Boulder, CO – August 15, 2007 – ITT Visual Information Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, (NYSE: ITT), announced the release of IDL 6.4 software, the latest version of its premier data visualization and analysis environment. IDL 6.4 delivers new functionality and enhancements that provide modern, flexible access to data, powerful visualization capabilities, and advanced presentation functionality.
IDL 6.4 provides new data transfer utilities that improve the ability for users to quickly and easily access a wide variety of data. With IDL 6.4, IDL users can receive data from remote servers and write data files to a disk at a remote location using the most common protocols, such as HTTP and FTP. In addition, IDL 6.4 introduces support that allows IDL users to query and retrieve remote data from Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) geodatabases directly from within IDL.
Other featured IDL 6.4 functionality includes enhanced visualization and presentation capabilities. IDL now expands the ability to access the power of modern graphics cards with support for the OpenGL Shading Language, which off-loads computationally intensive image processing operations to a graphics card and dramatically increases rendering speeds. The release also includes several advancements to the IDL image processing engine, such as color mapping functions, new edge detection filters, noise functions, and GIF support for transparency and animations, as well as improvements to iTools – the set of interactive utilities that combine data analysis and visualization with presentation-quality graphics.
“The means by which people access, retrieve, transfer, and analyze their data is rapidly changing and evolving,” said IDL Product Manager Bill Okubo. “Continuing to provide IDL users with modern, advanced data access, analysis, and visualization capabilities was a top priority for IDL 6.4, and will remain important for future releases.”
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About ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation (www.itt.com) supplies advanced technology products and services in several growth markets. ITT is a global leader in the transport, treatment and control of water, wastewater and other fluids. The company plays a vital role in international security through its defense communications and electronics products; space surveillance and intelligence systems; and advanced engineering and related services. It also serves the growing leisure marine and electrical connectors markets with a wide range of products. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated $7.8 billion in 2006 sales. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Corporation stock is traded on the Euronext and Frankfurt exchanges. For free B-roll/video content and logo about ITT Corporation, please log onto www.thenewsmarket.com/ITT to preview and request video. You can receive broadcast-standard video quality digitally or by tape from this site. Registration and video are free to the media.
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 www.ittvis.com.
