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SpatialNews Press Release
Red Hen Systems Turns Heads with Exciting
New Technologies at GIS 2001
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 27, 2001--Last week a crowd of over
2,000 gathered at GIS 2001 in Vancouver to glimpse the state-of-the-art in spatial technology, and
Red Hen Systems' MediaMapper, MapCalc Learner, and Multispectral Video Mapping went beyond
expectations for many. A non-stop stream of GIS users experienced live demonstrations, and most
were surprised by the impressive technological advances Red Hen Systems has made in spatial
analysis and multimedia mapping over the past year.
David Wright, a researcher in Red Hen Systems' Research and Development Group, presented a
comprehensive discussion of the company's unique developments in multispectral video mapping,
particularly for agricultural and natural resource applications. This Red Hen Systems program
represents an important step forward in fast-turnaround remote sensing data. The aerial video mapping
method Wright has developed can deliver remotely sensed data to the user within a day, up to two
weeks sooner than satellite data are normally delivered. An additional advantage is that normal cloud
cover does not affect data collection, thanks to a correction algorithm Wright developed. Mr. Wright
can be contacted at dkwright@redhensystems.com.
Dr. Joseph Berry, Red Hen Systems' Manager of Special Projects, led a discussion on MapCalc
Learner, the company's recently released grid-based spatial analysis and GIS modeling tutorial
program. Attendees expressed they were very pleased with MapCalc Learner's revolutionary
environment for display and analysis of grid data. MapCalc Learner is available as a free Web
download, however, for $21.95 it comes on a CD with a huge selection of tutorial materials aimed at
teaching the "art" of spatial analysis. The question Red Hen Systems wants GIS users to ask is,
"What's hidden in your data, and how do you know when your analysis is a good one?" MapCalc
Learner is the result of years of study in the field and is aimed at getting users ready for the next level of
GIS expertise. Dr. Berry can be contacted at berry@redhensystems.com.
By far, the greatest head-turner was MediaMapper, the multimedia mapping software that brings the
GIS community a new idea: Why not create maps that are built from, and linked to, multimedia files --
and do it without scanning photos, creating databases, manually linking files, or other monkey
business? MediaMapper takes GPS data and still or video imagery and combines them into "hotlinked"
maps that can be used in MapInfo Professional or ArcView GIS, and it can export the maps to
Web-ready HTML. MediaMapper's newest feature: the program now grabs GPS data from a typical
GPS track log (for instance, on a common handheld GPS unit), and the images from any digital still
camera, and creates a full "media map" in moments.
Red Hen Systems, Inc. develops innovative GIS/GPS software and hardware used widely by
customers such as the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Defense, weed control districts, law
enforcement agencies, and many other GIS users. In addition to MapCalc Learner and MediaMapper,
Red Hen Systems offers a full line of navigation and desktop mapping software for precision
agricultural applications. The company is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. For more information, visit
www.redhensystems.com or www.mediamapper.com, or call 800-237-4182.
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