LizardTech Introduces ArcMap Plug-in for Spatial Express.New Plug-in Enables Use of Spatial Express Imagery in ArcMap SEATTLE -- LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced the release of the ArcMap Plug-in for Spatial Express, an add-on to ESRI's ArcMap application. LizardTech's Spatial Express enables storage of MrSID and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. 2000 images natively in Oracle[R] Spatial 10g, an option to Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. Until now, LizardTech's customers, who widely used ArcMap, were not able to add raster The horizontal lines (scan lines) displayed on a TV or computer monitor. This is the origin of the term "raster graphics," which is the major category that all bitmapped images and video frames fall into (GIF, JPEG, MPEG, etc.). imagery stored with Spatial Express in an Oracle Spatial Oracle Spatial forms a separately-licensed option component of the Oracle Database. Oracle Spatial aids users in managing geographic and location-data in a native type within an Oracle database, potentially supporting a wide range of applications — from automated database to ArcMap projects because ArcMap did not support Oracle's GeoRaster methodology. However, with the release of the ArcMap Plug-in for Spatial Express, customers can now use their non-GeoRaster applications with Spatial Express. Since Spatial Express adds the capability to store MrSID and JPEG 2000 imagery natively in Oracle Spatial, customers can use the applications with which they are most familiar while saving 95 percent of the storage space required for their imagery on their database and preserving the ability to easily query by coordinates and other spatial criteria. "LizardTech's goal is to build tools that allow customers to use their applications of choice with Spatial Express," said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech product manager. "Many of our customers use ArcMap, but were not able to use it with Spatial Express. Now our customers can easily work with imagery stored using Spatial Express in their ArcMap projects." Spatial Express customers can download the free ArcMap Plug-in for Spatial Express now from LizardTech's new Spatial Express web page: http://www.lizardtech.com/products/spatial/. This page also provides access to the latest updates and other key product information. LizardTech is exhibiting this week at the GEOINT GEOINT Geospatial Intelligence 2006 Symposium in Orlando, FL. Stop by booth #941, where information will be available about LizardTech's complete line of geospatial products. About Spatial Express LizardTech Spatial Express enables storage of MrSID[R] and JPEG 2000 images natively in Oracle Spatial. Spatial Express helps organizations maximize their investment in Oracle Spatial 10g by enabling dramatic reductions of up to 95 percent for raster image storage. Spatial Express also enables organizations to lower costs and keep all raster, vector, and business information in a common Oracle Database. Further, because LizardTech's Spatial Express uses Oracle GeoRaster interface, MrSID[R] and JPEG 2000 images can be viewed in any GeoRaster-enabled application, easing training, deployment, and support costs. About LizardTech LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., was founded in 1992 to build valuable business solutions from technologies created by the world's leading research organizations, including Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National (LANL LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA. ) and AT&T Labs. LizardTech is a leader in applying state-of-the-art technologies to the real-world challenges of managing, distributing, and accessing large complex digital content such as aerial photographs, satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. , and color scanned documents. LizardTech's software is installed on millions of desktops and integrated into a wide variety of platforms and applications. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo. LizardTech is a division of Celartem, Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com. 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 Noun 1. image compression - the compression of graphics for storage or transmission compression - encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required , scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) Established after World War II, one of the three major securities markets in Japan. , Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Celartem Inc., with headquarters in Seattle. [c] 2006 LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc. All rights reserved. LizardTech and the LizardTech logo are registered trademarks in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and all are the property of LizardTech. 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