Geomatica is aimed primarily at faster data processing and allows users to load satellite and aerial imagery where advanced analysis can be performed.
A very popular edition of Geomatica is known as Freeview, which permits users to load multiple types of satellite images as well as geospatial data that is stored in different formats.
http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/283.pdf Over 2,700 educational institutions worldwide have used Geomatica as part of their Remote Sensing course delivery, some of which are listed here Geomatica includes a web coverage service interface that complies with the OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard, which is a key area in which PCI Geomatics has contributed.
WCS seeks to alleviate some of the data sharing challenges by publishing the geographic information and layers openly over the web.
Geomatica adheres to open standards to promote sharing and collaboration of earth observation data.