Increasingly, earth-based information is being used to drive decisions in large organizations responsible for environment protection.
By conforming with INSPIRE rules for establishing an “INfrastructure for SPatial Information in Europe,” software solutions ultimately serve the European Commission (EC) environmental policies. Land topography, land use and infrastructure, flood forecasting, or environment and health information layers do not stop at national borders, and interoperability requirements then encompass data transfer protocols, data harmonization rules, and security and rights management.
ERDAS maintains a strong commitment to international OGC/ISO standard bodies, and is engaging as a part of the INSPIRE Spatial Data Interest Community (SDIC) with other SDICs and Legally Mandated Organisations (LMOs), developing INSPIRE Data Specifications. Join us for this webinar to learn more about ERDAS' involvement in the INSPIRE initiative.
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There are a number of significant updates available in this half-year release. The major change is the addition of the eATE module to LPS. This allows high resolution terrain creation from stereo imagery. However, there are also a plethora of bug fixes, tweaks and enhancements across the board of IMAGINE, ER Mapper and LPS. Rather than repeat the good work done by ERDAS, why not have a look at the whole story in the pdf below.
This update should be released w/c 19th April 2010, and I’ll announce how to download it here when it is available.
Roll up, roll up for a fabulous competition. Have a look at the attached flier and see if you can decode the hidden message contained within it.
The prize is a fabulous Nintendo Wii and Guitar Hero. If you think you’ve cracked it, go to www.erdas.com/mystery and enter.
Be quick, entries end on March 30th 2010.
Dr. Mike Smith over at Kingston University has some interesting words and links:
Slashdot reported earlier this year on the FOSS4G web server benchmarking. The big news was that ESRI were taking part, but then pulled out. The hope was to get both ESRI and MapGuide in to the frame to see how they did. With the recently announced ERDAS 2010 released, Chris Tweedie over at ERDAS took it upon himself to run some benchmarks (also reported in Slashdot). The results certainly look impressive (up to twice as fast as Mapserver) which I guess is why they were happy to put the product forward. ESRIs silence is deafening....
Looking forward to the next FOSS4G shootout…
ERDAS announces LPS eATE, a new module for generating high-resolution terrain information from stereo imagery. The LPS eATE technology preview provides a sample of the new ERDAS terrain processing solution. ERDAS eATE will be formally released in 2010.
LPS eATE is an add-on module to LPS, an integrated suite of workflow-oriented photogrammetry software tools for production mapping, including the generation of digital terrain models, orthophoto production and 3D feature extraction. Automating precision measurement, maintaining accuracy and including flexible operations such as image mosaicking, LPS increases productivity while ensuring high accuracy.
Easily scalable, LPS eATE is an ideal solution for both small and large terrain generation jobs. LPS eATE utilizes the power of multi-core computer systems and supports parallel processing across a networked group of computers.
Providing an unparalleled environment for processing terrain data, LPS eATE can handle a wide range of data input, from satellite to airborne frame to digital pushbroom sensor. With modern airborne and satellite sensors achieving increasingly higher resolutions, LPS eATE maximizes this image resolution and generates high-density results. With terrain processing options, users have complete control over their results.
LPS eATE also includes tools for producing LAS point clouds. Increasing flexibility, LPS eATE supports the ability to visualize imagery in 3D by associating RGB values with terrain points in a LAS file. Additionally, the output point clouds can be classified and automatically filtered to remove undesired objects as an integrated part of the eATE process.
“Production mapping professionals are demanding experts who inherently understand what accuracy and reliability mean. With an increasing number of sensors delivering vast amounts of raw imagery every day, they need to rely on powerful tools that boost their productivity,” said Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President, Product Management & Marketing, ERDAS. “LPS eATE provides a set of tools to produce high-resolution terrain information from stereo imagery in a shorter timeframe.”
You can now download the latest version (released 7th December 2009) of all the ERDAS software from www.erdas.com.
All the new software requires new license codes – these will be backwardly compatible with previous versions using the ERDAS-Net licensing. Contact us to get your 2010 licenses.
Here’s a document describing the latest updates to the software.
When? Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 4pm GMT. Spaces are limited, so register now. 
Do you need to publish your spatial models to other users over the internet? During this webinar, we will seamlessly work through a local government’s dataset, showcasing the entire geoprocessing workflow. This webinar will illustrate how to author spatial data models in ERDAS IMAGINE, catalogue and serve these models as OGC WPS in ERDAS APOLLO and consume and use the WPS in the ERDAS TITAN client and other web applications.
ERDAS provides the most interoperable geoprocessing services in the industry. Users can run an entire model (such as change detection), completely contained within a single WPS process. The complexity of the algorithm stored under a single process is unique, enabling an end-user to create on demand line of sight, elevation change, image change detection and more.
During this webinar, you will have direct interaction with the presenter to ask questions. For more information about our upcoming webinars, please visit: www.erdas.com.
Great to see that Infoterra is concentrating on the really important things in life.
English wine gets help from space
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If you haven't already heard...ERDAS IMAGINE 2010 has a new user interface! This webinar introduces ERDAS IMAGINE 2010, highlighting the new user interface and other useful features.
Please join us for this webinar on Tuesday, November 3 at 3pm GMT
With many advanced software packages, functionality is buried in layers of menus, sub-menus, and sub-menu tabs. Tools continue to diversify, developing their own semantics, meandering onto their own path. Inspired by the Ribbon, a relatively new way of replacing menus and toolbars in software, ERDAS IMAGINE 2010 combines a heterogeneous set of applications in a simple, easy to use and easy to learn UI. Other useful features include the ability to have multiple views, visualize data in different modes; create custom workflows, allowing the development and packaging of specialized workflows; and a “Shoebox” data repository, enabling project teams to share datasets quickly.
During this webinar, you will have direct interaction with the presenter (Ian Anderson, Director of Remote Sensing at ERDAS) to ask questions. For more information about our upcoming webinars, please visit: www.erdas.com
