Norcross, Georgia , USA - September 23, 2008 - ERDAS announces ERDAS TITAN 2009, providing more flexibility to the industry’s most unique and powerful online network for sharing data. ERDAS TITAN 2009 provides true interoperability to leading geospatial solutions, including ERDAS IMAGINE®, ERDAS Image Web Server, ERDAS APOLLO and ArcGIS.

ERDAS TITAN is a permission-based tool for publishing, searching and retrieving geospatial information across organizations and end users. ERDAS TITAN Network participants include individual users as well as government and commercial data providers, GIS data clearinghouses, city/county and state/federal agencies, Defense, national mapping agencies and other organizations. ERDAS TITAN Network enables users and organizations to make their geospatial data available, while retaining digital ownership rights. ERDAS TITAN provides access to unlimited public and private data resources and enables consumption in a variety of desktop, Internet and 3D virtual globe applications. Utilizing an instant messenger, users can communicate and collaborate within the network.

ERDAS TITAN 2009 extends the TITAN experience into additional geospatial applications, allowing users to browse and load shared data directly within ERDAS IMAGINE and ArcGIS. An SDK is also provided to support embedding the IM experience into other geospatial applications as well. Data format support is extended for a select set of ERDAS IMAGINE raster formats and sensor models, available when ERDAS IMAGINE 9.3 is installed on the same machine. Support has been added for querying a catalog and accessing layers made available as web services in ERDAS APOLLO. Appropriate for a global audience, the ERDAS TITAN Client is now localized for some languages, with a Translator Tool for any language.

“ERDAS TITAN 2009 provides additional support for sharing data with users and communities,” said Mladen Stojic , Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, ERDAS. “Seamlessly connecting to ERDAS IMAGINE, ERDAS Image Web Server, ERDAS APOLLO and ArcGIS, ERDAS TITAN combines unique data sharing capabilities with the industry’s most powerful solutions.”

For more information about ERDAS TITAN 2009 and the ERDAS TITAN Network, or to download the free ERDAS TITAN Client, please visit: www.erdas.com/titan. In addition, ERDAS is offering Four Seconds to Save the World, a free webinar highlighting ERDAS TITAN 2009 on Thursday, September 25. To register or find out more, please visit http://www.erdas.com/erdasCompanyWebinars.aspx?CURRENTID=59.

To learn more about ERDAS, 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.


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