Tag: Red Hen Systems

Exhibitors at GEOINT to launch range of new products
A number of geospatial intelligence companies are exhibiting at the GEOINT 2017 Symposium, which is taking place June 4-7 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Hosted and produced by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the annual GEOINT Symposium is the nation’s largest gathering of industry, academia, and government to include defense, intelligence and homeland security communities as well as commercial, federal, civil, state and local geospatial intelligence stakeholders.

The event annually attracts more than 4,000 attendees from all over the world, with more than 250 exhibiting organizations and more than 50 hours of training sessions for attendees.

The theme for GEOINT 2017 is “Advancing Capabilities to Meet Emerging Threats.”

Companies planning to exhibit:

TerraGo will be demonstrating its R3 mobile app, customized for the missions of reconnaissance, response and recovery and built entirely using TerraGo Magic, a zero-code platform that enables customers to build apps tailored to their unique operations with web services, custom map products, imagery, forms and workflows.

TerraGo’s exhibition will be located at Booth 1567. Attendees can schedule a live demonstration.

Red Hen Systems will showcase its surveillance technology. The company’s Digital Mapping Reconnaissance Toolkit Exportable (DMRT-EX) and MediaMapper Mobile Android app have been used by law enforcement military and civilian members around the world for anti-narcotics operations, vegetation management and other surveillance missions.

Visit Booth 333 at GEOINT to see the company’s equipment in action.

Descartes Labs Inc., a cloud-based geospatial analytics company, will unveil its global-scale machine learning platform. The platform powers geographic and temporal analysis of remote-sensing data to identify objects, forecast change and deliver high-performance intelligence solutions.

GEOINT attendees can learn more about Descartes Labs at booth #1325 in the GEOINT Exhibit Hall. Descartes will also present a Lightning Talk at GEOINT Forward on Sunday, June 4, and a training workshop on Tuesday, June 6.

The Polaris TLS by Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech will showcase the advanced capabilities of the award-winning ALTM Galaxy T1000, now featuring a 1-MHz laser PRF, PulseTRAK and SwathTRAK technologies for a universal sensor that surpasses larger systems with consistent, ultra-dense data and measurement precision and accuracy.

In addition, visitors will see the new Polaris Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) for ground-based survey applications. With an integrated high-resolution camera, inclinometers, compass, GPS receiver, and weather-proof housing, the Polaris can be deployed in many environments and orientations.

Visit Booth 1767, where sustaining USGIF Member Teledyne Optech will be joined by Teledyne DALSA, Teledyne Imaging Sensors, and Teledyne Brown Engineering to represent a broader range of Teledyne’s capabilities and solutions for GEOINT/ISR applications, including lidar, EO, IR and hyperspectral imaging.

Esri will be showcasing mission-focused enhancements using the ArcGIS platform for defense, intelligence and national security workflows.

ArcGIS provides high-performance 2D and 3D analysis for defense, intelligence, and national security. It is a complete and open platform for managing, analyzing, and sharing data and data products. ArcGIS leverages big data, web technologies, and integrated apps to make location-based data easy to use, more accessible, and collaborative.

“GEOINT and geographic information system [GIS] technologies have never been more important to the intelligence community,” said Ben Conklin, Esri head of industry, defense, and intelligence. “We are looking forward to the annual GEOINT Symposium, since it gives us a great opportunity to demonstrate the latest advances in GIS technology. The event also gives analysts access to tools that provide quick, responsive, and interactive experiences for increased productivity and support of decision-making and operations at every level.”

Esri will offer the following demonstrations at Booth 615:
- Advancing The Science of Where
- Reveal Deeper Insight through Analytics
- Unlock Your Data with Apps
- Open Platform for Intelligence
The Esri Presentation “Geospatial Intelligence Using a Web-Enabled GIS” takes place Tuesday, June 6, 2 p.m., 007C River Level.

East View Geospatial (EVG), a provider of content-rich cartographic products, continues to enhance the accuracy of automated feature identification using its newly developed training data sets in supervised machine learning applications. The early results pertained to automated recognition of building structures in an ongoing pilot project in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

“Our goal is to create a state-of-the-art process that produces the highest quality training data available for the users and developers of supervised machine learning technology,” said Rod Buhrsmith, business eevelopment at EVG. “In just a few months, we have made significant progress and expect to push the accuracy even higher.”

EVG will be available to discuss the PNG pilot in private meetings at GEOINT (contact Rod Buhrsmith at [email protected] or Mark Knapp at [email protected] or call 1-952-252-1205.)

Sample data sets are being offered at no charge.
June 5, 2017
Red Hen offers geotagging and mapping webinar

Screenshot: GPS World

Red Hen Systems is hosting a geotagging and mapping webinar at 10 a.m. MST on Tuesday, March 14.

Webinar participants will learn how to add GPS coordinates — latitude and longitude — to videos and photos in real-time and post process. They will also learn how to view and analyze data in Esri ArcMap and Google Earth maps.

Those interested can sign up for the webinar here.

March 3, 2017
Red Hen’s isWhere 3.1.0 offers fast processing for geotagged imagery
Red Hen Systems has released isWhere 3.1.0, a media mapping add-on tool for viewing geotagged imagery on Google Earth.

isWhere 3.1.0 is for professionals and enthusiasts who want a quick, straightforward, affordable way to view, analyze, compare and organize geotagged videos and their corresponding track logs, the company said.

The decoding and capture speed of isWhere 3.1.0 has increased ten-fold. Its georeferencing capabilities have expanded to include text files and image files. Anyone with a camera and a GPX logger can view a video track on Google Earth using this tool.

Screenshot from isWhere 3.1.0 shows a video tracklog. The larger purple arrow (in the larger red circle) indicates where the video was collected and the video at the top is of that point. The timecodes within the red circles match. A white bubble on the right displays collected data. The window at lower left is used for selecting styles and customizing colors.

isWhere 3.1.0:
- decodes geospatial enabled media 10X times faster than earlier versions
- captures frames 10X faster than with previous versions
- georeferences .doc, .docx, .pdf and all other text files
- georeferences tagged image file format (.tiff)
- displays videos with GPS Exchange Format(.gpx) overlay companion files for Garmin VIRB cameras.
“Our reasons for adding these significant features are twofold,” Director of Software Engineering Bogdan Besfamylnyy said. “We want to improve the user experience by accommodating more file formats and make decoding GEM videos and extracting frames faster.”

“We also want to put isWhere into the hands of those who want to use our tools with video taken with action cameras or cameras from manufacturers who output georeferenced companion files with captured video,” Besfamylnyy said.

Visit the Red Hen website for a video demonstration and to see more screenshots demonstrating isWhere’s capabilities.
August 2, 2016
MediaMapper Mobile featured at GEOINT App Store
Red Hen Systems‘ MediaMapper Mobile app for Android is available for download at the GEOINT App Store at no cost to credentialed U.S. government employees, first responders and the Department of Defense. It is the second app developed in the private sector to be added to the store.

MediaMapper Mobile shows users where they have been, what they have seen, and what the environmental conditions were. This app is a Tactical Handheld Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (THISR) tool that captures photos and video, geotags points of interest, records notes with images, and creates date and time stamps. “You can literally back up data collection from any mission, real-time, using MediaMapper Mobile,” said Retired Army Special Forces Captain Bruce Donaldson.

MediaMapper Mobile’s uses extend beyond defense to include asset management, biosurveillance, biodiversity studies, natural resources management, road and highway surveillance, and more.

Download MediaMapper Mobile from the GEOINT App Store to an Android mobile device and complete these tasks:

Collect Information
- Embed GPS data (time, longitude, and altitude) and sensor information (altitude, temperature, humidity) in photos and videos.
- Mark features of interest (FOI) while taking photographs and recording audio notes.
- Take sequential photos based on time or distance intervals.
View Information
- View a complete video, along with its track log and route on a map, showing where it was taken.
- See thumbnails of photos and videos on Google Earth to identify their locations.
- Use photo triangulation to determine the location of a remote object photographed from at least two positions.
Share Information
- Generate a PDF of any photo or map screen, complete with GPS and Laser Range Finder information, then annotate the PDF, add a QR code and email it.
- Upload photos to a server or share them via email, along with their latitude, longitude, pitch, roll and yaw.
Download for free.
March 7, 2016
Red Hen’s MediaMapper Highlighted at GEOINT Program
Bruce Donaldson of Red Hen Systems LLC gave a presentation about MediaMapper Mobile, an Android app with extensive utility for ISR professionals and civilians, on a panel at the Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program (IGAPP). IGAPP was held in St. Louis on Oct. 20. Donaldson is Red Hen’s Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) manager.

During his years of field service, Donaldson worked to address the need for Mobile Geo-Intelligence platforms that can rapidly collect, process and disseminate geospatial data and other multimedia within 24 hours of a mission.

At its essence, MediaMapper Mobile enables users to:
- Geotag video, photos, audio and other notes. Annotate ground track logs. Create audio and visual notes connecting them to points of interest. Tag features from a touchscreen.
- See track log (a.k.a breadcrumb trail). View on a map along with GPS details about location, including latitude, longitude, and altitude. Inspect media objects and other sensor streams. Share with others with XML and KML/KMZ.
- Use with Vectronix, LTI or Trimble laser rangefinder (compass, tilt, range, calibration). Or, triangulate your location by taking two or more photos of the same object. Once the feature is identified in these images, MediaMapper Mobile will do the calculation to show you where the object was and where you were when you took the photos.
- Configure settings for GPS devices, cameras, shuttering automations for intervalometry (time/distance).
- Log files, manage collection projects, and complete inspection forms on site.
- Transfer your raw multimedia data files and their track logs from your Android device to a laptop, tablet or server to view and analyze on Google Earth, Esri ArcGIS, FalconView or MediaMapper for desktop.
- Patrol/Event Recorder with NMEA compliant record schemas compatible to MediaGeotagger and GEM2MISB for Esri ArcGIS and the free Full Motion Video module.
MediaMapper Mobile is available at the Google Play store. For more information, call Ellen Skinner at 970-344-6290 or email [email protected].
October 26, 2015
Android App Geotags and Maps Photos, Video, and Voice Notes

Red Hen Systems‘ MediaMapper Mobile is an Android app that lets users snap a photo, record a video, make an audio note, and collect project data, while automatically geotagging it. The result is geotagged media that when displayed will show its exact location on a map. The media can be shared via email or a direct upload to a server.

“MediaMapper Mobile is unique because it geotags photos as well as audio and video,” said President and Founder Neil Havermale. “This easy-to-use app has the ability to geotag information and display it on a map, allowing users to analyze and respond quickly and efficiently to what is happening in the field. It is the simplest and most affordable high-tech solution for detecting, gathering, and analyzing geospatial information.”

MediaMapper Mobile offers a convenient way to collect and geotag media in the field. It connects wirelessly to GIS equipment to collect geotagged video, audio, and high-resolution imagery.

Using MediaMapper Mobile, gas and pipeline inspectors, pilots, and natural resource managers in the field can collect visual and audio recordings of what they see and hear along pipelines, coastlines, forests, and more. They can fill in inspection and collection forms while traveling, and gather diverse sensor data such as percent humidity, temperature, slope distance, and azimuth. GPS details about location, such as time, latitude, longitude, and altitude are viewable.

Once data collection is complete, media files can be transferred to a laptop or computer to view and analyze using Google Earth or Red Hen Systems isWhere software. There is no need for extra equipment — MediaMapper Mobile has the necessary features to gather and record a wide variety of essential data.

This version of MediaMapper Mobile is improved over older versions because it can interface with various Bluetooth devices (GPS receivers, Laser Range Finders, Blue2CAN), collect features of interest, take sequential photos based on time and distance intervals, and control external cameras such as GoPro from the Android device. Red Hen Systems added features and gave it an extensive user interface makeover to enhance its appearance and usability.

June 16, 2014