ERDAS Highlighting New Product Releases at INTERGEO

Norcross, GA — ERDAS, the Earth to Business Company, will preview its 2009 annual release at INTERGEO, September 30 – October 2, 2008 at the Congress Center Bremen in Bremen, Germany.

ERDAS is exhibiting in Hall 5 Booth 5.518 as part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden. Attendees will be able to see new products, as well as the latest versions of existing ERDAS solutions. ERDAS is highlighting ERDAS IMAGINE 9.3, LPS 9.3, IMAGINE Objective, ERDAS APOLLO 2009, ERDAS TITAN 2009 and ERDAS Image Web Server. On October 2 at 2 p.m., Thomas Bayer, Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, ERDAS, will present “ERDAS APOLLO – The New Geospatial Business System” in the Focus Park, International Forum.

ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS are the industry’s leading and most complete collection of software tools designed to manipulate, process and understand imagery and streamline numerous photogrammetry processes. IMAGINE Objective is a new tool providing object-based multi-scale image classification and feature extraction capabilities for building and maintaining accurate geospatial content.

ERDAS APOLLO 2009 is a new generation Geospatial Business System that eliminates the walls between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, extending geospatial data to business applications throughout an organization. ERDAS APOLLO solves the business problems associated with managing and serving large volumes of geospatial data located and distributed across an organization. ERDAS APOLLO simplifies the utilization of vector, raster and terrain data. Supporting numerous geospatial data formats, ERDAS APOLLO seamlessly integrates with existing GIS environments and business applications. ERDAS APOLLO leverages existing business systems, including the Oracle database for persisting intelligent metadata and application specific information. 

ERDAS TITAN 2009 is a data sharing tool for publishing, searching and retrieving geospatial information across organizations and end users. ERDAS Image Web Server is the fastest image server on the planet, simplifying the process of delivering and consuming data.

“INTERGEO is a very significant event, gathering the latest technological advancements in geospatial information and highlighting implementations across vertical markets,” said Thomas Bayer. “We are excited to be represented with the other areas of Hexagon, as well as highlight our comprehensive portfolio of solutions for authoring, managing, connecting and delivering geospatial information.”

INTERGEO is the world’s largest event and communication platform for geodesy, geoinformation and land management. The trade fair and conference cover all the key trends that crop up along the entire value-added chain – from geo-based information surveys and data processing to integrated applications. For more information about INTERGEO, please visit http://www.intergeo.de/2008_en/englisch/index.php.

The ERDAS annualized release will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.

For more information about ERDAS or its products and services, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 877 GO ERDAS, 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. 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 +1 877 GO ERDAS, or visit www.erdas.com.