March 2010 | What's the buzz?
Coming soon: GXP Xplorer™
GXP Xplorer™ is a new BAE Systems software product that makes it easy to find and share geospatial data on a local network and across an enterprise. The application is ideal for users in work groups who are searching for images, terrain, features, videos, documents, and other files.
The GXP Xplorer Desktop application uses the Microsoft® Office 2007 Ribbon technology to optimize user experience. Search results display in the map for products that are geotagged. Results show up with an outline of the rectangular footprint of the product.
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 at full resolution. 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 is a SOCET GXP® add-on module. It also is available as a stand-alone application.
GXP Xplorer features at a glance
- 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 services, plug-ins, and XML tools to add new data formats.
- Interfaces with Google Earth™ and other applications using KML and GeoRSS.
- Adds and updates geotags and metadata from permitted users.
- Downloads data whenever it becomes available based on search subscriptions and indicates when search is 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.
To see a GXP Xplorer demonstration, or to learn more about the application, contact a sales representative in your region.