Tag Archives: geospatial imagery

Exelis brings fun, games, and veterans assistance to Esri® this year!

Posted on June 25, 2013 by collinsexelisvis

We’re bringing something new to this years’ Esri® International User Conference. In an effort to educate more GIS users about the value of the information contained in geospatial imagery we have designed some interactive, touch-screen games. These games are designed … Continue reading →

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Saving Money at the Esri Federal GIS Conference

Posted on February 26, 2013 by collinsexelisvis

The Esri Federal GIS conference is currently happening at the Walter E. Washington convention center in Washington D.C. With all of the financial uproar happening in Washington right now, I think it’s more important than ever for industries to understand … Continue reading →

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VIS Supporting NASA DEVELOP program with ENVI &IDL Software

Posted on February 19, 2013 by brianfarrexelisvis

In September I posted about the NASA run NSERC Student Airborne Research Program, which Exelis VIS supports with ENVI and IDL software.  Today I’d like to talk about a new program that Exelis VIS will also be supporting, NASA DEVELOP. … Continue reading →

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New Technologies & Natural Disaster Response

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Exelis VIS

There doesn’t seem to be a week that goes by when there isn’t some natural disaster or extreme weather event that severely affects the human population. Two weeks ago it was Hurricane Sandy that affected 8.5 million people in New … Continue reading →

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Why Your Imagery Applications Should be First to The Cloud

Posted on November 15, 2012 by mabowersox

Today it is difficult to discuss geospatial image processing without weighing the benefits of cloud computing (read: ENVI in the Cloud). I suspect the same is true in discussing all types of big data analytics, especially in the federal defense … Continue reading →

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Art & Science: Military Geospatial Engineers and da Vinci

Posted on October 30, 2012 by mabowersox

Geospatial engineering is the art and science of applying geographic information to enable understanding of the physical environment for military operations. The art is the ability to understand mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, civil … Continue reading →

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Crowd Sourcing of Imagery

Posted on October 18, 2012 by brianfarrexelisvis

A couple of years ago, builders unearthed a massive deposit of Mammoth’s and other long extinct mammals in Snowmass CO.  Citizens were able to volunteer to be part of the excavation and effort and as you can imagine grabbing a … Continue reading →

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Leveraging the Enterprise for Rapid Technology Insertion

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Kate Heightley

Like many of my colleagues, I am packing my bags and heading to Orlando for the 2012 GEOINT Symposium.  In fact, I’ll be at the show by the time this posting goes live. While getting things organized to go, I … Continue reading →

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Government Imagery Data, Free & Easy to Find!

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Cherie Darnel

Aerial photography and satellite images provide state and local government officials with a bird’s eye view of the geography, assets, and infrastructure of their communities.  These days, there are a lot of government imagery data formats that are freely available.  … Continue reading →

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Military Image Analysis Applications in an Uncertain Economy

Posted on July 26, 2012 by collinsexelisvis

I’m at the ESRI UC for the first time this year and in preparation I have been looking into Image Analysis functionality with regards to Military Applications. There is an enormous amount of software and functionality out there that is … Continue reading →

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