A new app for Google Glass unveiled by BAE Systems is described as “a potential game-changer for the way our military, police, fire and first responders collect data,” BAE said.
The GXP Xplorer Snap app can transform Google Glass devices, smartphones and tablets into crowd-sourced information gathering tools capable of generating photo reports that can be shared across an organization in real-time.
The app was showcased with Google Glass at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s annual GEOINT Symposium.
According to BAE, GXP Xplorer Snap “works with Google Glass to generate sharable photo reports using only the wearer’s voice. The user can quickly snap photos and record a report, title and brief description. The report is automatically geo-tagged, time-stamped and uploaded to a GXP Xplorer server, where it is immediately shared. The hands-free benefit makes it an ideal technology for use by pilots, law enforcement and those on reconnaissance missions or disaster relief operations.”
“Soldiers or emergency response personnel would be able to ‘see through buildings’ because they could use the Google Glass devise to access imagery from the server to already ‘know’ what was on the other side,” BAE said. “At the same time, they could be uploading new pictures, videos or on-the-ground intelligence to the server using the hands-free device and app.”
“This simple, wearable technology will revolutionize situational awareness and incident response capabilities for police, fire, and other first responders,” said DeEtte Gray, president of BAE Systems’ Intelligence & Security sector. “The technology benefits pilots by delivering imagery and mission critical data directly through the hands-free device.”
GXP Xplorer Snap works as a companion app to the GXP Xplorer data discovery and management application, which is part of the suite of GXP Enterprise Solution products that streamlines the image analysis workflow and increases workforce productivity, allowing more products to be created in less time. Photo reports that are collected with the mobile app can then be brought into GXP WebView, a new lightweight, Web-based Electronic Light Table that allows users to find and exploit mission-critical geospatial data using only a Web browser.
The GXP Xplorer Snap mobile app is expected to be released for Google Glass later this year. A similar version of the app, compatible with iOS and Android devices, is already available for download in the Apple App Store and Google Play marketplace.
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