CartaLens Geospatial Digital Asset Management Solution

CartaLens makes it possible for organizations and decision makers to efficiently create a focused set of geospatially relevant information from the vast volumes of available information in their libraries, files and across the Web. The solution is ideal for companies, agencies and organizations that have extensive and distributed repositories of mixed content as it creates new opportunities for revenue by repurposing assets in new ways and delivers information when and where it is needed as assets become locationally aware. These target organizations include defense and intelligence agencies, news and media companies, energy firms, public safety agencies, insurance firms and online travel organizations.

"MetaCarta constantly pushes the boundaries of spatial search. CartaLens is a concept and a product that will push those boundaries well into unexplored and fascinating territory," said David Sonnen, IDC's Senior Consultant for Spatial Information Management. "We expect CartaLens to open a whole new set of possibilities for geographic search and discovery."

"CartaLens is the next generation for search and digital asset management technology," said Fran Marshall, President of National Geographic Maps. "Like National Geographic, most organizations have large repositories of digital assets. CartaLens has powerful geospatial tools that make it possible to bring users' digital assets together on the map. Whether they want to find a photo that was taken on a specific date, search their metadata for digital assets that meet certain criteria, or search the map and find all the photos, video and documents within a defined area, users can now collaborate within a Web-based system that brings their digital assets and content together."

CartaLens enables users to drag and drop assets on to a map which automatically geo-tags the asset for a future geographic search. Its flexible and intuitive interface enables users to identify, locate and access location-aware information by using a map, media thumbnails, or by querying the asset's metadata. By accessing the CartaLens results dynamically in Google Earth, users can collaborate with their team of subject matter experts in real-time and mix this critical intelligence with other available sources in a 3-D environment.