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LizardTales Newsletter – May 2013

FROM MANAGEMENT

See you in San Diego!

As spring warms up and we head towards summer, LizardTech is preparing for the Esri International User Conference, coming up July 8-12 in San Diego. LizardTech and Esri have been partners for many years, and we’re all excited to meet up with our customers and partners to share information and good times in beautiful Southern California.

We’ve been a platinum imagery sponsor in years past, and we’ll be doing the same thing this year. Be sure to stop by our booth #1704 and attend our demo theater presentation on Wednesday, July 10 from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in Hall C to learn more about what’s new with MrSID and LizardTech. We’re also running a couple of exciting contests this year, and will be giving away a number of prizes including an iPad Mini and a 42″ TV! Be sure to visit our website often for updates. We’ll be kicking things off with contest announcements in early June.

The latest version of our flagship GeoExpress software will be unveiled at the conference as well. While we’re not sharing a lot of details yet, how does a 400% improvement in compression speed sound?

Most importantly, though, we get to connect with you. We hope you stop by and say hello, ask questions, and share with us how you’re using LizardTech products.

Best Regards,

LizardTech Management


GEOSPATIAL

MrSID Generation 4 status report

As many of you are aware, LizardTech launched the newest version of MrSID, called MrSID Generation 4 (MG4) a few years back. With support for hyperpsectral data, LiDAR data, and improved mosaicking performance, it added a lot of new functionality for MrSID users.

What many people may not appreciate, however, is how our partners build support for MG4 into their applications. To do so, they download one of LizardTech’s free software development kits (SDKs), which are available for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and iOS. Our partners use these SDKs to extend MrSID support to their applications.

As of April 2013, over 40 geospatial applications support MrSID Generation 4, including products from Esri, ERDAS, BAE Systems, and Overwatch. If your favorite applications don’t yet support MG4, talk to your software vendor or email us at info@lizardtech.com. We’re always happy to help.


WHERE IS LIZARDTECH?

2013 Washington GIS Conference - May 6-8, 2013
Lynnwood, WA

Indiana GIS Conference - May 7-8, 2013
Muncie, IN

Esri PUG – May 7-9, 2013
Houston, TX

SOFIC – May 14-16, 2013
Tampa, FL

NGIS - May 15-17, 2103
Reno, NV

USGIF Tech Days - May 23, 2103
Reston, VA

For a complete schedule of LizardTech events, please visit our  Events Page.


UPCOMING WEBINARS

Details about our May Webinars!

Register now at  http://www.lizardtech.com/news/events/#webinars

You can view the full webinar schedule  here.

If you have questions about our webinars, please e-mail us at  info@lizardtech.com.

NOTE: During all of our upcoming Webinars this fall, your name will be entered into a random drawing, and at the end of each Webinar one lucky winner will win a $50 gift card to amazon.com!!!


FOLLOW US

Don’t forget that we have a presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. You can stay in touch with us at one of the various social media sites or through your local sales person.

        


TIPS AND TRICKS

Using a 64-bit computer and want to speed up your processing time?

A 64-bit computer has more access to RAM than a 32-bit computer, you can take advantage of this by increasing the strip height of your encode. Click on More Encode Options, and then the Advanced tab. Change to the Strip Height from 12 to 24 and select OK. This will take advantage of the increased RAM while processing your image.

GeoExpress provides a quick way to resample data that is in the MrSID generation 4 or generation 3 format. Add your image to the optimized tab, select more optimize options, choose the output tab and select resample.

Hot tips?
Do you have tips you would like to share?  Send them to suggestions@lizardtech.com and we might publish your tip in the next issue of LizardTales.


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.