Location Intelligence

Descartes Labs hosts the GEOINT 2021 Machine Learning Training Workshop

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Source: gisuser.com

They encouraged workshop attendees to bring their laptops for hands-on use of the Descartes Labs Geoprocessing Platform and Data Refinery. Descartes Labs will also exhibit at GEOINT 2021 where it will show the latest breakthroughs in multimodal sensor data fusion and advanced big data analytics and virtualization. Members of the Descartes Labs Science & Tech Solutions team will be on hand to discuss development of custom ISR solutions, geospatial data ingestion pipelines, and automated object detection and classification. The company also supports a diverse set of federal government efforts to curate, analyze, and provide unique actionable insights from geospatial data.

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Geo Connect Asia 2022 launches with focus on addressing key regional challenges

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Source: eco-business.com

The theme for Geo Connect Asia 2022 is Geospatial & Location Intelligence Solutions for Asia – Underground, Land & Sea to Sky. Geo Connect Asia enhances the digital transformation of key industries and helps address many of the real-time challenges facing decision-makers. Geo Connect Asia 2022 is a testament to the resilience of the MICE industry and its strong recovery. Rupert Owen, Co-founder of Geo Connect Asia, said, it pleased them to build on the positive response they received at the inaugural Geo Connect Asia this March. Comprising a two-day conference, forum, technical seminars, and a product exhibition, Geo Connect Asia 2022 will provide a one-stop-shop for exhibitors and visitors alike.

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Edgybees Selected as Finalist in the 2021 USGIF Innovative Tradecraft Competition

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Source: gisuser.com

Edgybees, the leading provider of precise, real-time geo-registration and actualization of aerial video and images, announced today that they have selected it as a finalist in the 2021 USGIF Innovative Tradecraft Competition. The competition recognizes innovative and useful geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) solutions that address mission problems through visualization, data sharing, and interoperability. “Being chosen as a finalist in the USGIF Innovative Tradecraft Competition is a true testament to the value of our technology in the field,” said Adam Kaplan, CEO and Co-Founder of Edgybees. As a Tradecraft Competition, finalist Edgybees will present on the main stage at the GEOINT Symposium on Wednesday, October 6th. The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is the only organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building a stronger community of interest in industry, academia, government, professional organizations, and individual stakeholders.

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Maxar Awarded $26M Contract to Continue Development and Support for NGA Open Mapping Platform

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Source: gisuser.com

Under the agreement, Maxar will continue to provide engineering, software development and geospatial tradecraft to support NOME. “Maxar is excited to continue building upon the 10 years of development that have gone into NOME,” said Tony Frazier, Maxar’s Executive Vice President of Global Field Operations. “NOME is a highly effective mission enabler for the agency’s distributed workforce,” said James Griffith, Director of Source at NGA. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders. It is the world leader in timely, relevant, accurate and actionable geospatial intelligence.

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View from India : Using satellite imagery to glean location intelligence

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Source: eandt.theiet.org

Satellite imagery could give inputs on location intelligence, which includes the development of land for specific time periods. Stanford University has predicted poverty levels using night-time satellite imagery, as well as per capita economic expenditure across continents. It also needs to be seen if satellite imagery can help determine the wealth levels of individuals. Satellite imagery has revealed that residents belonging to certain parts of south and north India were financially better off than their counterparts in Bihar and north-east India. It can leverage geospatial tech tools for culling out information derived from the geospatial data and satellite imagery. Geospatial data and satellite images bring us close to real-time feeds and have diverse applications.

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Introducing the Government Geography Profession Leadership Team

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Source: gov.uk

David Wood, Deputy Director Environmental Analysis, supports developing countries in strengthening their geospatial data systems. He and his team built this support on robust geospatial data. He supports geospatial thinking early in any career through mentorship, learning and sharing training and job opportunities. So that individuals develop themselves, receive career support, on-line resources and backing for formal accreditations. His team works on spatial data science, aiming to bring fresh approaches to bear for working with geospatial data on cross cutting environmental policy problems.

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UAF Gains Increased Computing Power That Can Save Lives

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Source: akbizmag.com

The computing cluster arrived at the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Alaska Satellite Facility earlier this year through funding by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The addition of the high-performance computers marks a significant expansion of the Alaska Satellite Facility’s capabilities. The computing cluster, given the name Athena after the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, is designed for processing terrain imagery obtained by satellites for the US government. It will process image data faster and produce maps in greater detail than current systems and at a cost savings to the government. “This is a powerful demonstration of how technology implemented at UAF can benefit the nation and emphasizes the importance of the Alaska Satellite Facility and the University of Alaska in making that benefit a reality,” said Nettie La Belle-Hamer, director of the Alaska Satellite Facility and UAF’s interim vice chancellor for research.

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Harris-Stowe State University Geospatial Hub at T-REX

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Source: gisuser.com

In fact, NGA will establish a geospatial technology lab of their own within T-REX, directly next to Harris-Stowe’s new GeoHornet Lab. Dr. Higgs has taught geography and geographic subjects at Washington University, St. Louis University, and other St. Louis colleges and universities for over 20 years. The lab is emerging as a global center for location-based science and technology advancements. “We couldn’t be more thrilled with the addition of Harris-Stowe programming to our center,” said Mark Tatgenhorst, Geospatial Program Director at T-REX.

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Getting insights from political violence and protests around the world

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Aggregated non-US ACLED events 2000 — 2020

To achieve political goals, we have seen people and governments using political violence. It includes violence between governments, e.g. war as an intense armed conflict, and violence used against non-state actors, e.g. police brutality. A rebellion is a kind of politically motivated violence of non-state actors against a government. The storming of the United States Capitol was a riot act from non-state actors against the United States Congress.

In this walkthrough we used one of the most widely used analysis OSINT source named ACLED. With the help of spatial binning, we easily recognized historical events between 2000 and 2020 without being an intelligence expert. We have implemented most of the workflows into a GEOINT Python module, mainly to give non-spatial experts a better understanding of the implementation details.

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Explore the potential of location intelligence

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Source: ukauthority.com

The Covid-19 pandemic added fuel to the appreciation of the value of location data in the public sector. It is a subject on which many are eager to improve their understanding, identify opportunities and pitfalls in making more of the location data held by themselves and third parties. We need to explore how to take the data into the realm of intelligence, providing organisations with fresh insights for their planning and operations.

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