Company Presents a Workshop and Two Papers

SEATTLE, Wash., - July 19, 2006 - 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, and Jon Skiffington, product manager, will conduct presentations in conjunction with GeoWeb 2006, to be held July 24-28, 2006, at the Morris J. Wosk Center in Vancouver, British Columbia.

On Monday, July 24 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Gerlek will focus on Geography Markup Language (GML) and JPEG 2000 (JP2) by conducting a half-day workshop titled "The GML and JPEG 2000 Connection," and on Wednesday, July 26 from 2:45-3:15 p.m. in room APH he will present a paper titled "Bringing JPEG 2000 into the GeoWeb." Gerlek will focus on three areas in which JP2 is being tuned for use in GIS workflows: making the format "spatially aware" by embedding GML in it, extending the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Web Coverage Service (WCS) to support JP2, and storing JP2 data natively and efficiently in a spatial database.

Gerlek will also be on a panel titled "What is the GeoWeb" taking place on Wednesday, July 26 at 11:45 a.m. That same day from 1:35 - 2:05 p.m. in room 420 he will be presenting a paper titled "Introduction to OSGeo, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation." OSGeo is a new non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting open source software and resources for the geospatial community. One of the founding members of OSGeo, Gerlek will describe the foundation's goals and current activities.

Skiffington's paper presentation titled "Commercial Uses of GML, JPIP and WFS," scheduled for Wednesday, July 26 from 2:10-2:40 p.m. in room 420, will cover some practical applications that can be built using many of the current emerging technologies such as GML, JPIP (JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol, or "streaming JPEG 2000"), and WFS (Web Feature Services) to build tools for basic mapping and location based services, and also provide insight into more advanced functionality that may be possible in the future such as advanced geospatial asset management, customization and delivery to a wide variety of wired and wireless devices.

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. LizardTech is a coffee break sponsor at the conference.

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 MrSID® (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database), a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format, and sits on the Technical Committee of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for the purpose of extending the capabilities of JPEG 2000 to geospatial applications, driving cross-platform interoperability and rapid Internet distribution for geospatial imagery. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo and is a division of Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com or call 206-652-5211 or toll free 1-866-725-5211.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. 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, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.

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