MOBILE AND DISCONNECTED FIELD DATA COLLECTION

SCENARIO Situation Objectives Constraints Enterprise level or central system where data is stored Maps and imagery are maintained at the enterprise Enterprise does not extend to the field where data is collected Objectives Transform map and image data to take out into the field Design applications to capture field data Collect field data Transfer data from mobile devices back to the enterprise Constraints Limited or no internet connectivity in the field

Technology Enterprise Server Mobile Tile Creation App Design Connect to HiPER LOOK Server with MD Exporter to transform data for mobile devices Powerful map and image server OGC service enabled App Design Data Collection Collect data with mobile devices in the field Update the enterprise Generate custom forms to capture data

Open Geospatial Consortium & OGC Services What is the Open Geospatial Consortium? “The OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) is an international not for profit organization committed to making quality open standards for the global geospatial community. These standards are made through a consensus process and are freely available for anyone to use to improve sharing of the world's geospatial data.” Why are standards important? Common guidelines for software developers to work independently but make tools that work together Documented framework for machines and software to talk to each other

Overview Of HiPER LOOK Enterprise

Ingest Engine Organize Data for Rapid Retrieval Start Petabytes of data stored in millions of individual files Result Wide-area mosaics of spatially-referenced data layers Incredibly fast pixels Easy to manage and update Efficient workflows…no “file-open”

HiPER LOOK And OGC Standards HiPER LOOK servers leverage OGC standards to publish map and image data WMS: 8-bit image, server only transmits the pixels in your viewpot at any given time WCS: Access to 32-bit data; ideal for analyzing elevation data sets KML: Send map layers to clients like Google Earth No need to download files Reproject, transform, and process on the fly Send information to tools that can create mobile tiles

+ + + 1TB Of Source Data 1TB Of Tiles 2TB Of Tiles In New Projections 9TB Of Tiles For Derivative Products Data grows to 13TB to deliver standard visualizations of fixed tiles that cannot be geospatially analyzed.

+ OR 1TB Of Source Data 1.4TB Of NUI .14 TB Of Compressed NUI Less storage and processing required to deliver dynamic, responsive imagery and maps that can be reprojected, analyzed, and updated without service interruptions.

Web Services Enable The Enterprise Allows existing GIS applications such as QGIS, ESRI® ArcMap™ and Gaia access to imagery holdings And because it’s OGC we can use any interoperable viewer like ESRI ArcMap, QGIS, Gaia

Generate Tiles For Mobile Devices PIXIA’s Mobile Data Exporter generates tiles for mobile devices running ATAK, APAS, KILLSWITCH, and other applications like Fulcrum

Upload Layers Online In Fulcrum In the “Setup” dropdown menu on the main dashboard, select ”Layers”

Browse For Tiles Created And Add Layers Select your tiles created with Mobile Data Exporter Upload tiles Add tiles as part of a new map layer in the Map View

Design Custom Applications Specific To Your Project Fulcrum delivers simple tools to build forms that are tailored to a specific project or objective Collect custom text, categorical data, photos, videos, etc Each data point is georeferenced on the map

Collect Data Offline Via Mobile Devices And Sync To The Enterprise In the Fulcrum mobile app, synching sends data collected in the field to the enterprise when data collectors have internet access

Fulcrum Community Fulcrum Community  enables rapid mobilization of crowdsourced field data collection volunteers in response to local, national, regional or global events. Designed for short projects (1 year or less) to provide assistance to Humanitarian agencies, non-profits, NGOs, or even Government entities that respond to local, state, national, regional and global events. Some example, qualified events that we think of include hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, pandemics, drought, famine, refugees, floods, wildfires, and others. All data is anonymized, free, and publicly available.