Visual Learning Systems (VLS) of Missoula Honored by ESRI

Visual Learning Systems, Inc. (VLS) http://www.featureanalyst.com is pleased to
announce its selection as New Partner of the Year by ESRI at the annual
Business Partner’s Conference in Palm Springs, California. The New Partner
of the Year award recognizes outstanding contributions to the GIS community
by ESRI Business Partners within the past three years. With over 1,400
business partners worldwide, ESRI honored VLS for its development of the
ArcGIS extension, Feature Analyst®, which is commonly referred to as the
“first feature extraction tool that actually works.”

“Visual Learning Systems has developed an important extension to ArcGIS,”
commented Pete Zubowicz, Business Development Manager, ESRI Northwest.

“Feature Analyst is an innovative software system that automatically
analyzes data from high-resolution remote sensing imagery. In recognition of
their extraordinary efforts, ESRI is pleased to award Visual Learning
Systems the 2003 New Business Partner of the Year.”

In 2002, Feature Analyst earned first place as the Most Innovative Solution
in ESRI’s ArcGIS Challenge Contest. Feature Analyst makes it easy to lift
geospatial information from digital imagery in a vector format. Feature
Analyst’s simple workflow, accuracy, and tight integration with ArcGIS
unlocks the rich content found within imagery for all GIS users.

In 2004,
VLS added over 4,000 licensed Feature Analyst users in the Defense and
Intelligence, Academic, Natural Resource, and Local Government markets.
“VLS is honored by this recognition from ESRI,” said VLS CEO David Opitz.
“In the past two years our business relationship with ESRI has grown
significantly and we expect that trend to continue. The VLS and ESRI synergy
promises to make a prominent and beneficial impact on the GIS industry.”

About VLS

Visual Learning Systems, Inc. (VLS) is a worldwide leader in designing
feature extraction and image understanding software and provides software
distribution, professional training, feature extraction services, and
customized programming. The VLS flagship software product Feature Analyst
is used worldwide for GIS database management and mapping applications
supporting Defense and Intelligence, Homeland Security, Local Government,
Forestry, Agriculture, Education, Transportation, and Environmental
projects. All 50 U.S. States, over 50 countries, and nearly 100
universities use Feature Analyst. Fitting within existing workflows,
Feature Analyst is an extension to ESRI’s ArcGIS suite, ERDAS IMAGINE®, and
coming soon SOCET SET®. The first annual Feature Analyst User’s Conference,
intended to be a meeting of the minds for feature extraction, is scheduled
for September 13-15 in Missoula, Montana. Download a free evaluation copy
of Feature Analyst at http://www.featureanalyst.com

ERDAS IMAGINE is a registered trademark of Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping,
LLC.

SOCET SET is a registered trademark of BAE Systems.
Feature Analyst is a registered trademark of Visual Learning Systems, INC.
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