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Title: Real3D: NGA’s New 3D Mesh and Bundled Product Suite

Synopsis:

(U) Real3D is NGA’s first 3D GEOINT product, designed to support a wide range of mission applications, including precise geopositioning and mensuration. The Real3D suite comprises two primary components: Real3D Mesh and Real3D Bundle. The Mesh complies with Cesium 3D Tiles 1.1, the Well-Formed Format (WFF), and IC metadata standards to support both One World Terrain (OWT) and Foundation Digital Twin (FDT) efforts. The Bundle contains Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) files designed to integrate with existing software and analytical workflows consisting of co-registered Digital Surface Model (DSM) and orthoimage at 0.5 m made from the same image stack. Both the Mesh and Bundle incorporate an error model based on the Generic Point-cloud Model (GPM). The fusion of high-resolution elevation, imagery, and error propagation model enhances NGA’s ability to provide critical geospatial intelligence for diverse operational needs for the DoD community.

Speaker bio:

Eric Robeck spent the first part of his career as an exploration and mining geologist, modeling underground coal mines in the western United States and mapping remote areas of Mongolia. He left the mining industry in 2017 for a job at NGA and settled in St. Louis with his wife and four children.