August 22, 2008 -- Norcross, GA —ERDAS announces its participation at Map Africa, August 25-26, 2008 at Cape Town Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.

Exhibiting in booth #1, ERDAS is showcasing ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS, the industry’s leading and most complete collection of software tools designed to manipulate, process and understand imagery and streamline numerous photogrammetry processes. In addition, ERDAS is also highlighting IMAGINE Objective, a tool providing object-based multi-scale image classification and feature extraction capabilities for building and maintaining accurate geospatial content. ERDAS is also featuring Stereo Analyst® for ArcGIS and the recently announced ERDAS APOLLO.

“Africa’s geospatial information needs continue to increase at an unprecedented rate, making Map Africa an important event for industries and government organizations throughout the continent,” said Thomas Bayer, Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, ERDAS. “ERDAS provides a complete portfolio of solutions, including Geospatial Business Systems for integrating geographic data and business information, meeting a broad range of user and organization needs.”

Map Africa facilitates interaction, discussion, and collaboration, providing a platform to share the latest developments in the field, promoting products and services. Participants include top decision makers from government and private sectors, as well as prospective users, academicians, vendors, policy makers and representatives of various international organizations promoting the cause of this technology. For more information about Map Africa, please visit http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/.

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.

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