-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: ESRI Adds Support for JPEG2000 Compression to ArcGIS Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:52:25 -0400 From: Patrick McGlamery <[log in to unmask]> To: Collegues;This represents a move away from the very scary situation of having our image data in strict proprietary formats (SID and/or ECW). I let out a big sigh of relief when I saw this! I've been anticipating it for over a year and am glad to see the JP2 Open Architecture Standard finally embraced by ESRI.Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Walt Wiley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:55 PM To: Walt Wiley Subject: ESRI Adds Support for JPEG2000 Compression to ArcGIS Dear Colleague: I've important news to share with developers and end users of raster data: ESRI has recently posted an update for the ArcGIS 8.3 product which adds support for the display of georeferenced JPEG2000 imagery. Expected to be native in ArcGIS r.9, the patch for version 8.3 may be downloaded from: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=43&MetaID=579 Since the release of our GeoJP2 Encoder, the ISO/IEC JPEG2000 Standard Specification for Still Image Compression (15444) has gained rapid acceptance throughout the mapping community as an open standard-based alternative to proprietary image compression products. This most recent addition to the growing list of supported applications is verification that the .jp2 file format and our GeoJP2 approach to georeferencing and metadata are legitimate -- and -- powerful tools for the storage, display and management of high resolution imagery. It was through our partnership with Leica and ESRI that support for .jp2 data was developed. GeoJP2(tm) is the first standards-based image compression solution built specifically for the needs of the remote sensing and mapping community. GeoJP2 offers features including: - internal metadata and georeferencing tags (GeoTIFF)- optional internal user metadata- support for hyperspectral and multiband imagery (e.g., store all bands in a single file)- fully lossless and/or visually lossless compression- mosaicing- no per-MB charges- tremendous performance (15-20GB/hr) Additional information about Mapping Science, GeoJP2 and JPEG2000-based image encoding may be found at: http://www.mappingscience.com. Be sure to check out our new GeoJP2 Image Server(tm) scheduled for release in September: http://www.gcs-research.net/jp2imageviewer Best regards, Walt Wiley, President Mapping Science, Inc. 2525 221st Ave NE Sammamish, WA 98074 Tel. 425-868-8959 Fax 425-868-0509 www.mappingscience.com -------------------------------------------------------- This message is confidential and intended for the recipient only. Further distribution without permission of the author is prohibited. Copyright 2003, Mapping Science, Inc.