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LizardTales Newsletter – April 2011
FROM MANAGEMENT
At the end of last year, we launched version 8 of our GeoExpress® software and the new raster capabilities of MrSID® Generation 4 (MG4™). We’ve been hearing feedback from our customers that the new capabilities of MG4, such as support for hyperspectral data, have made them more efficient. We’re always happy to hear from our customers, and in the next couple of months you’ll have even more opportunities to talk to and interact with us.
First, we’re going to be attending and exhibiting at many trade shows and conferences in April and May. Take a look at our events page at http://www.lizardtech.com/news/events to see when we’ll be in your area, and be sure to stop by to say hi, tell us how you’re using our products, and teach us what we can be doing better.
Next, we’ll be releasing our annual customer survey soon. We’ve conducted a survey yearly since 2008 and your responses have directly shaped our product decisions. Compression support for LiDAR and hyperspectral data were two of the most common requests over the past years, so we’ve added those functions to our products. Be sure to fill out the survey so we can get more great features added to our products.
Finally, LizardTech has been pretty active in the social media space recently. If you’re not aware, you can follow us on both Facebook and Twitter (links here). Post on our Facebook wall and tell us what you’d like to see in GeoExpress or any of our other products.
LizardTech Management
GEOSPATIAL
MG4‘s a great file format, but a format is really only as good as the applications that support it. Most GIS applications support our older versions of MrSID (Generation 3 and Generation 2), but now vendors need to update their applications to add MG4 support.
To do this, they use our free MrSID Decode SDK 8.0, released earlier this year and available athttp://www.lizardtech.com/developer. This unified SDK supports all versions of the MrSID format, as well as JPEG 2000, and provides easy tools to add support for both formats in 3rd party applications.
The SDK is available for numerous platforms, including Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris. If you’re an application developer, please get the latest SDK to give your customers the format support they need. If you’re an end user, talk to your vendors and make sure they’re aware that you want MG4 support in the next version of their application.
WHERE IS LIZARDTECH?
ESRI Canada User Conference, Quebec
April 26-27, 2011 - Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Quebec City, QC, Canada – Booth #17
ASPRS 2011 Annual Conference
May 1-5, 2011 - Frontier Airlines Center, Milwaukee, WI – Booth #307
Presentation: LizardTech’s Robert Parker will host a LizardTech User Group Meeting on Monday, May 2 from 8:00 – 12:00 p.m. in the Frontier Airlines Center.
Presentation: LizardTech’s Jon Skiffington will present, “Advances in the MrSID Technology” on Wednesday, May 4 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Frontier Airlines Center.
ESRI Southeast Regional User Group Conference
May 2-4, 2011 - Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, FL – Booth #118
NGIS Conference
May 9-11, 2011 - Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa, Reno, NV – Booth #21 (Exhibiting with GIS Services)
USGIF Tech Day
May 12, 2011 - Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, VA – Booth #510
ESRI Canada User Conference, Calgary
May 25-26, 2011 - Calgary Sampede – MBO Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
DI2E Conference and Technology Demonstration
June 7-9, 2011 - Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, Dallas, TX – Booth #724
For a complete schedule of LizardTech events, please visit our Events Page.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Qualify for a FREE copy of GeoExpress TOOLS by attending one of our upcoming webinars*
Date and Time:
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:00 a.m. PST
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:00 a.m. PST
Duration:
Register now at http://www.lizardtech.com/news/events/?section=webinars
Qualify for a FREE copy of GeoExpress TOOLS by attending one of our upcoming webinars*
Offer expires June 30, 2011.
* A code will be provided at the end of the webinar qualifying for a FREE copy of GeoExpress TOOLS with the purchase of GeoExpress Level 1 or higher.
If you have questions about our webinars, please e-mail us at info@lizardtech.com.
You can view the full webinar schedule here.
PROMOTIONS
Does lossless LiDAR compression sound good to you? Then download a free trial of LiDAR Compressor™ software today, and if you like what you see you can purchase LizardTech LiDAR Compressor for under $2,000.
Offer good through June 30, 2011. Your local sales representative is standing by.
You’re a Generation Behind the Rest of the Geospatial World. It’s Time to Catch Up.
MrSID Generation 4 (MG4) is the preferred file format for geospatial professionals. Now, with one click, you can download MrSID Decode SDK version 8.0 with tools to view and decode MG4 files in addition to MG3, MG2 and JPEG 2000 files.
This free release of the MrSID Decode SDK complements the recent release of LizardTech GeoExpress 8. The SDK provides the developers tools to support viewing raster files in MG4format with new support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking.
Tips and Tricks
GeoExpress
Do you need to despeckle some MrSID images?
Don’t add them to the images tab; instead add them to the despeckle tab. GeoExpress will process them much faster that way, since it won’t have to decode and reencode the images.
Hot Tips?
Do you have tips that you want to share? Send them to suggestions@lizardtech.com and we might publish your tip in the next issue of LizardTales.
Customer Wins
Aero-Metric, Inc.
Canadian Ice Service
Clear Creek County Government
CWPS, Inc.
Diyar United Company
Lockheed Martin
McHenry County
Ministere de la Defense National
Pennsylvania Departmant of Environmental Protection
PTS Laboratories
Rijkswaterstaat
Sappi Forests
SASKPOWER
SWECO Infrastructure
The Shaw Group
United States Army
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
LizardTech is always seeking great talent. To learn more about current opportunities to join a dedicated, talented and close-knit team, please visit our Careers Page.
