Adapx Announces Successful Deployment of Capturx Geospatial Software with the NGA and Inclusion in ENFIRE Reconnaissance Kit 5.0 Program of Record
Capturx solutions for integrating GIS data captured with digital pens into Google Earth, ArcGIS, and GeoPDF to be showcased at GeoINT
SEATTLE, 1 November 2010. Adapx, the company that is changing the way mobile teams collect data and collaborate, today announced that Capturx geospatial solutions have been successfully deployed with the NGA and named as part of the US Army Program of Record, ENFIRE. With Capturx geospatial solutions, defense and intelligence teams can automate any GIS data capture by simply writing on paper maps with digital pens. At GeoINT, Adapx will demonstrate how GIS data captured with digital pens can be integrated directly into ArcGIS, GeoPDF files, and Google Earth – enabling teams to instantly share data from the field without cumbersome mobile computers or paper handling.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has used digital pens to capture information in the field, increasing mobility by alleviating the need to carry computers. Thus far, the pens have been primarily used to mark up maps and notebooks for overseas missions and emergency planning, although their future use could extend to forms and GeoPDF files. "Digital pens are another tool for the NGA to achieve its mission of providing ready access to geospatial intelligence for civilian and military customers and in support of humanitarian efforts," said David K. White, NGA program Manager and Liaison to In-Q-Tel, which is the program that brought Adapx’s products into NGA.
Capturx Software for ArcGIS, GeoPDF, Excel, Microsoft Office OneNote have all recently been approved for inclusion in the U.S. Army ENFIRE toolkit 5.0 (Engineering Field Planning, Reconnaissance, Surveying, and Sketching Set) Program of Record. As part of the ENFIRE 4.0 Program of Record, Capturx software provided combat engineers and reconnaissance teams to reliably integrate field data such as conditions, repairs, hazards, and obstacles, into ArcGIS for immediate command visibility and better decision making.
“We are very pleased with the growth in deployments of our Capturx geospatial product line in the defense and intelligence communities,” said Ken Schneider, President and CEO of Adapx. “The reliability and ease-of-use that Capturx has proven with demanding warfighters in tough terrains makes Capturx a perfect data capture solution for any field team.”
At GeoINT, Adapx will demonstrate the latest Capturx geospatial integration, Capturx for Google Earth. Capturx for Google Earth is a prototype leveraging the Adapx multimodal and sketch recognition engines. With the new geospatial functionality, commanders can create new military Courses of Action (COA) by sketching symbols and notes on digital paper. Capturx will automatically recognize any of the point features from among the 4000 standard MIL-STD-2525B/C/D symbols and automatically overlay the proper symbols on Google Earth.
In addition to Capturx for Google Earth, GeoINT attendees will also be able to see live demonstrations of:
• Capturx for ArcGIS, Capturx Multimodal ArcGIS
• Capturx Markup for PDF with GeoPDF support
• Capturx Forms for Excel and SharePoint Server
To learn more, please…
• Visit us at GeoINT in the In-Q-Tel booth (#263) or the OGSystems booth (#623)
• Watch a brief online video demo:
http://adapx.com/videos
http://adapx.com/multimodal-ArcGIS
• Capturx Software Mapping Solutions Web Seminar, 17 Nov
http://www.carahsoft.com/event-detail/617/adapx/register/
About Adapx:
Adapx is changing the way mobile teams collect data and collaborate with Capturx™ software for digital pens. A broad range of industries and agencies use Capturx products as natural interfaces into Microsoft Office, GIS, PDF files, and SharePoint through digital pens and voice. Mobile teams can immediately collect and access data in native file formats and systems without the delay and cost of transcribing paper or deploying mobile computers. Adapx has strategic partnerships with Microsoft, ESRI, Lockheed Martin, In-Q-Tel, and works with standard digital pen technology from Anoto. For more information, please visit www.adapx.com or join the Capturx community on www.facebook.com/capturx.
Adapx and Capturx, and their respective logos are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Adapx Corporation. Other products and company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners.
