HOUSTON, TX, March 4, 2002 - R7 Solutions demonstrated a handheld spill management system designed for front-line response crews at the 2002 ESRI Petroleum Users Group (PUG) Conference today, held in Houston, Texas.

The system is designed for field teams to coordinate spill-response and reporting and provides hand-held mapping and near real-time synchronization back to a centralized mapping and database server.

The system employs off-the-shelf, handheld and wireless hardware to provide front-line response workers with local maps of the spill area, resource coordination and planning, and GPS/GIS applications for reporting environmental damage.

Response coordinators use a central response management web portal that offers real-time maps and tools to help plan and communicate response decisions to the field. Integration with environmental sensitivity data and other spill response databases is also available.

The application was demonstrated on handheld devices, including the Compaq iPaq and the HP Jornada, and on tablet devices, including the Hitachi ePlate and the AirSpeak Flair.

Devices communicated with the on-site GIS server through a high-gain antenna providing 802.11b wireless access in a 5-mile radius. In the field, larger antennas and an amplifier can extend that range to 15 miles or more around a command vehicle or wireless WAN technologies can be used.

The handheld software incorporates ESRI's ArcPad 6.0 and ArcIMS 3.0 on the server, along with R7 Solutions proprietary Lightweight Distributed Framework (LDF) technology to manage connectivity.

About R7 Solutions

R7 Solutions develops and implements award-winning enterprise software for the energy, transportation, government and real estate industries. The company's flagship product is GeoRoom, the real-time web-based map and data integration suite. Founded in 2001, the company has unique expertise in geographic information systems, enterprise integration of geospatial data, document management and workflow systems. For more information, please contact R7 Solutions at 713.529.3300 or visit www.r7solutions.com.