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Following is an exclusive USGIF Member Podcast with ERDAS, a pioneer in the geospatial information sector. The company has many exciting things going on, as well as a marketing campaign that “rocks.” Listen to our exclusive podcast with Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, ERDAS.

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It goes without saying that members of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) board of directors are true industry thought leaders. Case in point is board member Chris Tucker, Ph.D., who is the founding chief strategic officer of In-Q-Tel and former CEO of IONIC. Mr. Tucker recently penned an OpEd for Space News on a new standard for the NRO. As many of you know, we have been covering the NRO for sometime now — from the announcement of the new director to the appointment of the development of the new panel who will assess its viability. Check out Mr. Tucker’s Space News OpEd here. Very insightful and very much worth a read. In addition, here’s a Q&A we did with Mr. Tucker back in late 2008. Happy Thursday.

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We are always excited to tout uses of social media and Web 2.0 tools in our community. USGIF member, ERDAS, recently launched its ERDAS TV, which is a section on www.erdas.com that features informative videos that capture development news and other happenings at ERDAS. These movies (or webisodes) are three to eight minutes in length. ERDAS uses its own YouTube account and integrates the videos onto the ERDAS TV section of its corporate web site. Click here to check out ERDAS TV.

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Now that we have recovered from the whirlwind inaugural festivities, we wanted to focus this morning on USGIF member news. First up, DigitalGlobe announced that it is partnering with Aegis Technologies Group to launch ImageScape, which is a rapid 3D imagery system. According to the Digital Globe press release, the new technology will provide governments, enterprises and developers with the capability to create simulations of any location in the world.

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In many organizations, traditional geospatial users are most familiar with the authoring portion of the geospatial value chain. Individuals within the GEOINT community need to not only author, but also manage, connect and deliver their geospatial information. An authoring tool must offer strong imagery and vector support, and integration with the net-centric architecture provided by OGC web services, as well as tight integration with ESRI, Oracle and Google Earth. ERDAS IMAGINE provides this, also offering comprehensive NITF format support, and can be extended with the IMAGINE Defense Productivity Module to provide support for U.S. national sensor models and TFRD data.

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It has been an interesting few days for Christopher Tucker. A USGIF board member and ERDAS Senior Vice President for Americas and National Programs, we’ve heard his name being whispered as a potential choice candidate for the position as the new Director of the CIA under an Obama Administration. We’re not the only ones hearing this either.

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