GXP Xplorer™
GXP Xplorer is a new BAE Systems software data library that makes it easy to find and share geospatial data on a local network and across an enterprise. The product is ideal for users in work groups who are searching for images, terrain, features, videos, documents, and other files.
GXP Xplorer Desktop
GXP Xplorer™ offers two options for working with, managing, and sharing data. GXP Xplorer Desktop is installed on a local workstation, and has the same look and feel as SOCET GXP®, which uses the Microsoft® Office 2007 Ribbon user interface. GXP Xplorer Server is an enterprise solution with convenient access through a Web browser and shares a similar user interface as GXP Xplorer Desktop.
Both products provide data views such as footprints overlaid on a map, thumbnails, metadata, video tags, and a viewer to examine data. Analysts can search data temporally, spatially, and by textual attributes. Data is selectable and color-coded by type, such as image format or sensor, for quick visual identification. Selection within dense data sets is simplified with a flip tool and an add-to-cart capability. GXP Xplorer saves search information for repeat searches.
Geotagged search results are displayed graphically on a map with supporting text and thumbnail images. A data viewer is included for examining and selecting data for use in other applications. Data can be discovered and shared by many users across an enterprise.
GXP Xplorer Web interface
GXP Xplorer features
- Discovers all data types from multiple sources and fuses them into a single, common picture.
- Searches using freely entered text — as popular search engines do — with no need to know data schema or build queries.
- Executes advanced searches such as spatial bounding box, polygon, radius, temporal, by attribute, and within documents.
- Performs federated searches from multiple GXP Xplorer catalogs and other data sources. Users can order data that is not on the local network.
- Automatically catalogs any file or document in specified file system folders based on file extension.
- Generates PowerPoint® slides of on-screen data.
- Reads and catalogs the formats analysts require.
- Uses a modern architecture composed of Web services, plug-ins, and XML tools to quickly add new data formats.
- Interfaces with Google Earth™ and other applications using KML and GeoRSS formats.
- Adds and updates geotags and metadata from permitted users.
- Downloads data when it becomes available based on search subscriptions, and indicates when complete.
- Chips and reformats data for delivery. Option for JPIP streaming.
- Supports Microsoft® Windows® Server, XP, Vista®, and Windows 7. Other platforms may be supported in the future.
Primary GXP Xplorer components
| Catalog | Data index or list, with metadata. |
| Discovery agent | Locates data in network file systems, extracts metadata, and populates the catalog. Leaves data in place or copies to storage area. Listens for changes to keep catalog up to date. |
| Desktop discovery window | User interface application for data searches, requests, and viewing. |
| Online discovery window | Similar to discovery window, but presented in a Web browser. |
| Data management engine | Performs search, update, purge, delete, retrieval, and notification tasks. |
| Storage area | Area of file system where data can be copied by auto-ingest for protected storage or for offline disconnected use. |
| Administrator window | Interface for administrators to configure GXP Xplorer, manage roles, and maintain content. |
Note: Capabilities may be changed or added based on user requirements.