Norcross, GA – Continuing its commitment to streamlining geospatial workflows, Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging today announced IMAGINE Easytrace.

IMAGINE Easytrace delivers efficient assisted feature extraction, driving efficiency throughout the vector feature capture process by minimizing the number of mouse clicks that a user must perform. When capturing vector information from a digital source, such as satellite imagery or aerial photography, traditional “heads-up” digitizing requires the user to place vertices frequently along a road or land cover boundary. The IMAGINE Easytrace add-on to IMAGINE Essentials expedites this process by employing interactively placed seed points and then applying an adaptive line fitting algorithm to accurately trace the feature between the seed locations, reducing the time needed to capture irregular linear and polygonal features.

“We understand the substantial time requirement in digitizing features from digital imagery, so IMAGINE Easytrace was developed to speed the workflow and drive productivity for ERDAS IMAGINE users,” commented Richard McKay, Vice President of Sales, Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging. “By cutting hours – even days, for large projects – from the feature extraction process, our customers can keep overhead low and quickly move on to new tasks.”

IMAGINE Easytrace will be demonstrated at the ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference, May 1-5 in Reno, Nevada. To learn more, or to schedule a personal demonstration of IMAGINE Easytrace, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit gi.leica-geosystems.com.

About Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging
When building image-based maps, you need reliable measurements and solutions for your entire workflow. So when it has to be right, more geospatial professionals trust Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, LLC to help them collect, analyze, and present spatial information. Leica Geosystems is powering geospatial imaging by putting precise imaging to work. Its broad array of photogrammetry and remote sensing software solutions capture data efficiently, reference imagery accurately, measure and analyze easily and present spatial information, even in 3D. Those who use Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging products every day trust them for their precision, their seamless integration, and their superior customer support. Delivering geospatial imaging solutions with precision, integration, and service from Leica Geosystems. When it has to be right.

For more information about Leica Geosystems or its products and services, call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit gi.leica-geosystems.com.