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GeoEye scores Big headlines in USA Today

Posted: November 9th, 2008, 4:42am CET by Glenn

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Very cool seeing GeoEye all over the Friday, Nov 7 USA Today, Section A. The paper provided a detailed synopsis of satellite imagery, describing the uses of the latest high-resolution imagery...

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NGA's Murrett Emphasizes Commitment to Commercial Satellite Imagery Industyr

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 8:06pm CET

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's directory, Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, stongly emphasized, several times during his address at the GEOINT Symposium, that no other agency in the U.S. government supports and is committed to the health of the commercial satellite imagery (CSI) industry than his agency. "The array of sensors we have is getting more and more important all the time; Panchromatic sensors are our bread an butter but other sensors will become important like hyperspectral and LiDAR," said Murrett. "We need to tip our hat to our domestic partner," he said referring to the successful launches of GeoEye-1 by GeoEye and WorldView-1 by DigitalGlobe.
In other comments, Murrett said that the NGA's foundation level data cannot be taken for granted referring to the geodetic control, controlled imagery and elevation data that must first be prepated before any analyses can be perfomed. Having data that is readily retrieved and rapidly adaptable to circumstances on the ground to support warfighters is a key mission of the NGA.
Attendance At GEOINT Looks Robust; Exhibits "So So"

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 12:00pm CET

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Attendance at GEOINT this year in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel looked very robust by looking at the opening session; I'd estimate about 2500 people. Exhibitor's however thought the traffic was light to moderate. My take was that most booths were busy but not overly crowded...not even Google.
ERDAS' Sweet Spot: Handling Large Data Sets

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 8:48pm CET

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Rare is the opportunity that I get to hash out a vision for geospatial technology with a vendor. Usually it's all about product enhancements, features, and functionality, especially at a trade show. My conversation with Mladen Stojic, SVP of Product Mgmt. and Marketing for ERDAS was different and its important to know that there are some vendors that can offer clients forethought and direction. Stojic believes that, in a connected world, that spatial models and content can be married in a more coherent manner.
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Clapper Elaborates on Collapse of BASIC

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 4:37pm CET

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During the Q&A session at the GEOINT conference, Under Secretary of Defense, Brig. General (ret.) Jim Clapper, elaborated on the recently canceled BASIC (Broad Area Space-Based Imagery Collection) program, an effort by the National Reconnaisance Office (NRO) to obtain two earth observing remote sensing satellites. "Depending on your point of view, what happened to BASIC is either a strength or weakness of our form of government. There are many constituencies from which you must derive consensus. When we finally got consensus, we finally got signed for the purchase of two 1.1 meter satellites. But Congress decided that the sense of urgency no longer exists. Its now over to the DNI (Director of National Intelligence) to decide the way ahead. The DNI has referred back to the NGA andi it will be up to Admiral Murrett, Director of the NGA to study. Clapper said in closing that "but this has been studied to death."

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Budget Reductions Focus at GEOINT

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 4:26pm CET

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Most of the plenary speakers at the opening session of the 2008 GEOINT conference in Nashville, Tennessee focused on the anticipated budget reductions that will ensue as the next administration takes office after next weeks U.S. presidential election. "I am quite concerned that this conference wont be as big, because this community will go on a diet," said Rich Haver of Northrop Grumman, the master of ceremonies of the days activities. "I think the next three or four years will be a tough fight. We need to redouble our efforts to make sure that the next administration doesnt, rebalance the budget on the back of the intelligence community."

Brig. General (ret.) Jim Clapper, the current Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) said that, "We are going to have to figure out a way to constrict. This will be a tremendous challenge for the next administrationwe have gotten use to supplementary funding which has been as a result of the war. But if I were going to be around, I would try to champion a preservation of the capabilities even if they are shrunken a bit but to keep the expertise." He hoped the next administration will not entirely emasculate the capabilities that have been established during the years of the Iraq war.

Clapper also mentioned that in looking to the future, certain priorities must be considered. He said that integration and collaboration are very important, plus the melding and synthesis of the disciplines is the strength of geospatial intelligence. Clapper emphasized the need to adhere to standards and complimented Vice Admiral Murrett, the current NGA director on pushing this effort forward.

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AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

GeoEye scores Big headlines in USA Today

Posted: November 9th, 2008, 4:42am CET by Glenn

Tags: GEOINT

All Points Blog

NGA's Murrett Emphasizes Commitment to Commercial Satellite Imagery Industyr

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 8:06pm CET

Tags: GEOINT 08

Attendance At GEOINT Looks Robust; Exhibits "So So"

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 12:00pm CET

Tags: GEOINT 08

ERDAS' Sweet Spot: Handling Large Data Sets

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 8:48pm CET

Tags: GEOINT 08

Clapper Elaborates on Collapse of BASIC

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 4:37pm CET

Enclosure: [download]

Tags: GEOINT 08

Budget Reductions Focus at GEOINT

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 4:26pm CET

Tags: GEOINT 08