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GeoWGS84 Announces Free GeoExpress Annual Licenses for Educational Institutions

  • Writer: Anvita Shrivastava
    Anvita Shrivastava
  • 15 hours ago
  • 2 min read

GeoWGS84 Corporation, the company that owns the LizardTech® geospatial software products, has introduced a special educational licensing program that gives free annual licenses of GeoExpress® Professional to eligible educational institutions across the globe.


Upon qualifying under this program, accredited universities, colleges, technical colleges, and research institutions could receive a free annual GeoExpress Professional license in either Floating or Local mode along with a free 100 GB MrSID® Cartridge.


This program provides students, teachers, and researchers an opportunity to work with professional-level GIS image compression software for processing, compressing, converting, and sharing big aerospace, satellite, and drone images. With the help of this program, GeoWGS84 has set a target to help institutions in training the future generation of geospatial experts through practical experience.



Bringing Professional GIS Software to Education


GeoExpress® is one of the most widely used applications for compressing, optimizing, and managing large raster images with the use of MrSID® format. It greatly decreases storage requirements of data, enables rapid delivery of pictures, and improves processes in organizations using large volumes of aerial photographs, satellite pictures, and other geospatial data.


"Today's students are the innovators of the future,” said Utkal Sharma, Founder, CEO and President of GeoWGS84 Corp, “By providing GeoExpress Professional to educational institutions at no cost, we promote the universities in teaching practical GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry and GeoAI processes.”


What's Included


Institutions qualified in education will receive:


  • GeoExpress® Professional Annual License

  • Selection of Floating License or Local License

  • MrSID® Cartridge of 100 GB in Volume

  • Access to all functions of GeoExpress Professional

  • Receiving updates of the software during the whole process of subscription for a year

  • Support through technical emails


Built for GIS, Remote Sensing, and GeoAI Education


GeoExpress® Professional is designed to assist in teaching in various fields of geography, which include:



With GeoExpress Professional, students, teachers, and researchers can practically learn how to work with various systems for processing images made from the ground and the air through satellites, drones, and geographical data in general.


Who Can Apply?


The GeoExpress Educational Licensing Program is open for applications from accredited educational institutions and research organizations all over the world, and it covers the following educational establishments:


  1. Universities;

  2. Colleges;

  3. Community colleges;

  4. Technical colleges;

  5. Vocational schools;

  6. Academic research institutes;

  7. Government educational organizations;


The applicants may need to confirm their affiliation with an educational organization or the accreditation of the institution being represented.


Apply for Your Free GeoExpress® Educational License


If a certain educational institution is eligible for doing that, it can become a participant of the program and receive a free GeoExpress Educational License as well as a MrSID Cartridge of 100 GB size. Just contact GeoWGS84 Corp.


GeoWGS84 Corp will examine your eligibility to apply, and they will guide you through the application procedure.


This licensing program is intended exclusively for educational purposes.


For more information or any questions regarding the LizardTech suite of products, please don't hesitate to contact us at:



USA (HQ): (720) 702–4849


(A GeoWGS84 Corp Company)


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