TerraGo Vision Free Webinar: Discover, Integrate and Deliver Next Gen Location Intel On-Demand

Join TerraGo for a free webinar on Thursday, July 25, 2013 to experience how TerraGo Vision:

    - Empowers users to discover relevant information from any source
    - Integrates that information into location intelligence applications
    - Facilitates the delivery of these applications to provide timely situational awareness to anyone, anywhere,  on-demand

Register now to join TerraGo at 1:00 p.m. Eastern on July 25 and learn how the TerraGo Vision platform facilitates enhanced situational awareness, faster response times and improved decision making for defense and intelligence, emergency management, public safety, energy, natural resources and transportation organizations.

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TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS Version 5.6

TerraGo Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions and Esri Gold Tier partner, has released TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS version 5.6 for both desktop and server environments. TerraGo Publisher extends leading geospatial applications such as Esri ArcGIS to create highly portable, interactive TerraGo GeoPDF maps and imagery.

TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS version 5.6 offers significant enhancements and user benefits, including:

* Compatibility with Esri ArcGIS 10: Customers who have upgraded to ArcGIS 10 can now install TerraGo Publisher 5.6 to create, as well as import and view, GeoPDF maps and imagery.
* Advanced layer control: The new, advanced layer control in TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS enables GIS professionals to control layer order and select layers to include (or not include) within the GeoPDF export configuration. Once layers are selected they can also be "sealed" to simplify the output for the GeoPDF consumer.
* Easy options for ISO and OGC specifications: TerraGo Publisher offers a new feature for easily selecting ISO 32000 or Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications for publishing geospatial PDF.
* Internationalization: TerraGo Publisher now supports internationalization so that the application can be localized in languages other than English. TerraGo is working with strategic partner Hitachi Solutions to offer TerraGo Publisher in Japanese.

"TerraGo is a valuable Esri partner that we work closely with in our efforts to transform the way customers use geospatial intelligence," said Ann Jachim, partner manager at Esri. "TerraGo software and GeoPDF extend Esri ArcGIS 10 to offer a complementary way for mobile users in the field to access geospatial information, capture field data, and share their intelligence with other users."

TerraGo GeoPDF maps and imagery created from TerraGo Publisher are georeferenced versions of standard PDF files, serving as highly portable containers of mapping information, imagery and data from geospatial applications. Mobile users in the field who do not use GIS software and operate in disconnected environments use GeoPDF to exploit valuable geospatial intelligence.

With intuitive applications such as TerraGo Toolbar™ and TerraGo Mobile™, anyone, anywhere can personalize geospatial intelligence, collaborate with other mobile users, and round-trip field data back to the enterprise.

"TerraGo GeoPDF solutions that extend Esri ArcGIS 10 are mission-critical to Esri and TerraGo's joint government and commercial customers," said Jim Sheen, vice president of products and services at TerraGo. "Through working closely with strategic partners such as Esri, TerraGo is accelerating the development of joint solutions and ensuring continued, rapid delivery of innovative and intuitive capabilities for geospatial collaboration."

To upgrade to the latest versions of TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS or TerraGo Publisher for ArcGIS Server, please contact support(at)terragotech(dot)com. To purchase TerraGo Publisher, please contact sales(at)terragotech(dot)com. More information and free trial downloads are available at http://www.terragotech.com.

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TerraGo Technologies Achieves Record Growth, Expands Partnerships in 2010

TerraGo Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, achieved its strongest performance to date in 2010 - a year marked by double-digit growth in sales and revenue, customer and partnership expansion, new product innovation, and increased global recognition as the provider of choice for software that takes geospatial intelligence to the edge of the enterprise and back.

TerraGo grew its customer base to 250 federal government agencies, signed on its 900th TerraGo GeoPDF production customer, and surpassed its goal of 10,000 organizations using the TerraGo Toolbar™. TerraGo also achieved significant milestones with key strategic partners and new product enhancements, including the addition of 3D GeoPDF and "internationalized" language capabilities to its product portfolio. And, the company continued hiring leading industry talent, more than doubling its engineering staff.

"Overall 2010 was a year of significant growth and expansion for TerraGo," said Rick Cobb, president and CEO of TerraGo Technologies. "Plus we achieved break-even performance, and from an emerging technology company perspective, that's a milestone we're quite proud of. In addition, we forged some tremendous new partnerships around self-service GeoPDF map book creation and distribution, as well as dynamic field data collection and sharing."

In 2010, TerraGo and Hitachi formed a strategic partnership under which Hitachi became a development partner and master distributor of TerraGo software in Asia, as well as a strategic investor in the company. TerraGo also joined the new Esri Partner Network as a Gold Tier partner. This new level of partnership has allowed TerraGo to enhance sales, marketing, and development efforts shared by the two companies.

TerraGo has also been working closely with Adobe over the past several months to provide an upgrade path for Acrobat 9 Pro Extended customers who need to continue to author geospatial PDF files and perform advanced geospatial functions. Additionally, Adobe and TerraGo signed an agreement under which TerraGo is providing software engineering services in support of geospatial PDF consumption in Acrobat X and Reader X.

2010 was also a milestone year for TerraGo in that the company marked its fifth anniversary of its founding, as well as celebrated the one-year anniversary of being awarded a U.S. patent (#7,562,289) for methods and systems for encoding geographic coordinates and features in portable document format files.

"Over the past year we've witnessed a concerted effort to truly liberate enterprise-class geospatial data, with the geospatial market fully embracing the idea of empowering their mobile workers with more timely, relevant geospatial information," added Cobb. "If you can't put geospatial information to work, it never becomes real, actionable intelligence and organizations fail to fully realize the return on their geospatial investments."

For more information on TerraGo GeoPDF solutions, please contact sales(at)terragotech(dot)com or visit http://www.terragotech.com.

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TerraGo Mobile New Version - Now Available

TerraGo Technologies, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, has released a new version of TerraGo Mobile, which enables users to interact with GeoPDF maps on smartphones and ruggedized handheld mobile devices. With the ability to take highly portable, interactive maps that feature embedded geographic coordinates, imagery, and GIS data anywhere, users can access, collect and share information in any situation, then deliver current on -the -ground intelligence back to a central database. The latest version of TerraGo Mobile makes geospatial collaboration easy for everyone, with an enhanced user interface, improved export features, and expanded functionality for embedding multimedia at points on a map.

In contrast to high-end, complex portable GIS solutions, TerraGo Mobile is designed for users who are not GIS experts. Field personnel only need to be familiar with the Microsoft Windows interface and how to open a PDF file to be instantly productive. Users responding to a natural disaster, policing a high- profile event, researching a proposed roadway route, repairing powerlines, or operating on a military mission can navigate with TerraGo Mobile as well as complete forms, measure distances and add comments, audio, photos, and video to maps and imagery.

Information users collect in the field with TerraGo Mobile can be shared with other mobile or desktop users in a workgroup or returned to a central GIS or ERP system by e-mail, file transfer protocol, or other means to create a real-time, user-enhanced common operating picture. Not only is TerraGo Mobile effective at exchanging data with GIS systems such as ESRI ArcGIS software, but it also interoperates with applications such as Google Earth™ via KML files and other file formats.

“Government and business organizations increasingly look to unlock GIS information and get it into the hands of mobile users to enable them to improve productivity and make better decisions with greater intelligence,” said Chris Watson, VP of marketing and business development for TerraGo. “TerraGo Mobile extends the reach of GIS several steps further by completing the collaboration cycle and including all users, even those operating beyond the edge of the network.”

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TerraGo Composer, now available

TerraGo Technologies, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, announced today the general availability of its TerraGo Composer version 5 software. The new solution gives organizations the power to easily create, edit and dynamically update digital maps, images and map books leveraging Adobe Acrobat.

"As the demand for greater access to real-time geospatial intelligence continues to increase, organizations struggle to provide portable, actionable data that can serve as the basis for geospatial collaboration," said Chris Watson, VP of Marketing and Business Development for TerraGo Technologies. "Designed in conjunction with several of our strategic customers, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), this new release provides organizations the ability to dynamically and automatically update field resources with real-time geospatial intelligence to help improve decision making in the field."

Additional key enhancements available in the new version of TerraGo Composer include:

* More efficient map book updates: Users can now update single GeoPDF tiles in large digital map books without having to rebuild the entire map book, helping to improve the currency of their GIS data and giving users faster access to up-to-the-minute geospatial intelligence.

* Advanced geospatial data collection, editing and sharing: With the new GeoMark Editor feature, mobile/field workers can more easily make spatially tagged notes and comments or create links and attachments on a GeoPDF file. Within the GeoMark window, user attribute data can be included to assist GIS analysts in compliance and data management initiatives. When large volumes of field-collected data are sent in from multiple sources, GIS experts can use the new TerraGo Collaboration Package and TerraGo Composer to sort and present the data for sharing within Enterprise GIS systems.

* ISO/OGC support: Users can output both OGC and ISO 32000 geo-enabled PDFs, while maintaining the robust capabilities of the TerraGo GeoPDF. TerraGo version 5 solutions can now read and write GeoPDF files that adhere to either specification.

* Expanded coordinate system support: TerraGo now supports more than 3,200 coordinate systems and enables users to create custom coordinate systems to suite their specific needs.

TerraGo Composer is an enterprise software solution that enables customers to create unique geospatial applications, such as digital atlases and map books that integrate an organization's own business context and workflow. TerraGo Composer is currently being used by some of the world's leading organizations, including USDA Foreign Agricultural Services, FEMA, United States Army Geospatial Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Canadian Department of Defense, WBI Holdings, Lockheed Martin, FM Global Financial Services, and NE Utilities.

TerraGo Composer is also available for ESRI ArcGIS Server environments, as announced in February 2009. To learn more about TerraGo Composer, visit www.terragotech.com/composer.

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TerraGo Software to Embrace Proposed ISO 32000 Geospatial Extensions

TerraGo Technologies, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, announced today enhancements to its products that add support for the proposed geospatial extensions to ISO 32000. In related news, the specification for TerraGo’s original GeoPDF was recently approved by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as an OGC Best Practice. By adding support for the ISO 32000 extension, TerraGo customers can now create GeoPDFs that adhere to either specification.

“In keeping with our strategy, we are committed to giving our customers the ability to compose geospatial applications that leverage all types of geo-located information across their enterprise, no matter what the source or publication method,” said Rick Cobb, president and CEO of TerraGo Technologies. “With more than 700 organizations currently using our software to build libraries of geo-enabled PDF files that can be extended across TerraGo’s mobile, desktop and web environments, we remain focused on adding value to our customers’ GIS investments.”

The enhancements made to the TerraGo suite of software solutions, including the ability to read, write and roundtrip all geo-referenced PDF files, will be generally available this March. TerraGo software solutions enable geospatial collaboration for enterprises that rely on maps, images and other location-based information to make better decisions, respond faster and be more productive.

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TerraGo and BAE Systems Technologies announced collaborative agreement

TerraGo Technologies and BAE Systems, providers of geospatial collaboration software, announced today a collaborative agreement under which BAE Systems’ SOCET GXP v3.0 customers can now easily create, mark up and export geographically rich image data and maps to a GeoPDF file directly from the SOCET GXP workspace. In addition, customers can purchase the Map2PDF for SOCET GXP software module used to create GeoPDFs directly from BAE Systems.

“One of the biggest challenges our industry faces is the ability to efficiently provide access to critical geospatial information among non-GIS users in the field, where receiving large data files can be difficult,” said Dan London, vice president, Geospatial eXploitation Products for BAE Systems. “By providing a means to create GeoPDFs that can then be used for advanced collaboration in the field with virtually anyone, we are helping customers to extend the use and utility of their SOCET GXP investment.”

The TerraGo Map2PDF for SOCET GXP solution will allow for anyone with access to Adobe Reader to view, mark up, or configure geographic attributes (GeoMarks) contained in the image or map from a desktop computer. The PDF document maintains predominant features and coordinates, yet compresses the file to a size suitable for transmission via email, portable drive or shared network.

According to Rick Cobb, president and CEO of TerraGo Technologies, “We are pleased to join forces with BAE Systems as one of the recognized leaders in image and geospatial analysis software. Many of our joint defense and intelligence customers will now be able to more seamlessly share their geospatial assets with users in the field, regardless of their physical location and technology constraints.”

Government and commercial analysts use SOCET GXP to produce and deliver highly accurate mapping and intelligence data to the field for mission planning, disaster relief, land-use management, and transportation planning.

For more information, visit www.terragotech.com.

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TerraGo Mobile, released

TerraGo Technologies, a provider of software solutions that extend the access and application of geospatial data to professional consumers, today announced the release of TerraGo Mobile, the first geospatial mobile application designed specifically for non-GIS users. Compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 operating systems, the solution delivers interactive, intelligent maps and images in geo-enabled PDF format directly to personnel in the field, enabling them to collect and collaborate with geospatial data to respond faster, make better decisions and be more productive.

Initiated as a research and development project for In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the broader U.S. Intelligence Community, TerraGo Mobile is now generally available. TerraGo has experienced significant interest in the solution from other military and intelligence organizations, as well as those in the emergency response, utilities, oil/gas and natural resource management industries.

TerraGo Mobile allows non-GIS experts in the field to interact with and add intelligence (photos, video, audio, comments and completed forms) to geo-registered maps and images directly from their mobile device. This information can then be shared with other mobile or desktop users and sent back to the GIS department via email. In addition, TerraGo Mobile incorporates advanced GPS technology and integrates KML (Google Earth) files to create a more robust experience for all types of users. Field personnel need only know how to use the Windows interface and open a PDF to be instantly productive.

According to Chris Watson, vice president of marketing for TerraGo, “Providing our customers with the ability to meet the growing demand among their non-GIS users who need to access and collaborate with geospatial data is core to TerraGo’s mission. Extending our capabilities to the mobile platform was a natural progression for our software, as we make geospatial data accessible and valuable for virtually anyone, anywhere, anytime.”

Key Capabilities:

In addition to giving non-GIS users the ability to access and collaborate with geospatial data in the field, TerraGo Mobile gives GIS experts the ability to turn field personnel into electronic data collectors. This helps organizations collect a more robust set of real-time geospatial data, while creating an efficient business process of keeping geospatial data current. Key capabilities of the solution include:

* Access: TerraGo optimizes each file for performance prior to dissemination, making files that were once too large to distribute now portable. Multiple coordinate display systems are available, including Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), and can be changed on demand. Hotkeys make it easy for users to get the job done without having to learn complex GIS system interfaces.
* Navigate: Users can track positions using a GPS device, measure distances and areas between points, obtain coordinates of any point on the map, page through a multiple-page PDF file, as well as pan and zoom across a PDF file to a specific point or address.
* Capture Field Knowledge: Users can add stamps, photos, audio, video and forms to any specific point on a map or image.
* Leverage Email: The information captured from the field can then be shared with peers in the field or GIS analysts via email, Bluetooth or infrared.
* Collaborate Securely: TerraGo Mobile uses AES encryption for any data transmitted via Bluetooth and infrared.

TerraGo Mobile operates on mobile devices that have Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 or 6 operating systems. In addition, the system should have 128 MB RAM and 64 MB free device storage space.

For more information, visit www.terragotech.com/mobile.

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Map2PDF Professional for Acrobat

TerraGo Technologies, the visionary provider of tools, technology and know-how for building collaborative geospatial applications (GeoApps), today announced the release of Map2PDF Professional for Acrobat, version 4.1. On the heels of last week’s release of Map2PDF for ArcGIS 4.0, today’s announcement further demonstrates TerraGo’s commitment to helping organizations embrace multiple, disparate geospatial data sources for easy consumption by non-GIS users.

TerraGo’s Map2PDF Professional for Acrobat allows users to merge maps and images from various sources; integrate content and annotations; and configure functionality and workflows (GeoApps), such as digital mapbooks, using geo-enabled PDF files from TerraGo, Adobe, ESRI, and other sources. All GeoApps created with TerraGo solutions automatically provide access to the TerraGo Toolbar. Used by more than 250,000 professionals worldwide, the TerraGo Toolbar is the industry standard for the consumption of geospatial data in PDF format.

“Many of our customers have multiple data sources that need to be accessed for collaboration across their organization,” said Suzanne Henderson, vice president of engineering, TerraGo Technologies. “TerraGo is the only software provider that gives GIS experts and non-GIS users the ability to take multiple geo-enabled PDFs from any source and use them to collaborate effectively with their peers. As a result, our customers are able to increase productivity of their field workforce and make better decisions based on real-time data.”

This new release is currently available to new customers for purchase and to existing customers active on maintenance.

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TerraGo Technologies: Geospatial Alliance Agreement with Adobe

TerraGo Technologies, the visionary provider of tools, technology and know-how for building collaborative geospatial applications (GeoApps), announced today that it has signed an Alliance Agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated. As part of the agreement, Adobe will provide support for TerraGo’s GeoPDF in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 software. In addition, TerraGo will fully support consumption of geo-enabled PDF files from Adobe and other vendors, allowing customers to easily build and deliver GeoApps for use by anyone, anywhere, regardless of data format or application source.

“Our expanded relationship comes at an exciting time when the demand for geo-enabled PDFs and GeoApps is increasing significantly,” said Richard M. Cobb, president and CEO of TerraGo Technologies. “In working with a global leader such as Adobe, who provides the best platform for geospatial documents, we are confident customers will benefit greatly through the development of innovative new geospatial tools and technology. This alliance further demonstrates TerraGo’s commitment to providing collaborative solutions that meet the unique needs of geospatial data users who are often not GIS experts.”

“As long-time developers of solutions on the Acrobat platform, TerraGo has for several years delivered value to customers who need to consume geospatially-enabled documents in a widely available format,” said Rick Brown, director of Acrobat product management, Business Productivity Business Unit, Adobe. “With support for consuming GIS attributes in PDF now natively available in Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9, TerraGo’s solutions will be even more broadly accessed by existing and new customers alike.”

TerraGo, now a Gold Level Adobe Partner and Adobe LiveCycle reseller, expects to further expand its geospatially enabled offerings through close integration with the rich capabilities of the LiveCycle suite of server products.

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TerraGo’s Map2PDF

Headquarted in Finland, the leading Nordic Business Intelligence Solution provider, Affecto has purchased a number of Map2PDF licences.

Affecto’s Business Intelligence services allows their clients to integrate strategic targets with their business management. The implementation of Map2PDF will allow Affecto staff to present annual data to a number of Finnish media houses in the simple to understand GeoPDF format – a classic example of how Map2PDF is used to bridge the gap between GIS specialists and non-mapping experts.

TerraGo software allows both ESRI and Intergraph users to write GIS data to the GeoPDF format. Since Adobe’s PDF reader is pre-loaded onto so many computers, GeoPDF files allow anyone, irrespective of knowledge or experience of spatial data, to view and update this valuable information in a format they know and understand.
About TerraGo Technologies

TerraGo Technologies makes it simple to connect all kinds of users to geospatial mapping data. GeoPDF is the industry’s only geospatial data distribution and collaboration solution to leverage the ubiquitous Adobe portable document format breaking down technology barriers between geospatial professionals and the people who need access to geospatial data. Using Map2PDF, geospatial professionals are able to convert complex geospatial information into user friendly, interactive GeoPDF files with extensive embedded data and mapping features. Users leverage Adobe Reader to perform a variety of viewing and editing functions. Customers include government agencies, utilities and other private enterprises. For more information, visit www.terragotech.com.

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New Version of Map2PDF for GeoMedia

TerraGo Technologies, the leading provider of geospatial data distribution and collaboration solutions, and Intergraph Corp., the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software, today announced the release of Map2PDF for Intergraph's GeoMedia Professional 6.1, and support for international operating systems and character sets.

The new release of Map2PDF for GeoMedia adds more than 200 new datums and projections, as well as substantial support for European, Australian and African coordinate systems. This release also adds support for the Windows Vista(TM) operating system, non-English Microsoft Windows(R) operating systems, Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Distiller version 8 and CMYK color profiles.

Intergraph GeoMedia is one of the world's most widely used desktop geospatial solutions for accessing, displaying, analyzing, and presenting spatial data. The suite includes solutions for server, desktop, mobile and online applications and is used by businesses and governments in more than 60 countries.

"This latest version of Map2PDF for GeoMedia allows many more Intergraph customers worldwide to take advantage of the benefits of the GeoPDF format," says Vince Smith, Intergraph GeoMedia product manager. "Intergraph customers who employ Map2PDF are able to share geospatial data with just about anyone via GeoPDF files which enhances the overall value of their geospatial data investments."

GeoPDF is the only geospatial data distribution and collaboration format that leverages the Adobe portable document format (PDF), giving users powerful mapping functionality and capabilities via Adobe Reader which is already installed on hundreds of millions of computers worldwide. The support of CMYK color profiles gives users enhanced imaging capabilities and a realistic view of geospatial information.

"Adding additional language capabilities as well as more international projections and datums is a part of our overall strategy to expand the sales and distribution of TerraGo Technologies products worldwide," says Brian Soliday, TerraGo Technologies vice president of sales. "GeoMedia is used extensively around the world and we are happy to see Intergraph customers leveraging the GeoPDF format to extend comprehensive geospatial data to the broadest set of users."

About TerraGo Technologies

TerraGo Technologies makes it simple to connect all kinds of users to geospatial mapping data. GeoPDF is the industry's only geospatial data distribution and collaboration solution to leverage the ubiquitous Adobe portable document format breaking down technology barriers between geospatial professionals and the people who need access to geospatial data. Using Map2PDF, geospatial professionals are able to convert complex geospatial information into user friendly, interactive GeoPDF files with extensive embedded data and mapping features. Users leverage Adobe Reader to perform a variety of viewing and editing functions. Customers include government agencies, utilities and other private enterprises. For more information, visit www.terragotech.com.

About Intergraph Corp.

Intergraph Corp. is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.

Editors Note: TerraGo, the TerraGo Technologies logo, Map2PDF and GeoPDF are registered trademarks of TerraGo Technologies. Adobe, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are recognized as proprietary to their owners.

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