Earth Resource Mapping is pleased to announce that the free ECW plugin for the ArcGIS 8.1 family of products (ArcInfo 8.1, ArcView 8.1, ArcEditor 8.1, etc) is now available. This and many other ECW plugins can be downloaded from www.ermapper.com/downloads for free. The free ECW plugin for ArcGIS 8.1 enables you to view ECW images of any size. The plugin also includes the latest version of the free ECW Compressor enabling you to compress images up to 500MB in size. Larger images can be compressed using ER Mapper. The ECW plugin for ArcGIS offers numerous features: - Very fast viewing of compressed imagery. ECW is much faster than other large image compression formats. - Free 500MB (not 50MB) compressor - large enough to compress images of a usable size - for free. Use ER Mapper to seamlessly mosaic, color balance and compress even larger images. - Widespread acceptance - native support or free plugins for ECW is available for many popular GIS, CAD, office and imagery applications. Many data vendors also offer data directly in the ECW format. "There has been tremendous demand from ArcGIS users for this new ECW plugin, and we are delighted to have it completed and available for download. Over the years we have worked hard to offer the best possible support to ArcView 3.x users that need very large images," stated Stuart Nixon, CEO of Earth Resource Mapping. "We are very pleased to extend ECW support to the ArcGIS 8.1 family of software solutions." To download the free ECW plugin for ArcGIS 8.1, visit http://www.ermapper.com/downloads. There are two versions of the ECW plugin for ESRI products; one for ArcView 3.x, and this new plugin for the ArcGIS 8.1 family. 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. To learn more about ECW imagery and the entire suite of Earth Resource Mapping imagery solutions, visit http://www.ermapper.com and the home of the Image Web Server, http://www.EarthEtc.com. About Earth Resource Mapping Earth Resource Mapping is the world's leading image handling and integrated mapping software company, with a worldwide network of resellers. People in more than 120 countries use ER Mapper to prepare imagery, ECW to compress and use imagery, and the Image Web Server to serve imagery. ESRI, ArcGIS, ArcView, and ArcInfo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. This announcement of ECW plugins by Earth Resource Mapping for ESRI products does not imply an endorsement of the plugins by ESRI. ---------- Lee Such Director of Marketing Earth Resource Mapping http://www.ermapper.com http://www.earthetc.com ----------------------------------------------------------- To make changes to your subscription, please visit our website, http://www.ermapper.com/technicl/ermapperl/index.htm
