Earth Resource Mapping Press Release Web Master Earth Resource Mapping ===== Global Mapper Adds ECW Support
Perth, Western Australia - March 2002 Earth Resource Mapping is pleased to announce Global Mapper has added Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) support to their latest core software product Global Mapper v4.44. Global Mapper v4.44 allows users to load, view and interpret ECW format data both from local files and directly from Earth Resource Mapping's image delivery solution Image Web Server. ECW technology uses a wavelet based compression method to achieve extremely high compression ratios for raster imagery. Global Mapper is an inventive mapping product that allows users to view, merge, and export a large variety of vector, raster, and elevation data sets. Michael Childs, President of Global Mapper said, "We are excited by the possibilities that come with supporting the ECW format in Global Mapper. The ability to have a massive amount of data available at your fingertips by loading data from Image Web Server is absolutely amazing and incredibly useful." You can download a feature-limited free copy of Global Mapper from: www.globalmapper.com For further information please contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] About Earth Resource Mapping Earth Resource Mapping is the world's leading image handling and integrated mapping software company. Clients 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 over the Internet. About Global Mapper Global Mapper Software is the producer of the Global Mapper software package. Global Mapper's ease of use and power feature set is revolutionizing the way that mapping data is used around the world. ----------------------------------------------------------- To make changes to your subscription, please visit our website, http://www.ermapper.com/technicl/ermapperl/index.htm
