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Black Coral and IDELIX support Tsunami relief efforts

IDELIX and RSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Industries, will be showcasing Pliable Display Technology (PDT)-enhanced Rapid and Mobile Access Image Viewers at this year's Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID). The PDT-enabled RAIV and MAIV viewers are a part of the Image Access Solutions (IAS) server-client architecture developed by RSI. Combined with JPEG 2000 wavelet compression capabilities, this robust server-client architecture provides the delivery, compression, storage and visualization of large, high-resolution geospatial images in seconds, even with limited bandwidth.

Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the PDT lensing interface by IDELIX was incorporated into the IAS viewers to introduce advanced "focus+context" visualization and data streaming capabilities that will enhance situational awareness, and speed up the exploitation and dissemination processes. Warfighters, tactical analysts, and first responders can download a low resolution version of an image from the server to their viewer, then use PDT to select and stream higher resolution detail through the lens for a selected region of interest, maintaining a visual connection to the rest of the contextual surroundings. As a result, PDT reduces bandwidth requirement, provides more efficient navigation, and controls access to relevant information.

CWID is the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's annual event that enables the international defense and intelligence communities to investigate command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions that focus on relevant and timely objectives for enhancing coalition interoperability. The demonstration will take place throughout the month of June at a variety of sites located in Canada, the US, the UK, Europe, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Companies will showcase their latest trial technologies and how these technologies can work together to solve defense related scenarios. These technologies can then be moved into operational use within 6-12 months following the execution period.

See the Media Release for more information on RAIV and MAIV.

Thanks to our newest partner, SponduLinx, IDELIX products and services, such as the C++ and Java PDT Software Development Kits, can now be purchased through the SponduLinx GSA schedule. Based in Colorado, SponduLinx is a woman-owned small business dedicated to providing innovative digital technology solutions to businesses. President and CEO (Former), CAE Inc.

IDELIX is preparing to push beyond Imagery Intelligence and into new markets such as CAD, digital imaging, modeling and simulation with the help and advice of Derek Burney. Formerly the President and CEO of CAE, Mr. Burney has also served as Canada's Ambassador to the United States and as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister. Mr. Burney's wealth of experience is an invaluable asset in the development of IDELIX's market-expansion strategy.

"Pliable Display Technology (PDT) has already enhanced the visualization of analysts, warfighters and first responders through its integration into various defense and intelligence software solutions. This intuitive user interface will play an important role in CAD, modeling and simulation applications as the efficiencies gained by its integration can significantly reduce training times and the time required to deploy systems."

- Derek Burney

Read the full media release

Senior Advisor, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Garrett's extensive experience and knowledge of the intelligence community will be a great asset to IDELIX as the company makes further advances into this market. Currently a Senior Advisor within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Enterprise (IT) and InnoVision (R&D) Directorates, Mr. Garrett has played an active role in various applied technology and R&D programs within the NGA. The strategic direction of IDELIX will be strengthened with the addition of this Intelligence Community Award winner.

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Taken from the Power of Unity article published in GEO:connexion, March 2005

The carnage created by the December 26 tsunami disaster has been the catalyst for world aid that has rarely, if ever, been encountered before. Countries such as the United States, Canada, and the UK are all carefully coordinating their responses to the crisis in South and Southeast Asia to ensure that their efforts be effective and efficient.

To help meet this objective, Black Coral has donated Black Coral LIVE, a new PDT-enhanced technology solution aimed at providing a unified system of geospatial and imagery intelligence data sharing. Using the Groove network, Black Coral LIVE enables the various role players and agencies that make up the disaster relief community to collaboratively take advantage of data gathered from various sources.

"Black Coral LIVE is a great example of technology collaboration being driven by real problems that are hindering the capabilities of the disaster relief responders right now," says Stacy Gorkoff, Director of Marketing for IDELIX. "It's all about sharing...and it's great to see innovative companies such as Black Coral, Groove and IDELIX step up to the challenge and work together to present timely solutions that go beyond the existing legacy system capabilities and that directly affect the interoperability of the community."

To apply for a trial license of Black Coral LIVE to support your organization's tsunami relief efforts visit: www.blackcoral.net.

See the March issue of GEO:connexion for the full Power of Unity article.

See how PDT functionality can be extended beyond still-imagery to motion-imagery such as UAV fly-through sensor data and surveillance video footage.

Download the video [AVI, 13.6mb]

Fuse multiple data layers with the aid of PDT. Help identify damage and plan disaster response with greater efficiency and accuracy. Analysts can view "before and after" data layers and quickly transmit important imagery data to relief agents on the ground and around the world.

Download the video [AVI, 3.6mb]

The latest PDT Software Development Kit (SDK) release is coming late Spring 2005 and more control and customizable visualization is included. A key addition to this release is a new, simplified, lens interface — Modular Design Lens Control 2 (MDLC2).

"MDLC2 is an example of our determination to continuously improve the experience of both users of the PDT SDK, and users of resulting software systems," says Garth Shoemaker, IDELIX Director of Research. "From a developer's perspective, the structure of MDLC2 has been greatly simplified and more tightly integrated with our cross-platform rendering system. More importantly, from an end user's perspective, the graphical presentation of the controls has been simplified, further minimizing unnecessary clutter that impedes data analysis."

The Line Focus Lens is another innovation in version 3.2. Line Focus Lenses will allow the user to modify the shape of the lens in real time, with simple controls for elongating and widening the focal region. This lens will be particularly effective for users performing path-following tasks on areas such as coasts, rivers and boarders.

The latest SDK will include all the functionality of 3.1, such as focus+context magnification, editing through a lens, single and multiple lens capabilities, real-time lens controls and more. In addition, PDT Flexible Interfaces (fi) allows developers to integrate PDT using .NET (including C# or any language supporting the .NET framework) or COM.

For more information on the PDT SDK, contact info@idelix.com.

To purchase an SDK:

1) Join the IDELIX Developer Partner Program. You can purchase a Pliable Display Technology Software Development Kit directly from IDELIX. Contact us at partners@idelix.com, or fill out our online application.

2) Purchase directly through the following list of federal government contracts:

• GSA Schedule
• NASA's SEWPIII Contract

IDELIX invites you to visit CANSEC Booth #95 at the Ottawa Convention Centre, April 14th and 15th, to discover how Pliable Display Technology (PDT) can advance existing user interfaces and data fusion techniques available in software products today. Get a "hands-on" PDT demonstration on the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories DiamondTouch Table, a multi-user, multi-touch device that allows you and your colleagues to collaboratively work with and share geospatial and imagery intelligence data.

The latest integration efforts of RSI, wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Space Industries (Image Access Solutions client-server architecture), Paragon Imaging (ELT 5500) and Black Coral Inc. (Black Coral LIVE) will also be showcased to demonstrate how PDT can improve:

• Change Detection
• Battle Damage Assessment
• Situational Awareness in the Battlefield
• Tactical Communication and Collaboration
• Targeting via Forward Observation for Artillery
• Feature Extraction

For more information on IDELIX at CANSEC, or to schedule an appointment for your own personal demonstration, contact Brad Zaytsoff, Marketing & Communications Manager at bzaytsoff@idelix.com

IDELIX team members Mike Doyle and Jamie Chong recently traveled to Mexico City for the North American Climbing Championships. The competition was comprised of three events: Bouldering — climbing short powerful routes without a rope; Speed — climbing roped routes of moderate difficulty quickly; and Difficulty — climbing the hardest roped routes. Competing against some of the continent's top climbers as well as each other, Chong and Doyle both brought medals home, with Jamie placing 3rd in Bouldering and Mike, 2nd in Difficulty. Both were pleased with the results and celebrated by bashing piņatas and dancing to the local mariachi band.

Date	Event	Location	Contact
April 4-7	21st National Space Symposium	Colorado Springs, Colorado	ali@idelix.com
April 7	ESRI Defense and Emergency Management Conference	Ottawa, Ontario	bzaytsoff@idelix.com
April 14-15	CANSEC 2005, Booth #95	Ottawa, Ontario	bzaytsoff@idelix.com

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