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LizardTech Announces Support for Next Generation MrSID Format in GE Energy’s Smallworld 4 Product Suite
Seattle, WA, August 24, 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 GE Energy’s Smallworld™ product suite.
MrSID technology, the most widely accepted 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 easy and affordable. Now, GE Energy customers are able to benefit from LizardTech’s MrSID geospatial image format with GE Energy’s Smallworld 4 product suite, providing rapid access to mission critical applications in the field.
“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 deployed 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 GE Energy to integrate support for LizardTech’s industry-standard MrSID image format within Smallworld applications to provide customers with support for the latest MrSID imaging technology within their planning, viewing and analysis tools.”
Image formats supported in the Smallworld 4 product suite integrate seamlessly throughout the Smallworld group of geospatial products, designed to provide access to office and field professionals alike. LizardTech’s MrSID format met GE Energy’s rigorous interoperability testing requirements with the Smallworld 4 product suite for display and distribution of high-resolution imagery for utilities and telecommunications.
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.
