LizardTech Advances GIS Interoperability with Express Server 6

June 11, 2007; 10:49 AM
LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced today the release of Express Server 6 for distribution of massive geospatial image datasets via the Internet. Express Server 6 advances GIS interoperability with new features such as Oracle integration, geography markup language (GML) metadata for JPEG 2000 (JP2) and updated and newly added sample Web applications.

Best known for its highest-quality Web distribution, Express Server 6 is now further integrated with products from both LizardTech and other third parties such as Oracle. With the Oracle integration, Express Server 6 acts as an intermediary between Oracle and other applications. Express Server 6 makes it easy to distribute imagery stored in Oracle databases running Spatial Express, LizardTech’s database plug-in. In addition, Express Server preserves the utmost security by using Oracle’s security infrastructure, meaning your data is always secure.

This is great news for geospatial users, who will benefit from Express Server 6 by easily being able to publish imagery in Oracle to the Web via OGC standards such as Web Mapping Services (WMS), through industry applications such as ArcIMS, or simply via Web applications.

With GMLJP2 recently adopted as a standard for adding GML metadata to JPEG 2000 images, LizardTech continues to lead the industry in supplying tools supporting GMLJP2. Express Server 6 recognizes GML metadata stored in JPEG 2000 imagery and renders the image in the correct geospatial location and projection system. It also recognizes requests for imagery using the WMS interface where imagery is requested in coordinates from the GML metadata. By supporting GML for JP2 imagery, Express Server 6 ensures that your JPEG 2000 imagery is interoperable and geospatially correct.

The speed of image delivery over any connection using Express Server 6, along with its improved support for interoperability via WMS, will make it much easier for users to integrate their various applications together.

Express Server 6 is also equipped with new and updated sample Web applications that show off the server’s rapid image delivery and ease of integration. Through a number of Javascript, Flash, and AJAX based sample web applications, web developers can quickly customize the applications to suit their needs and deploy them to their users.

“The release of Express Server 6 makes it easier than ever for our customers to manage and deploy their large raster datasets,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech’s geospatial product manager. “Now that imagery can be stored in a database and served via open standards such as WMS, our customers can manage their images securely while viewing them in any WMS application.”

Pricing and Availability

Express Server 6 starts at $6,999.00 MRSP and is available for purchase now. For information on where to purchase Express Server 6 visit: http://www.lizardtech.com/products/exp/.

About Express Server

Express Server enables instant online viewing of massive geospatial imagery over any device by optimizing output from existing hardware. Express Server ensures interoperability through support for standards such as JPEG 2000 and Web Map Service (WMS) publishing, and through features such as Oracle integration and the ArcIMS integration toolkit.

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 (LANL) 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, 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 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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