Model answer

The Inquire Box is a draggable rectangle in ERDAS Imagine. You drag it over the part of the image you want, then use the Subset tool to save just that crop as a smaller file.

Different from the Inquire Cursor — that one’s a single-point query (tells you the values at one pixel). The Box is for cropping; the Cursor is for spot-checking.

🔬 Show the science / technical version

• Resizable rectangle drawn on an image in ERDAS Imagine.
• Used to subset the scene (Subset & Chip → From Inquire Box).
• Different from the Inquire Cursor, which reports pixel values + geographic coordinates at one point.