30 July 2007, 1:17pm
30 July 2007 - Dragon/ips (r), the original PC-based remote sensing and GIS package, is now available as a new release with many new features including support for Microsoft Vista (tm).
Dragon/ips features:
o Powerful, easy-to-use facilities for image display, annotation, enhancement, registration, classification, and measurement
o Vector import, export, and capture, and raster GIS modeling
o Multi-language user interface and context-sensitive help
o Automatic import of GeoTIFF and a variety of other image formats
o Open architecture with documented file formats
o Programmer's toolkit (API) available
o Runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista
The current single-copy price of Dragon is US$ 995. Substantial savings are available on multiple copy or site license orders. As usual, all purchasers also receive one-year of free updates. All profits from the sale of Dragon/ips are used to fund the OpenDragon Project, which distributes remote sensing/GIS software free to universities in developing countries.
For more information about Dragon/ips, visit http://www.dragon.rsgis.net. To order, or if you have any questions, please use the 'Purchase' or 'Contact Us' form on the web site. Alternatively, you may send us a fax at +1-815-642-9036.
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