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Rangelands Management is looking for technology that will make it easier to share information collected in the field with its customers. Currently, many environmental groups are requesting information in an electronic format they can access from their computers. Regulatory agencies, such as the US Fish & Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, require monitoring of rangeland resources as part of their biological opinions. Rangelands technical support staff working with Red Hen Systems of Fort Collins, Colorado, has developed a system using video mapping tied to a GPS signal, with the ability to put audio, video, and GPS signal on the same tape. The system uses a Digital-8 video camera that produces video, audio, and images along with a GPS signal on a differentially corrected background map. Along with voice recognition software, this system will help range share monitoring information inside and outside the agency. Converting the information collected to an HTML format and posting the information to a web site will cut costs and share our work immediately to concerned groups and other agencies....VMS player, the software component of the Video Mapping System, gives interactive image-linked maps. Capabilities are: Automate GPS data indexing and map creation. Point and click data review. You choose the information to display. Automatic feature creation at specified time or distance intervals. Capture still images and video clips (video capture card required). Differential post-processing with EZ-Diff program. Easily export HTML maps and linked images. Navigate and acquire data simultaneously in the field. Use both .tab and .shp files as background maps. Create either .tab and .shp files. Conveniently locate features sorted in the feature browser. Set zoom layering to show the right layers at the right zoom. Create multiple feature layers. Relocate features by dragging and dropping. Index video from the digital video camera. Capture audio files. Select feature markers from a variety of custom fonts. Display local time and UTC in GPS data window. Use ADRG and GeoTIFF maps. Move and copy features between layers. Search video by date and time. Review GPS data on-screen in real time. Use drawing and measuring tools.