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PODCAST: GEOINT Community Week Preview

Posted on May 17, 2013 with 0 comments

More Than 20 Local Training & Education Opportunities

Check out the latest episode of got geoint? podcast series. This episode features two USGIF staff members: Dr. Darryl Murdock, vice president of professional development, and Dr. Max Baber, director of academic programs.

Darryl and Max discuss USGIF’s upcoming GEOINT Community Week, held May 20-23 at various locations in Northern Virginia, with a particular focus this year on training and education opportunities.

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NGA West Registration is Open

Posted on May 14, 2013 with 0 comments

Join USGIF on June 5 in St. Louis for the NGA Tech Showase West.

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USGIF offers this exclusive event to the GEOINT Community, providing an unparalleled opportunity to see the unique work of NCW.

The day begins with a panel session on the NGA Strategic Objectives and how this is impacts NCW. Afterward, attendees can view 15-20 demos throughout the building, which will tie together the topics discussed in the morning.

This is an exclusive opportunity with first-come, first-served limited attendance.

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REGISTRATION OPEN: USGIF Offers 20 Different Training & Education Sessions

Posted on May 13, 2013 with 0 comments

Register now to reserve your seat in one of the many sessions offered during USGIF Technology Day, Thursday, May 23, at the Hyatt Regency Reston …

ALL-DAY SESSION
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

  • SAR/EO/AIRBORNE Training


MORNING SESSIONS
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

  • ABI Condensed Course
 (Eligible for CEU)
  • Building eContent for GEOINT Training
  • Cross Platform Mobile Application Discussion and Development
  • The GMTI Revolution: From Cold War Precision Strike to the Origins of Activity Based Intelligence
  • Into to Hyperspectral Target Detection & Material Identification

  • JEMA Workflow Process & Model Building

  • More Effective Use of Geospatial Intelligence Workflows in Disaster Relief Efforts
  • The Power of Spatial Statistics

  • SAR and Geodesy Suite: Isaac Newton and the Choreography of the Night Sky

AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

  • Commercial Spaced-Based Vessel Tracking Overview for GEOINT Professionals
  • Data Management and Big Data 101
  • History of the Cyber Threat: From Pranks to Persistent Threats & Cyberwarfare
  • Fundamentals of Full Motion Video (FMV) Condensed Course (Eligible for CEU)
  • How to Access Government Purpose Imagery using Four Different Systems (WARP, EGD, iSToRE, iEQUIS)
  • LiDAR Point Clouds & Modeler 101: Basic Point Cloud Exploitation
    LiDAR Point Clouds &QT Modeler 201: Real-world Intelligence Products Derived from LiDAR Data
  • Mobile Access to Human Geography and Crowd Sourcing

  • Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Fundamentals

  • Telling Stories in the GEOINT Enterprise


Due to space restrictions, registration is required for these and other GEOINT Community Week events.

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SAR/EO Training

Event date: May 20, 2013

Learn more and sign up “here:”http://usgif.org/events/EO_SAR

USGIF’s Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite (CSARS), Earth Observation (EO), and Commercial Airborne Working Groups, in cooperation with the NGA Commercial GEOINT Solutions Group (S5), cordially invite Government and Military personnel to attend free unclassified workshops Monday 20 May through Wednesday 22 May at NCE and the NGA College. On Thursday 23 May, these working groups open training to the GEOINT Community at-large when USGIF Tech Days takes place at the Hyatt Regency Reston.

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USGIF Education Spotlight

Penn State University

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