ISC and LizardTech Announce MapDotNet UX + Express Server Bundle

ISC and LizardTech have teamed up to offer a complete geospatial visualization platform at a introductory price of $7995

Tallahassee, FL (Vocus) November 19, 2008 -- Today, ISC and LizardTech announced special pricing on MapDotNet UX and Express Server (http://www.mapdotnet.com/Pages3.0/products-services/express-server.aspx) when bought together. The special price of $7995 reflects a discount of almost three thousand dollars off the retail price when the products are purchased separately.

Express Server (http://www.lizardtech.com/products/exp/) is the LizardTech’s solution for distributing imagery in MrSID, JPEG 2000 or NITF formats. With Express Server, users on any device access imagery faster, even over low-bandwidth connections. Express Server is faster, more stable and easier to use than any other solution for delivering high-resolution raster imagery.

MapDotNet UX (http://www.mapdotnet.com/Pages3.0/products-services/mapdotnet-ux.aspx) is a platform for developing high performance mapping applications. According to ISC's website, "MapDotNet UX is the ultimate platform for developing high performance mapping applications. Imagine a new level of User eXperience, where the functionality of the latest .NET technologies meets the sleek design of WPF and Silverlight. With its extensive support for SQL Server 2008 (http://www.mapdotnet.com/Pages3.0/products-services/sql-server.aspx) spatial databases and Virtual Earth, MapDotNet UX completes a modernized, Microsoft-based GIS platform."

Benton Belcher, Director of Private Sector Sales at ISC, said, “With Express Server integration, our customers can gain fast access to large quantities of file-based imagery processed on-the-fly and on-demand; we’re excited to offer a complete and modern solution that customers are finding very easy to work with.”

Express Server catalogs and manages the distribution of imagery, enabling you to integrate the world's best raster delivery technology with geospatial data stores anywhere. Express Server streams compressed images for the fastest possible delivery, whether conventionally to broadband devices and desktops or wirelessly to field personnel using low-bandwidth connections.

ISC and LizardTech describe the offer as follows:

"MapDotNet UX and Express Server work together to provide rich visualization solutions that combine your imagery and vector based data in powerful new ways. With this integrated solution, you can deploy rich interactive maps on the desktop or on the Internet today!

- Deploy imagery enterprise-wide to rich interactive clients such as Silverlight, WPF and AJAX, without preprocessing the data and loading it into a DBMS

- Perform dynamic imagery processing; providing better image visualization, reduced storage costs, and less data processing and maintenance

This is a high performance solution that will provide your development team with everything they need to rapidly develop and deploy cutting edge geospatial solutions using Microsoft Silverlight, WPF or AJAX.

Call your MapDotNet sales representative at 850.893.6741 for more information, or to purchase."

Founded in 1989, ISC is a worldwide leader in software that combines today’s latest advances in web-based, consumer mapping with powerful enterprise GIS (geographic information systems). The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great geospatial software.

LizardTech 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'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, and is part of Celartem Technology Inc. (HERCULES:4330), a Japan-based technology company focused on storage and distribution technologies for digital images.

MapDotNet is a trademark of ISC in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Virtual Earth, SQL Server, Silverlight and WPF are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. ESRI, ArcGIS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ESRI in the United States and/or other countries. LizardTech, MrSID and Express Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of LizardTech, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

For more information:

Benton Belcher, 850.893.6741 ext. 1023, benton.belcher@goisc.com

For more information on MapDotNet:

http://www.mapdotnet.com

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