ITT announces a new image processing product for GIS professionals

Partnership with ESRI allows ITT to deliver high-performance image processing
and analysis solution integrated with the ArcGIS platform
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT), the developers of ENVI image processing and analysis
software, and ESRI, the leading provider of geographic information systems (GIS)
software, ArcGIS, today announced a strategic partnership to integrate their
respective software technologies. This integration delivers advanced,
high-performance image processing and analysis capabilities to the ArcGIS
platform and expands the distribution of these new technologies globally.

To launch this partnership, ITT introduced a new product, ENVI EX, a
high-performance image processing and analysis solution that is tightly
integrated with ArcGIS and designed specifically to meet the needs of GIS
professionals. As mapping and imagery-based applications continue to converge,
ENVI EX supplies the growing market`s need for image processing and analysis
solutions that are both easier to use and integrated with GIS workflows, and
provide the scientific accuracy needed for decision makers.

Based on ENVI, ITT`s premier image processing and analysis solution, ENVI EX now
provides ArcGIS users with the superior image analysis methods and algorithms
trusted by imagery professionals for years. The product`s easy-to-use interface
with intuitive processes guides users step by step through analyzing satellite
and airborne imagery and data across a wide range of imaging modalities.

The new workflows in ENVI EX provide automated processes for solving problems
that are common in GIS applications across a variety of industries. These
workflows include tying an image to its geographic coordinate for accuracy in
mapping, extracting features of interest from a large geographic area, detecting
change in a region by comparing different images, classifying land cover, and
finding anomalous features in an area.

The seamless integration between ENVI EX and ArcGIS allows GIS users to exchange
data and files from ArcGIS to ENVI EX easily with simple drag and drop methods
that preserve the style, symbology, vectors, and layer information from one
product to another. In addition, integration with ArcGIS into the existing ENVI
product line with the coming release of ENVI 4.7 brings workflow integration and
map generation capabilities to imagery professionals currently using ENVI
products.

"What ITT has achieved with ENVI EX is truly a breakthrough for the GIS
community," said Jack Dangermond, ESRI`s president. "ITT used its decades of
experience to deliver high-performance tools and workflows to the ArcGIS
platform that now let GIS professionals easily extract the important information
in imagery to build richer content for geodatabases. This tight integration with
ArcGIS marks the first step in our partnership with ITT. We look forward to
collaboratively building additional imagery solutions for the GIS community in
the years to come."

"The growing demand to incorporate geospatial awareness and information into
government, business, research and even daily life creates a natural marriage of
imagery and GIS-based applications," said Richard Cooke, president of ITT`s
Visual Information Solutions business. "As a result, remote sensing and GIS
workflows rapidly converge as analysts provide timely and accurate geospatial
information for critical decisions. Our partnership with ESRI allows us to
create the integrated software tools for the desktop and the enterprise that
analysts need to move quickly from image collection to analytical products."

For more information, visit ITT at the ESRI International User Conference in
Booth 813 or at www.ittvis.com/ENVI.

About ITT Corporation

ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company
operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids
management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a
heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary
solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety
and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company
generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion. www.itt.com.

About ESRI

ESRI leads the global geographic information system (GIS) software industry with
annual sales of more than $660 million. We provide powerful GIS solutions to
more than 300,000 clients in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Redlands,
California, ESRI has 10 regional offices in the United States; 80 international
distributors; and more than 2,000 business partners who provide applications,
data, and hardware that complement our technology.

Our clients create, visualize, manage, and analyze information with GIS to
quickly make effective decisions. They build and deploy complete GIS
applications wherever needed with ArcGIS, an integrated family of products for
use in desktops, servers, or custom applications; in the field; or over the Web.
Designed using industry standards and built with open (nonproprietary)
development tools, ArcGIS ensures interoperability.

ESRI's GIS technology solves today's problems and meets the challenges of
tomorrow. Look to us for solutions to unlock the spatial component of your
valuable data and see your organization's information from the geographic
perspective. www.esri.com

© 2009 ITT Visual Information Solutions

ITT Corporation
Lori Thompson, 303-402-4664
lthompson@ittvis.com

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