A Brief Guide to Survival and Possibly Progress

What is ERMapper?

Software for producing, processing, and publishing high quality image datasets for the earth sciences.

• A marriage between GIS and PhotoShop, Illustrator, etc. image editing programs.

• A flashy, real-time-processing, zero intermediate file, algorithm based image generator for GIS.

• A user-friendly but robust tool for adding geospatial, geological, and geophysical data to image datasets.

• A page editor: preparing all of the above for professional and online publication/presentation.

Application Examples

• Geocoding and mosaicing aerial photographs for incorporation in GIS.

• Processing LandsatTMs in bands. • Manipulating Digital Elevation Models (DEM, aka DTM).• Incorporating geophysical, hydrological, mineral

exploration, etc. datasets with any or all of the above.• Compression of very large datasets to different formats

(i.e. DEM raster to JPEG, ECW).

Where is ERMapper?

• 6.2 is loaded and licensed on all computers in the Snee NT Lab.– START/Programs/RemoteSensing/ERMapper6.2

• Steve Gallow can help, but beware. • Individual workgroups may have licenses. • EAS 315: Geomorphology uses ERMapper exclusively

for labs. Dr. Isacks is a resident guru. • ERViewer available free at www.ermapper.com.

Preliminary Warning

• ERMapper does NOT play well with others– Process separate data routines before opening

Mapper, or at least save work in Mapper before attempting to launch any other large program.

Wizards

• ERMapper has created Wizard tools for many of its most popular routines.

• Unlike relatives in MSOffice, these can be very helpful and intuitive.

• A short demonstration and a few examples…

? Any Questions ?

• Application to COCORP Digital Library initiative

• Further annotation editing – regions, statistics, etc… classification.

• Why ERMapper?• Where is there data?

– NY statewide orthoimagery:• http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/mg/cir.htm

– DEMs: talk to Dr. Isacks and/or Aaron

the bitter end.