JetStream-3D

Tokyo, Japan, June 22, 2005 - Alchemedia Inc, today announced the release of JetStream-3D a Location Based Service (LBS) service that supports the streaming of geospatial data through a standard web browser environment.

Leveraging industry standard Linux/Apache technology and built around web services, Java, XML and OpenGL technologies, JetStream-3D uses ortho-rectified aerial or satellite imagery overlaid on a digital elevation model (DEM). This data is then streamed to a robust and light-weight Java-based 3D viewer that operates inside of a standard web browser. The JetStream-3D viewer is controlled via a JavaScript enabled API allowing users to fly the globe and examine different resolutions of available data, overlaid with vector and 3D objects.

The target customer base is aerial and satellite image providers and solutions providers with access to content. By using the JetStream-3D platform, a client can upload ortho-rectified image data, choose a bandwidth delivery option and in a secure manner, allow streaming access to that data to distributed applications. The JetStream-3D platform automatically converts the uploaded ortho-rectified image data into a highly compressed and structured format optimized for streaming. Pre-processed DEMs are available for the USA (30m NED), Japan (50m GSI), and Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) coverage (90m CGIAR-CSI). In the future clients will be able to upload their own DEM data. After the imagery is processed, the client can then use the JetStream-3D API to further customize the 3D application. This environment provides the necessary building blocks for clients to on-sell secure 3D streaming access to their imagery.

"The real power of JetStream-3D is the flexibility of the LBS site. We have created a platform which allows our customers to more inexpensively and easily on-sell secure access to their geo-spatial data using the JetStream-3D platform," said Mark Korver, Alchemedia CEO. "The JetStream-3D platform is proving to be of great interest to geospatial data providers, various government agencies and public safety organizations in Japan, which already have a lot of data but do not have the capability to make that data easily and inexpensively available to their clients. JetStream-3D provides that solution."

The platform will allow clients to preview a small area of data before committing to a full upload including conversion and licensing of dedicated bandwidth.

More information about theJetStream-3D platform and a JS3D application demo is available at http://www.js3d.com

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About Alchemedia:
Founded in 1996, Alchemedia Inc. is a solutions provider, located in Tokyo Japan. Alchemedia specializes in custom web based business solutions for the real estate, financial and construction industries, with a technical emphasis on LBS and related spatial technologies. Alchemedia's multi-national staff is engaged in projects with a number of Japanese and international corporations.

Alchemedia Inc
Kimbun Bldg. 5F, 6-14-3 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN
TEL +81 (0)3 3560-5678 FAX +81 (0)3 3560-5679
Email: js3dinfo@alchemedia.jp
Company url: http://www.alchemedia.jp
JetStream-3D url: http://www.js3d.com