Guys:
What do you make of the following?
I know you guys have delved deeper into this than I.
Could this software be a competing product?
Or does this news indicate an opportunity for additional scanner sales in the Library systems.
We do know that the SCNG has "work in progress" at the Library of Congress. And this announcement mentions the opening of "On-Line Map Archive" there on June 9th. And that this is a componet of the "National Digital Library."
So, what's the connection?
At any rate, the Library of Congress is making digital map images available for the first time on June 9th.
That should focus interest on this little company of ours.
Jerry
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LizardTech's MrSID Makes Access to Large Digital Images a Reality
SEATTLE, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based LizardTech, a successful
spin out from Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced the release of its
Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) technology. The product is
premiering at the US Library of Congress opening of its On-Line Map Archive, a
component of the National Digital Library on Monday, June 9th 1997 at
10:30 am. The event is hosted by US Senator Pete Domenici (R,NM). The LOC is
making its map archives publicly available for the first time using MrSID.
Other initial users include the US Geological Survey and San Diego Data
Processing Corporation.
LizardTech specializes in providing next generation image processing
software for a variety of markets including mapping/GIS, document management,
medical and Internet-based delivery of imagery. The company has an exclusive
commercial license for MrSID, originally developed at Los Alamos National
Laboratory by the same team that wrote the FBI standard for reducing the
storage requirements of digital images of fingerprints.
LizardTech is a private company focused on publishing innovative software
that allows users of all levels easy access to digital images and multimedia
content. LizardTech is based in Seattle, Washington.
LizardTech, 911 East Pike, Suite 231, Seattle, WA 98122
Voice: 206-320-9969/Fax: 206-320-0989
URL lizardtech.com
press@lizardtech |
