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LizardTech Presents a Workshop at GeoWeb 2007 Focusing on Geospatial Standards for JPEG 2000
SEATTLE, Wash., – July 17, 2007 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced today that Michael P. Gerlek, manager of LizardTech’s engineering department, will conduct a workshop focusing on geospatial standards for JPEG 2000 in conjunction with GeoWeb 2007, to be held July 23-27, 2007, at the Morris J. Wosk Center in Vancouver, British Columbia. LizardTech is exhibiting in booth #21.
On Monday, July 23 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Gerlek will conduct an updated version of the popular workshop he’s given at GeoWeb in previous years titled “Geospatial Standards for JPEG 2000.” The workshop introduces the JPEG 2000 (JP2) image compression system for geospatial imaging. Gerlek will first cover the basics of image compression, the features that JPEG 2000 offers, and the new imaging workflows it enables. The emphasis will be on describing the breadth of the system rather than how the system is implemented in detail. In the second half of the workshop, Gerlek will present some standards and technologies being used specifically to bring this file format into the geospatial market, including adding geography markup language (GML) support (GMLJP2), Web Coverage Service support (WCS), streaming (JPIP), and geospatial database support.
Based on feedback that Gerlek received from previous years after conducting his workshops, sample tools and images will be provided for the participants to take home. In addition, the workshop will also have significant demonstration content, derived from recently conducted work on the Open Geospatial Consortium’s OWS-4 project.
The conference, organized by Galdos Systems Inc. and supported by the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA), is the only event focused exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Web, which will enable rapid access to accurate and current information through open standards.
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.
