Homeland Vector
Most customers install Google Earth Enterprise software—an enterprise- class solution for authoring and serving stand-alone earth databases that includes imagery, terrain, vector and KML data—on servers in their own data center. Employees and other authorized users can connect to these servers from anywhere they have access to that organization’s network. In certain circumstances, however, users need to access their Google Earth globe but do not have network access or have limited bandwidth. To meet these requirements, Google now offers Google Earth Enterprise Portable, which is ideal for disconnected users or those with limited bandwidth in situations such as disaster response, field operations and remote viewing. The Google Earth Enterprise Portable solution offers organizations the flexibility to utilize fused geospatial data even without network access. The Google Earth Enterprise Portable is loaded on a customer-supplied USB drive or a large partition on a user’s laptop using VMWare. Options are available for single- or multiple-user access to the portable software. The Google Earth Enterprise Portable should be synced with the Google Earth Enterprise Software prior to field deployment with a wired connection to the principal Google Earth Enterprise server. Collected data in remote locations can be transferred to the primary system when network connectivity is restored.
“What If” Mapping Software Helps Emergency Managers
Depiction has released new “what if” mapping software for emergency managers and others at a price that helps them with their own economic emergencies. The software’s price of $89 means that more community services can apply this new what-if mapping software to explore, prepare for and manage disaster scenarios. That’s particularly good news for police, firefighters and other first responders who need what-if mapping tools. Depiction is easy-to-use software that runs on standard laptop and desktop PCs. Depiction’s powerful mapping technology allows users to quickly depict scenarios that answer “what if” questions. For example: “What if this levy broke? What would flood? What areas would be cut off from rescuers?” In an emergency, Depiction provides such rapid and intuitive scenario mapping integrated with live reports transmitted from other locations. Usable both online and offline, Depiction provides free access to public data about communities, such as satellite images, road networks, elevation and more. Users can add their own images and information such as a spreadsheet of volunteers, a scanned paper map or fax. Once they’ve created their depictions, they can save and quickly share them with others or present them to an audience when Internet access may not be available.
Cartographic Package Includes Latest Census Data
Spatial Insights has released CartoUS 2009, updated with enhanced and reformatted U.S. Census Bureau TIGER files. With a total of 66 layers of mapping data, the seamless CartoUS 2009 data are available by county, state, region or nationwide. Ten new layers of data are included with this new release.
Layers provided in CartoUS include roads (primary, secondary and local), Census boundaries (from block group and larger), metro areas, landmarks, legislative and school district boundaries, railways, water features, American Indian reservations and ZIP code tabulation areas. New layers include military installations and five new Economic Census boundaries.
Solution Offers Integrated Data Visualization
XeDAR and IDV Solutions have announced a strategic agreement with the goal of building a software solution specifically for the U.S. defense and intelligence communities and the energy development and land management markets. The solution, utilizing IDV’s Visual Fusion Suite, will integrate the customers’ proprietary data (concerning national security, land development, natural resources, and so on) with various existing Internet and Web services and shareable work group files. The result will be both Web-based applications and a mobile application. This integration allows users who require a visual representation of data exactly that: a user-friendly, secure and easily accessible way to manage and analyze their own data. Users can share this data and work with it collaboratively in real time, and they will discover powerful, new ways to analyze their data, making them more efficient decision-makers. The collaboration translates to a competitive advantage for XeDAR in the form of a powerful new tool for existing defense and homeland security customers, as well as energy and natural resource customers. ♦
Compiled by KMI Media Group staff
