By Susan Smith, GISCafé

November 10, 2008

ObjectFX defines itself as “not a full-fledged GIS” yet they are system integrators, creating a software platform to add geospatial capabilities for analysis into enterprise applications.

Inspired by the NGA, ObjectFX’s new spatiotemporal rules engine , SpatialRules version 3.0, is designed to provide “actionable intelligence to the right people in real time.” This enables users to monitor operations and respond to changing situations more quickly.

SpatialRules is actually a service oriented (SOA) middleware component capable of managing and analyzing large amounts of spatiotemporal data, then transforming it into usable information. Enterprise government organizations will find it useful for intelligence, homeland security and defense as it works with user-defined rule layers that allow users to track moving objects or real time events through automatic system generated notifications.

The technology could be viewed in action at the See-Know-Share exhibit which showcased NGA/NRO emergent capabilities.