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City of Rockville, MD, Utilizes GeoExpress 6 to Benefit from a Flexible Image Processing Workflow
Department Realizes Increased Productivity as the Top Benefit
SEATTLE, Wash., – June 8, 2006 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced that the City of Rockville, Maryland, took advantage of the cutting-edge floating license option introduced with GeoExpress 6 to streamline license management and provide more flexible agency-wide access to GeoExpress’ powerful image processing and compression tools.
Initially, the City of Rockville purchased GeoExpress in order to reduce the file size of the city’s engineering drawings without sacrificing color or detail in a file that would transfer quickly and render properly in their legacy viewers. GeoExpress’ networked data cartridge made it possible for anyone in the organization to share the image processing workload; however, having a single license associated with a computer dedicated to processing tasks meant that employees had to move away from their own workspace, which proved inconvenient and time consuming.
The floating license option enables the city to install GeoExpress on the local workstation (client) of all employees who needed to perform image processing or compression, no matter how infrequently. The License Manager, installed optionally on any networked computer as part of the GeoExpress installation, acts as a server, distributing temporary licenses to other clients at the time of use, allowing multiple simultaneous users up to the number of workstation licenses purchased. When a user is finished using the software, the license associated with that client is “returned” to the License Manager and becomes available for the next client. The result is efficient license management and increased productivity through a streamlined image processing workflow.
“GeoExpress not only met our needs in terms of image quality, optimizing the use of our storage space, and compatibility with the tools we’re using,” said Marc Weinshenker, Rockville’s GIS manager. “It also allows us to run GeoExpress on a number of workstations throughout the agency using the new floating license. That represents a big improvement in flexibility and productivity for us.”
“Our goal with GeoExpress 6 was to make it easier for GIS professionals to utilize the software right from their workstation by introducing floating licenses that are shared throughout an organization,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech product manager. “The floating license option in GeoExpress 6 puts powerful image manipulation and compression tools at the fingertips of those who rely on them to efficiently perform their job.”
About City of Rockville, MD
Rockville, MD, located about 12 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., is the third largest city in Maryland, according to 2004 state population estimates. Rockville’s population increased by about 20 percent since the 2000 official U.S. Census (from the official total of 47,388 to the most recent estimate of 57,000). It is a suburban community that has gradually become more urban–while still proudly retaining its character as ‘big small town.’ The city’s newest planned communities are considered national models, and the first phase of its revitalized Town Center promises to be one of the most exciting mixes of residential and retail uses in the Maryland when it opens in 2007. Rockville is home to some of the world’s most influential technological and biological research companies, including the one that was the first to map the human genome.
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.
