July 23, 2008

New ArcGIS Extension from ITT Visual Information Solutions and ESRI Supports NITF

Enables Reading and Writing of NITF Data within the ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 Environment

Redlands, California/Boulder, Colorado—ITT Visual Information Solutions today released NITF for ArcGIS, a National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) extension for ESRI's ArcGIS platform.

NITF for ArcGIS seamlessly integrates with ArcGIS Desktop 9.3, ESRI's latest software release, to provide users with a proven solution for accessing and creating NITF data, a common data format used by federal, defense, and intelligence agencies. The new extension permits geospatial imagery analysts to read and write NITF data within the ArcGIS environment.

The extension also allows analysts to create data products that comply with the NITF specifications and improve the efficiency and timeliness of their workflow. NITF for ArcGIS was tested for compliance by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and has been registered for certification at complexity level 7 for NITF 2.1 and complexity level 6 for NITF 2.0 (the highest level for both formats).

"Both ESRI and ITT recognize the need to advance the interoperability of enterprise software tools to improve geospatial and imagery analyst workflows," said Richard Cooke, president and chief operating officer, ITT Visual Information Solutions. "The seamless integration of ITT's NITF tools into ESRI's world-class GIS [geographic information system] platform will simplify analyst workflows, reduce the time to read and write NITF data, and improve the production of time-critical geospatial analysis."

ITT Visual Information Solutions has extensive experience developing NITF products to support its premier image processing platform, ENVI, which is used extensively in the defense and intelligence communities. The ENVI NITF Module has been tested by the JITC and is compliant. The module is also the tool of choice for many government agencies and corporations using geospatial imagery today.

"Teaming with a proven leader like ITT Visual Information Solutions in developing this extension for the ArcGIS platform was a perfect solution to extend our users' imagery capability," said Jack Dangermond, ESRI's president. "ITT's extension complements ESRI's already interoperable standards-driven platform and provides users in the intelligence community, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security with a certified NITF implementation."

For more information about NITF for ArcGIS, visit www.ittvis.com/NITFArcGIS or e-mail nitf@esri.com. To learn more about ESRI, visit www.esri.com. For additional information about ITT Visual Information Solutions, visit www.ittvis.com.

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About ITT Visual Information Solutions
ITT Visual Information Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, (NYSE: ITT), provides integrated software solutions that help scientists, engineers, researchers, and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. The company's 150,000 customers from more than 80 countries use IDL, ENVI, and IAS to analyze data and imagery and deploy imaging applications. ITT Visual Information Solutions' products are used in a variety of industries including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace, defense and intelligence, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration, and biotechnology. Combined with a host of support services including training, consulting, and technical support, ITT Visual Information Solutions offers the most complete data visualization, image analysis, and image delivery solutions available. For more information, visit http://www.ittvis.com.

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