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Pete Doucette, Ph.D. is acting director of USGS's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and gives a incredible overview of Landsat. Listen in to find out more.  This presentation was the keynote for FedGeoDay 2022 on November 3rd, 2022.

Original video available at: https://youtu.be/JDZktuzpko0

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Open source software and sharing code continues to grow in importance that unlocks tremendous potential for Federal programs. Expert practitioners from across Federal agencies discuss lessons learned, best practices and real world examples of open source in action.

Open geospatial data across academic, commercial, and government providers has an omnipresent impact on human security and crisis response operations. The open science needed to build this data, to include the challenges with translation of research to operational capabilities, often receives much less attention. This panel will discuss recent human security research projects that culminated in open data releases, and the challenges faced and overcome in the process of rapidly supporting domestic and international crisis situations. The panel comprises of the following participants:

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OpenStreetMap and Open mapping continues to grow as a means for Federal agencies to source, edit, share and publish data.  Leaders from across agencies and their partners discuss how they are using open mapping to meet their program requirements. Check out the discussion with this insightful set of panelists to learn more.  

The mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Research Directorate is to deliver future Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities to users for operational impact. In our Government Spotlight segment we focus on learning more about what this means and what NGA Research's role is within NGA and who benefits from the mission critical work that they do with an exclusive interview with Dr Cindy Daniell, the Director of Research.  

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Bad actors in cyberspace pose a significant risk to national security by threatening critical infrastructure, financial assets, and intellectual property. Geospatial, precision agriculture, biotech, and advanced manufacturing represent sectors of economic opportunity for St. Louis, but secure networks underpin them all. As we grow our geospatial ecosystem, we will increasingly become the target of cybercrime and cyber warfare. While all face persistent threats in cyber space, startups, small businesses, and academic institutions can be particularly vulnerable. State-backed cyber criminals want to steal nascent technology vital to modernizing defense and intelligence organizations. America’s entrepreneurs, tech workers, and national security professionals are critical assets to our regional and national success, but protecting personal information is a challenge with more interactions and transactions performed online behind the scenes. A culture of cyber security is necessary not only to ensure individual freedom and safety, but to protect the entire nation from the most pervasive threat.  

In this session of the T-Rex Innovation Center’s Geosaurus Unleashed, Joshua White dives deep in discussion with  Chris Ashabranner of NGA and Mark Dargis of the FBI St Louis Division on Cyber Security. Tune in to find out more.

With our interview with CrunchyData’s Eddie Pickle get the lowdown about the details of what FedGeoDay is all about. If you are interested in attending check out the below details:  

Event Website: FedGeo.US

Join us as we interview Payam Banazadeh, founder and CEO of Capella Space. Payam gives us a great overview of Capella and introduces us to their new Acadia generation of SAR satellites which brings increased resolution, capability, and efficiency for delivery to their customers. Tune in for the details.

Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand, industry-leading, high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation imagery. Through a constellation of small satellites, Capella provides easy access to frequent, timely, and flexible information affecting dozens of industries worldwide. Capella's high-resolution SAR satellites are matched with unparalleled infrastructure to deliver reliable global insights that sharpen our understanding of the changing world – improving decisions about commerce, conservation, and security on Earth. 

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Civil Air Patrol operates a fleet of 555 single-engine aircraft and 2,250 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) and performs about 90% of all search and rescue operations within the contiguous United States as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Often using innovative cellphone forensics and radar analysis software, CAP was credited by the AFRCC with saving 108 lives last year. CAP’s 56,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. As a nonprofit organization, CAP plays a leading role in aerospace education using national academic standards-based STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education resources.  

Scott Kaplan sat down with us to discuss what CAP’s role is in the geospatial industry dating back to World War 2. He then went on to explain the coordination between NGA and CAP in regards to search and rescue operations. Along with talking about recent news for the organization and his favorite new technology that he saw at the symposium.

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Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelligence agency and a combat support agency, NGA fulfills the president’s national security priorities in partnership with the intelligence community and Department of Defense.  

Gary Dunow, the Associate Director of Enterprise at the NGA, discusses the agency’s priorities and what he would like to see be the focus for the coming five years. The three main targets he explains are an interoperable GEOINT environment, sensor to effect capabilities, and GEOINT superiority from space. And he went on to elaborate on how he plans to coordinate with NGA’s industry partners to achieve their goals.

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