Last Few ERDAS Desktop 2012 Development Weeks Deliver Solid Results

During the last few weeks the ERDAS Desktop software development teams have delivered solid results.

1. We have seen Point Cloud (LiDAR) display performance speed up significantly.
2. User feedback from the Hexagon 2012 Conference prompted refinement in the LiDAR Ribbon controls.
3. ERDAS IMAGINE’s Spatial Modeler providing real-time results from over 30 indices as well as pan sharpening.
4. Python is now running Spatial Modeler without launching ERDAS IMAGINE UI.
5. Asynchronous multi-threaded raster data delivery engine plugged into Spatial Modeler and into the 2D Viewer.
6. Began work placing the latest ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK into ERDAS IMAGINE, LPS, and ERDAS ER Mapper.
7. MosaicPro improvements improves how customers can handle mosaicking images with clouds. 

There are more, but I can’t talk about all of them. There are a lot of great things happening in Atlanta, Perth, Singapore and Hyderabad as we march towards the 2012 ERDAS Desktop Products release.

Oh yes, and did I tell you that ERDAS IMAGINE functions are being placed into GeoMedia? Yes... Vector coming into ERDAS IMAGINE and raster id going into GeoMedia. 

Finally, I had wanted to do some webinars on the LiDAR tools, but have decided to wait until we complete the changes gathered from user feedback at Hexagon 2012. I expect to do the webinars before too late in July.

Joel Campbell GIS Cafe Interview at Hexagon 2011

Did you miss Hexagon 2011? Make sure you plan on Hexagon 2012 June 4 - 7 in Las Vegas, NV, USA!

Here are some links to help you get an idea of what happened at Hexagon 2011 in Orlando.

GISCafe posted and interview with Joel Campbell, ERDAS' President, and Sanjay at Hexagon 2011. As a post conference note, in my opinion, ERDAS received a boost from meeting ERDAS customers, distributors and partners. Also, the interest in ERDAS technology from all the other Hexagon companies was also tremendous.

http://www10.giscafe.com/video/ERDAS-Joel-Campbell-President/35179/media.html

Watch Joel's interview read the other links on "The Field Guide" concerning Hexagon 2011, what is coming with the ERDAS - Intergraph synergy effort, and what is coming in ERDAS 2012 when I return from vacation.


Mladen Stojic discusses the synergy efforts and the new development projects ERDAS is currently working on, and showed at Hexagon 2011: http://www10.giscafe.com/video/ERDAS-Mladen-Stojic/35210/media.html


Ryan Hughes of Skygone has some interesting thoughts on how he believes Hexagon should approach addressing the software product (ERDAS-Intergraph) synergy effort in this article: http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1860109%20. His interview at Hexagon 2011 is found here: http://www10.giscafe.com/video/Skygone-Ryan-Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif-COO/35180/media.html.

Other Hexagon 2011 links:

Movie showing ERDAS IMAGINE Live Link with GeoMedia narrated by Paul.

3D the Way Forward for GIS Industry

The Future of Spatial Analysis Through Intergraph and ERDAS

Hexagon 2011 international Conference Attracts 2,500+ Attendees From 65 Countries

Hexagon 2011 Kicks Off with Game-Changing Vision for the Future

Field Report: Hexagon 2011 International Conference

Hexagon 2011 Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.206253446083641.50370.169045849804401&l=de2f88525b

ERDAS IMAGINE and GeoMedia, where are they going?

Over the last few months people have asked me what is going to happen with ERDAS IMAGINE and Intergraph's GeoMedia, two leading geospatial products under one roof. Ola Rollѐn sat down with Joe Francica this past January and at the end of the interview discussed this very point.

Basically Ola says, both products have been around a long time and have their own audiences and customers. He states Hexagon must be respectful of the two markets the products are serving. Longer-term, the GeoMedia and ERDAS IMAGINE products need to be able to speak and communicate one to another.

Here is the Joe Francica / Ola Rollѐn interview.

As the GIS market grows, there is a lot of room for growth for the old pioneers and the new arrivals. This because, the GIS pie is still growing. I believe the market is about positioned for a very big surge in growth. GIS companies can fight over the same piece of the pie, or companies can position themselves by improving and innovating, and grow as the whole GIS market pie grows.