According to an NOAA Sponsored Research by Global Marketing Insights, Inc. the most used applications among Asian academic groups involved in remote sensing are as follows: ERDAS 36% (ERDAS IMAGINE 25% & ERMapper 11%); ESRI 30%; ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI 17%; MapInfo 17%.
Prema istraživanju koje je sponzorirala NOAA, a proveo Global Marketing Insights, Inc. najčešće korištena aplikacija među azijskim akademskim grupama uključenima u daljinska istraživanja bila je: ESRI 30%; ERDAS IMAGINE 25%; ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI 17%; MapInfo 17%; ERMapper 11%.