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LizardTech Introduces Express Server 5.0
Express Server 5.0 now includes OpenGIS WMS Publishing and JPEG 2000 Support
Seattle, WA, September 1, 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 the launch of Express Server 5.0, LizardTech’s cost-effective software solution for distributing high-resolution images and documents over the Internet.
Key enhancements to Express Server 5.0 include the support for JPEG 2000 and OpenGIS® WMS publishing adding to the product’s array of interoperability tools such as the ArcIMS integration toolkit. In addition to supporting industry-standard file formats and open standards such as TIFF, JPEG and BMP, as well as MrSID®, DjVu® format, Express Server 5.0 now also supports JPEG 2000.
“The continuing growth in the amount of geospatial imagery organizations need to manage makes efficient access, storage, and distribution essential,” said Karen Morley, LizardTech’s Vice President, Global Marketing. “Express Server 5.0 with JPEG 2000 support and interoperability with OpenGIS WMS publishing enables thousands of GIS professionals and government agencies to achieve rapid distribution and viewing of massive high-resolution aerial photographs and satellite imagery from disparate software systems and distributed architectures.”
Express Server 5.0 software delivers instant online viewing of geospatial imagery over any device using existing hardware.
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.
