Since recognizing the clear value of GPS-enabled data and image capture systems to deliver favorable capabilities for military ISR applications years ago, Geo Tactical has been spearheading the development and dissemination of this technology to ensure the US Military takes full advantage. One major challenge for GTS in acheiving that goal, however, has been to educate, inform, and demonstrate the power of these solutions to key military personnel. “Once they see the real value in what our end-to-end solutions have to offer, they just want to know what they need to do next to get these tools into the hands of their soldiers,” explained Andy Shannon, Customer Sales and Support Manager at Geo Tactical Solutions.
While integrating seamlessly into existing photo capture workflows, GTS systems allow for capturing the who, what, when, where, and why of any situation with the press of the shutter button. Once the intelligence is captured, data can easily be imported into any number of commonly used information systems including GIS. These powerful capabilities increase accuracy, maximize data exploitation, and reduce processing times, resulting in fewer questions, improved efficiency, and enhanced mission planning for Military operations. Having already joined forces with industry leaders such as Ricoh, Olympus, Nikon, SAIC, and soon, Canon, GTS has ambitious plans for rolling out new products with even more capabilities and versatility in the near future.
Key technology presented by GTS at the AUSA Exposition included the Richo G700SE-M rugged digital bridge camera, FotoMapr and GeoMapr GPS modules (which add GPS and memo tagging capabilities to non-GPS-enabled digital cameras), tough point-and-shoot digital cameras, DSLRs, and the FoxView Google Earth software plug-in (used to generate KML and Shape files for seamless image mapping in Google Earth and ArcGIS, as well as auto-generated report templates).
For more information about the AUSA 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition, visit: www.ausa.org.
