Project Geospatial

Google’s Earth Engine is a planetary scale managed service and data catalog for Earth observation, with 50 years of data and growing at a rate of 2 petabytes per month. It has been used for research and AI applications, such as cloud removal from imagery, synthetic satellite creation, super resolution of low-resolution imagery, and object detection with contextual understanding through Gemini integration.

🌍 Earth Engine: Planetary scale data catalog for Earth observation.

☁️ Cloud removal: Teaching models to identify and mask out clouds with high accuracy.

🛰️ Synthetic satellite: Creating synthetic images with multiple data sets for low-cost analysis.

🔍 Super resolution: Generating high-resolution data from low-resolution imagery for change detection and feature segmentation.

📸 Object detection with Gemini: Integrating Gemini to provide contextual understanding of detected objects and generate code for customized analysis.

🌐 Workflow integration: Exploring options to make it easier for end users to customize and integrate Google’s tools and models into their own workflows.

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Daniela Moody, CEO of Geosite, discusses the recent acquisition of her company by Decartes Labs. Geosite’s products have found a home within Decartes Labs, both in the insurance market and in supporting the Air Force’s search and rescue operations. Their most notable achievement is the development of a mission management tool called Wayfinder, which streamlines search and rescue efforts for the Air Force. Daniela is excited about the future and hopes to continue bringing geospatial intelligence data into the insurance product.

🚀 Geosite has been acquired by Decartes Labs, bringing their products into the company’s portfolio.

👥 Geosite’s products are now divided into the insurance market and the Air Force search and rescue operations.

🔍 Wayfinder, a mission management tool developed by Geosite, is helping the Air Force streamline their search and rescue efforts.

💼 Daniela Moody is excited about the future and plans to bring more geospatial intelligence data into the insurance product.

🌐 Geosite is looking for data and analytic partners to collaborate with.

👥 Geosite is also looking for talented individuals passionate about geospatial data.

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Capella Space is a company that specializes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. They have a vertically integrated capability with high-resolution imaging and strong signal transmission. They currently have four satellites in orbit and plan to launch more. Capella has faced supply chain challenges but has adapted by signing contracts with multiple companies. They have also established successful partnerships with analytics companies to make SAR data more consumable. SAR has traditionally been used in the military and intelligence industry but is now seeing growth in non-military applications. One of the biggest hurdles for the industry is turning SAR data into human-readable and machine-readable information. Capella recently launched a satellite with fully automated deployment capability, which enhances their resiliency and ability to reconstitute satellite capability in case of a catastrophic event.

🛰️ Capella Space specializes in SAR satellites with high-resolution imaging and strong signal transmission.

🚀 Currently, they have four satellites in orbit and plan to launch more in the future.

🔄 Capella has adapted to supply chain challenges by signing contracts with multiple companies.

💼 They have successful partnerships with analytics companies to make SAR data more consumable.

💡 SAR is seeing growth in non-military applications such as climate, oil and gas, and insurance.

🌐 Turning SAR data into human and machine-readable information is a major hurdle for the industry.

🔧 Capella recently launched a satellite with fully automated deployment capability, enhancing their resiliency and reconstitution capability.

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Vinay Malkani, from Figure Eight Federal, discusses the data labeling services provided by the company. They have a large workforce of labelers, from PhDs to remote workers, ensuring quality control. They work with various sensor types, including EO SAR and hyperspectral, and integrate machine learning into the labeling process. The labeled data is accessible through an API, and the company emphasizes that clients own their own data. They are also expanding into sourcing geospatial data with a new product called Hydra.

🏢 They have a large and diverse workforce of labelers, ensuring quality control.

🛰 They work with various sensor types, including EO SAR and hyperspectral.

💻The labeled data is accessible through an API, and clients own their own data.

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Vik Patel from Equinix discusses his background and career in technology, particularly in geospatial and cloud computing. Equinix is a data center company that offers infrastructure and network services, including interconnection with various cloud service providers. They aim to provide a secure network foundation and help organizations modernize their networks. Equinix’s ecosystem allows for easy connectivity and data movement worldwide.

💻 Equinix is a data center company that offers infrastructure and network services.

🌍 Equinix has a global network of interconnected data centers, with over 260 locations worldwide.

🌐 They provide interconnection services and have the largest cloud service provider ecosystem.

🔗 Equinix enables easy connectivity between organizations and cloud service providers.

🚀 Their goal is to help organizations modernize their networks and reduce costs.

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Deb Davis, Vice President and General Manager for GDIT’s Mission Solutions sector, discusses her career journey and the growth of the GEOINT community. She highlights the importance of talent pool development and information sharing across partners. Davis also mentions the game-changing technologies of AI and the need to attract new talent to the industry.

🌍 The GEOINT community has grown significantly over the years, fostering partnerships between academia, industry, and government.

🚀 AI technology is seen as a game-changer in the industry.

🔄 Information sharing across partners is crucial and has seen a shift in emphasis in recent years.

🎓 Developing the talent pool is important for harnessing technology and making an impact.

🎯 Attracting new talent to the community is challenging due to clearance processes and competition from other industries.

💡 Davis suggests getting involved with students and transitioning military personnel to inspire and educate them about careers in the community.

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The Civil Applications Committee (CAC) is working on tracking an asteroid called Apus that will have a close approach to Earth in 2029. The CAC aims to raise awareness and gather remote sensing information about the asteroid, which could potentially cause significant damage if it were to impact the planet or even pass through the geo belt where satellites are located.

🛰️ The Apophis asteroid will have a close approach to Earth in 2029, posing a threat to satellites in the geo belt.

💡 The CAC aims to gather remote sensing information and imagery of the asteroid to enhance space situational awareness.

🚀 NASA is funding the CAC’s work and will be sending a mission to investigate the asteroid.

🌌 The CAC sees this as a unique opportunity for the geospatial community to collaborate and utilize resources to study the asteroid.

💥 The asteroid’s size (about 340m) makes it capable of causing significant damage if it were to impact Earth or pass through the geo belt.

🔭 Different sensors, such as hyperspectral and SAR, are being considered for analyzing the asteroid’s composition and behavior.

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“Worlds are colliding!” is not just another random Seinfeld reference. It is a wake-up call for all practitioners to better understand how the convergence of domains like Cyber and Physical create places for failures at scale. The objective of this training is to demonstrate and guide the attendee through these vulnerabilities and dependencies regardless of their cyber, networking, geospatial and/or GEOINT practitioner level.

Single domain threat catalogs are not enough. Multi-domain threat catalogs are required to design and operate systems that are safe, secure and resilient. By creating stakeholder relevant models, previously undocumented attack vectors, hidden dependencies, and inter-domain control gaps can be identified. Further methodologies and test scripts (called “attack packs”) will be shared which were developed to simulate multi-domain attacks, which lead to cascading failures achieving a very specific objective. This is how we Smoke Supply Chains!

Nick Buck, the founder of Buck Consulting Group, discusses the mission of his company and its role in helping industry understand government missions. He emphasizes the importance of communication and understanding between the government and industry partners.

🚀 Buck Consulting Group is a consortium of independent consultants, mostly former government officials, who aim to bridge the gap between industry and government missions.

🛰️ Nick Buck’s interest in the intelligence community was sparked during his time as a Navy test pilot, where he realized the importance of intelligence information for warfighters.

💼 Buck Consulting Group offers not only market expertise but also technical, analytic, and trade craft skills to work with various clients in different domains.

👥 The company has a large network of over 80 SMEs across the intelligence community and the Department of Defense, providing a wide range of services.

📊 The NRO Industry Advisory Working Group, within the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, was formed to address industry concerns and facilitate communication between industry and government.

🌐 The working group focuses on strategic matters and helps industry navigate changes in the government’s operating model, ensuring a collaborative approach.

💡 Buck Consulting Group and the working group discuss various topics, such as commercial software adoption, agile development, and multi-cloud architecture, to find solutions and provide valuable insights to the government.

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BetterUp is a technology platform that offers virtual coaching for workforce development, focusing on issues like resilience and mission readiness. They provide certified coaching on an AI-enabled platform, helping individuals overcome barriers and optimize their potential.

🌍 BetterUp has the largest coach network in the world, with coaching available in every major time zone.

💼 Coaching is not therapy or mentorship, but a way to help individuals answer their own questions, overcome self-limiting beliefs, and remove barriers personally and professionally.

🤝 BetterUp has partnered with the geospatial intelligence community, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to offer coaching for workfordevelopment and future-minded leadership.

🌱 Coaching is not new in the government, but BetterUp brings a unique approach by democratizing coaching and offering unlimited coaching for a broader range of people.

💻 Coaching can be accessed on personal devices, making it convenient and accessible for individuals to use outside of the workplace.

💪 BetterUp’s coaching has shown positive results, including a 20% increase in resilience in the coached population at NGA.

🚀 BetterUp aims to have a positive impact on the mission by improving talent retention, readiness, and commitment.

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