ERDAS Increases Presence in Washington, D.C. Area

Norcross, GA — ERDAS announces that it will have an increased presence in the Washington, D.C. area, opening a new office in Alexandria, Virginia on April 7, 2008. This new location allows ERDAS to better support users in the greater Washington, D.C. area, and provides a convenient site for the company to equip organizations and agencies to leverage geospatial information.
ERDAS is known for developing the most advanced geospatial technology and delivering reliable customer service and support worldwide. ERDAS’ product portfolio encompasses the entire geospatial information lifecycle of authoring, managing, connecting and delivering integrated business data.

The new, larger ERDAS facility will be minutes away from the company’s former office. ERDAS opened its first Washington area office on Shawnee Road in 1995.   The new Alexandria office includes extensive training infrastructure, demonstration facilities, defense and civilian solution teams, a wide variety of geospatial analysis professionals and defense and civilian sales representatives.

“The new Alexandria office allows us to increase the services we can provide to our vast array of public and private sector customers in the Washington, D.C. area,” said Bob Morris, President & CEO, ERDAS, Inc. “Building on our rich history and expertise in geospatial imaging, ERDAS is now a global leader in the broader geospatial information market, providing localization and customization to meet individual customer needs.”

“ERDAS has an extensive customer base in the Washington metropolitan area,” said Christopher Tucker, Senior Vice President, Americas & National Programs, ERDAS, Inc. “Our new facility will allow us to provide our loyal customers with the full range of training, support, solutions and community that they have been asking for.  We at ERDAS are excited by the opportunity to better serve the dynamic and growing geospatial business community in the DC area”.

ERDAS’ new Alexandria office is located at 5971 Kingstowne Village Parkway, Suite 110, Alexandria, VA, 22315. The local phone number for this office is 703-354-7415.

For more information about ERDAS, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.erdas.com.

About ERDAS
ERDAS – The Earth to Business Company – helps organizations harness the information of the changing earth for greater advantage. ERDAS creates geospatial business systems that transform our earth’s data into business information, enabling individuals, businesses and public agencies to quickly access, manage, process and share that information from anywhere. Using secure geospatial information, ERDAS solutions improve employee, customer and partner visibility to information, enabling them to respond faster and collaborate better. It also means better decision-making, increased productivity and new revenue streams. Welcome to ERDAS: a trusted name, with a new energy, and a new vision. Earth to business starts here. ERDAS is a part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden. For more information about ERDAS or its products and services, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.erdas.com.