats supported in GeoMedia 5.2 integrate seamlessly throughout the GeoMedia suite of products, designed to maximize the management, analysis and distribution of geospatial data and business information across the enterprise. LizardTech’s MrSID format met Intergraph’s rigorous interoperability testing requirements with GeoMedia 5.2 for exploiting high resolution aerial and satellite imagery within regular workflows for utilities, transportation and governments.
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.
