On January 14, 1993, the Galeras Volcano unexpectedly erupted, killing six scientists and three tourists on an expedition to its summit. Since then, the volcano has errupted again in 2005 and 2008. Volcanic hazard maps used with remote sensing data and digital elevation models are effective in helping people responsible for the public welfare of communities exposed to volcanic risk explain volcanic hazardous situations.
Read More

Recently, Amnesty International launched Eyes on Darfur (www.eyesondarfur.org), an innovative and powerful website utilizing photographs and high-resolution satellite imagery to communicate the crisis in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The satellite images, processed and classified by ERDAS IMAGINE, track human rights violations before and after reported attacks, highlighting changes in houses and vegetation in villages throughout the region.
Read More

In 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia went down in disaster over eastern Texas. Realizing that satellite image mapping and local assistance would be required, the Humanities Urban Environmental Sciences GIS lab at Stephen F. Austin University immediately began to mobilize units. Utilizing ERDAS IMAGINE® software, this large scale event encompassed a process of data mining, data processing, spatial analysis and map composition, which aided in search and recovery efforts.
Read More

Concerns about the urbanization of the countryside, the loss of rural character and its impact on the farm economy and recreational opportunities have become common. A key part of the regional comprehensive planning process is an update of the regional land use inventory. Because East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (Menasha, Wisconsin) regularly employs aerial photography as input material for other planning processes, such as recreation and open space planning, it decided to digitize the project with geographic imaging software, using orthophotographs as references.
Read More

In 1986, the Geography Department at SDSU selected ERDAS IMAGINE as its remote sensing software package and utilized it throughout the department for instruction and research purposes. Since then, the university has continued to rely on ERDAS IMAGINE, and currently uses ERDAS IMAGINE 2010 in its classrooms.
Read More