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Geospatial image processing, photogrammetry, GIS and server technologies. Hexagon Geospatial is a global leader in the provision of technology for geospatial data analysis and management, including the renowned ERDAS IMAGINE software. The Hexagon Geospatial Chest Agreement offers four distinct bundles: Essentials, Desktop Imaging & GIS, Enterprise, and M.App Enterprise.
Agreement start: 1 August 2021
Agreement end: 31 July 2024
Subsequent invoice date: 1 May
Institutions may participate in the Agreement at any time during its life, but shall be bound by its Terms and Conditions, including payments, until 31 July 2024.
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The original Agreement for ERDAS IMAGINE was negotiated in 1992/3 after a formal consultation with the Community. The Agreement was extended in 1999 with additional products added and has continued to be renewed at regular intervals. The current agreement has been extended to include the whole Hexagon Geospatial portfolio, which includes technologies from ERDAS and Intergraph, to form a single Agreement and the only one spanning GIS, image processing and enterprise solutions for geospatial work.
This Agreement is open to Institutions of Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland, and to Associated Sites.
Other UK organisations aligned with Chest's charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
Owner: Hexagon Geospatial, a US corporation having its headquarters at 305 Intergraph Way, Madison, AL 35758, USA, acting through its sole appointed UK Supplier, Geospatial Insight Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 8144558), whose registered office is Coleshill House, 1 Station Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1HT.
Hexagon Geospatial – Essentials Bundle:
A base version of the world-leading ERDAS IMAGINE and GeoMedia products, this single bundle spans both raster and vector processing. ERDAS Essentials offers the basic tools for image mapping, visualisation, enhancement and geo-correction, including image analysis, visualisation, vector editing, batch processing and map output. GeoMedia Essentials includes basic feature placement and editing, vector analysis, labelling, geocoding, presentation and map production.
Hexagon Geospatial – Desktop Imaging & GIS Bundle:
Desktop Imaging – this is a complete image processing suite, from ingestion and correction through to enhancement, classification, feature extraction and change detection. Recently upgraded to allow native point cloud support and analysis, this tool also provides integration routes with a wide range of desktop GIS, including the Esri product portfolio. The core components are:
Desktop GIS – at the heart of this is Hexagon Geospatial’s GeoMedia product, a complete Geographic Information System encompassing all the functionality you would expect. From import and vector creation to editing, analysis, transaction management, linear networking parcel management, validation, and finally product preparation, creation, and printing. Database connectivity is also well supported including direct read of Oracle and SQL vector features.
Full details of what is included is available here.
Hexagon Geospatial – Enterprise Bundle:
The Enterprise Bundle offers 5 licences of almost the entire Hexagon Geospatial capability, as listed below. It is not an unlimited licence model as it is designed to be installed and used as an enterprise solution rather than mass installation on individual machines.
Hexagon Geospatial – M.App Enterprise (annual licence valid for 1,250 hours):
M.App Enterprise is a privately hosted cloud platform for creating geospatial apps across multiple platforms including browser, desktop and mobile. The powerful geoprocessing engine offers hundreds of operators and analytical routines taken from ERDAS IMAGINE and GeoMedia, giving the optimal advanced raster and vector solution. Including specialist functionality such as photogrammetry and radargrammetry as well as the recently released AI and machine learning functionality. In addition, the integration of LuciadFusion technology allows connection to any spatial data source through direct connections to commonly used databases.
The key features of M.App Enterprise are:
For complete product descriptions, please visit https://www.hexagongeospatial.com
Trials are available, please send your request to Chest Help.
Geospatial Insight have produced documentation specifically for Chest sites - this includes installation and licensing guides.
Onsite training is available and delivered by Geospatial Insight. Please send your request to support@geospatial-insight.com and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss your requirements.
Technical support for users in the UK and Ireland is provided by Geospatial Insight. Contact the team via support@geospatial-insight.com
Learn more about Hexagon's products, find answers, get the latest updates, and connect with other product users at the Hexagon Geospatial Community site. Registration is free and open to everyone.
Geospatial Insight is a Hexagon Geospatial Platinum Partner responsible for software delivery and technical support for academic and research institutions across the UK and Ireland.
System Requirements and Technical Information can be found as part of the ERDAS Imagine 2020 Release Guide.
If you require further assistance, please contact Geospatial Insight Support – support@geospatial-insight.com
Downloads are available here. You will be required to enter your credentials in order to download products.
Spatial Modeler is one of the most versatile yet user-friendly tools ERDAS IMAGINE has to offer, enabling those without advanced programming skills to build complex geospatial models, analyse data and visualise results.
Click on the image below to watch the recording of the webinar held on 5 July 2023.
Click on the image below to watch the recording of the webinar held on 13 July 2022.
Hexagon Geospatial U is an online community for all Hexagon Geospatial University educators, containing thousands of pages of curriculum including presentations for lectures, lecture notes, example data and step-by-step tutorials for students to follow for lab exercises. The curriculum materials are available to download and use as is or as a template with local datasets.
The ERDAS IMAGINE Curriculum is a set of training exercises, broken down into sections, to teach from the basics of viewing imagery, to advanced spatial modelling building. There are 30 chapters, each containing an instructor PowerPoint presentation, a step by step tutorial, and sample datasets to use for the exercises in the tutorials. The curriculum can be taught in its entirety or separated out for a more customised training experience.
To access this wealth of teaching material register here.
Byte-sized tutorials in using different features of ERDAS IMAGINE are also regularly added to Geospatial Insight's YouTube Channel.
Licensor: Geospatial Insight Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 8144558), whose registered office is Coleshill House, 1 Station Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1HT.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software (June 2011).
Copying of the Software is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
On receipt of a completed Chest Order sites will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the licence is signed.
A licence year runs from 1 August to the following 31 July.
For each subsequent year, sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement on 1 May to cover the period from 1 August to 31 July.
There is monthly pro-rata charging for sites which become licensed partway through a licence year.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to Jisc Services Ltd, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB to cover all charges plus VAT.
All terms contained in a PO are expressly rejected and do not form part of the Licence or vary the Licence terms in any way.
Payments are due within thirty days of the invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
At the end of a licence period, sites will be required to delete the software from their systems.
It is the intention of Chest and Hexagon Geospatial to renew this Agreement.
If the Agreement is renewed or extended, then new conditions may apply.
If the Agreement is not renewed then any extension is a matter between institutions and Hexagon Geospatial.
The product(s) may be used by any Authorised User of the Licensee for Educational Purposes which includes the administration and management of the licensee’s educational and research operations. These permissions are described in the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
| Students | Yes |
| Academic Staff | Yes |
| Non-Academic Staff | Yes |
| Administration and management | Yes |
| Staff home use rights | Yes |
| Student home use rights | Yes |
| Installation on Hosted Server | Yes |
Home/offsite licences for student and staff use will continue to be available as part of the Chest package. Institutions can continue to issue their licences as individual seats for current students and staff use.
To do this licence administrators can log into the licence portal and issue licences (1 seat per machine) when needed as normal. They will get an activation ID which can be sent to the student/staff member to activate on their machine at home (provided they have internet access). All software downloads are available with free access online too, so no need to provide this internally. Users just need to abide by the T&Cs.
As home-use rights are already included as standard, personal licences are not required under this Agreement.
The Licensor, UK Supplier and Licensee agree the following:
Currency: All prices are in GBP and exclude VAT.
Sites may pay for the whole three year term when placing the initial order but there is no discount for doing so.
A licence year runs from 1 August to the following 31 July.
For each subsequent year, sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement on 1 May to cover the period from 1 August to 31 July.
Payment terms are shown on the Terms and Conditions tab.
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