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Portable
Solution Offers
Fused Data
Without Network
Access
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.
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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.
Compiled by KMI Media Group staff
“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
Cartographic
Package
Includes Latest
Census Data
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.
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.
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