On February 12, 2004, Lizardtech Inc. has officially announced they have obtained the assets of Mapping Science, Inc. This action is the result of a settlement in LizardTech's ongoing lawsuit for claims against Mapping Science for misappropriation of trade secrets. The result - Mapping Science has ceased operations and LizardTech will now support all Mapping Science customers going forward.
(A GISuser feature) The "skinny" on the suit. LizardTech entered into litigation as a result of six former LizardTech employees who founded Mapping Science. the findings of the settlement established that there existed a misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of NDA's the employees had with LizardTech. Mapping Science will cease to exist as a company and all of its assets will be turned over to LizardTech. During the transition it is expected that some MS employees will be retained as consultants by LizardTech in order to facilitate a "smooth" transition and to continue supporting customers that may be affected. Documentation (such as the GeoJP2TM file specification) and other material that may have been previously available for download/access via Mapping Science's website may not be available in the short-term, however, information can be obtained by contacting
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Developers and software vendors will be pleased to know that LizardTech is currently working on a software development kit that will enable support for MrSID® and JPEG 2000, within a single SDK... stay tuned!
According to the offical announcement released by LizardTech, "Mapping Science customers will be transitioned to LizardTech for customer service and technical support questions and will continue to receive support for their existing products. Mapping Science customers will receive a letter detailing how support can be obtained from LizardTech and how to reach their LizardTech representative."
Some information abou GeoJPG
GeoJP2™ converts georeferenced image files to the newly standardized .jp2 format without compromising image quality or pixel placement. And without World files! Features of this powerful tool include:
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On February 12, 2004, Lizardtech Inc. has officially announced they have obtained the assets of Mapping Science, Inc. This action is the result of a settlement in LizardTech's ongoing lawsuit for claims against Mapping Science for misappropriation of trade secrets. The result - Mapping Science has ceased operations and LizardTech will now support all Mapping Science customers going forward.
(A GISuser feature) The "skinny" on the suit. LizardTech entered into litigation as a result of six former LizardTech employees who founded Mapping Science. the findings of the settlement established that there existed a misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of NDA's the employees had with LizardTech. Mapping Science will cease to exist as a company and all of its assets will be turned over to LizardTech. During the transition it is expected that some MS employees will be retained as consultants by LizardTech in order to facilitate a "smooth" transition and to continue supporting customers that may be affected. Documentation (such as the GeoJP2TM file specification) and other material that may have been previously available for download/access via Mapping Science's website may not be available in the short-term, however, information can be obtained by contacting
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Developers and software vendors will be pleased to know that LizardTech is currently working on a software development kit that will enable support for MrSID® and JPEG 2000, within a single SDK... stay tuned! 
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