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SpatialNews Press Release
Laser-Scan and Earth Resource Mapping enter strategic alliance
url(s): http://www.ermapper.com
London and Cambridge, March 28, 2001 - Cambridge based Laser-Scan Ltd has added its weight of approval to the rise of ECW image
compression as the industry standard.
Earth Resource Mapping and Laser-Scan are pleased to announce that a Memorandum of
Understanding has been signed, which will allow both organizations to provide
sophisticated software integration to meet the needs of the converging futures of the GIS
and Remote Sensing industries.
Laser-Scan is an industry leader in object-oriented software for geospatial applications
and the new strategic alliance allows the incorporation of the groundbreaking abilities
of ECW (Enhanced Compressed Wavelet) compression into Laser-Scan’s GOTHIC family of
products.
The agreement allows both organizations to develop a range of services that combine
technologies and experience, providing the GIS and Remote Sensing market places with a
comprehensive set of imaging solutions.
The patented ECW compression technology, is fast becoming the spatial industry standard
for wavelet-based imagery compression. ECW provides up to 100:1 multiband compression at
speeds up to 50% faster than its closest competitor. The ECW format also provides viewing
that is 300% faster than any other wavelet-based compression format, thus adding the
ability to efficiently deal with gigabyte sized image files.
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