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» CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE » COMPETITIVE ORIENTEERING » USGIF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP 2016 ISSUE 1 THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION AINTELLIGENCE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE THE INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENSE COMMUNITIES OVERHAUL IT ARCHITECTURE TO EMBRACE DATA SHARING Profi les in real-world expertise » MARK GIACONIA Then: Army Green Beret Now: Geospatial So ware Engineer Big Data Savant Dozens of Special Ops missions in Iraq, Bosnia, and Kosovo give Mark Giaconia a unique perspective on Big Data Analytics. Q: How does having been there infl uence your work? Q: How are you solving that problem today? I understand risk… because I lived it. That helps me anticipate It’s all about using open source intelligence: blending multi- which questions these massive data sets have to answer. spectral imagery with unconventional data. I just developed One of my biggest motivators is getting the right data into an application that turned a livestream of tweets into geo- the mix. spatial intel. Q: In retrospect, what challenges stand out? Q: What USG mission are you serving? Not being able to share data with coalition partners was a I blend data to provide answers for intelligence analysts huge frustration. That made it hard to collaborate —and and military planners. My goal is to innovate every day and stay cranked up the risk. ahead of whatever they need. www.digitalglobe.com LCD_DG_RealPeople_Ads_Trajectory_C.indd 1 1/20/15 6:58 AM CONTENTS 2016 ISSUE 1 A crew from New Jersey’s Public Service Enterprise Group works to restore power after Hurricane Sandy. PHOTO COURTESY OF PSE&G OF COURTESY PHOTO 02 | VANTAGE POINT Features 32 | MEMBERSHIP PULSE Farewell and thank you to USGIF restructures Dr. Max Baber. membership in response 14 | A GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE to expanding GEOINT ENTERPRISE 04 | INTSIDER Community. Hera Systems to launch The intelligence and defense new satellite constellation; 34 | HORIZONS mandatory UAV registra- communities overhaul IT to Reading List; Peer Intel; tion; NASA plans wildfire embrace data sharing, the cloud, and USGIF Events Calendar. detection satellite system; University of Redlands enterprise business processes. 36 | APERTURE Analyzing international receives NSF grant. By Kristin Quinn refugee migration patterns through interactive data 06 | IN MOTION visualization. 2015 GEOINT Commu- nity Week; fusing Big Data; 24 | SECURITY AND RESILIENCE Correction Small Satellite Workshop. The “Carrying on the Tradecraft” Defending the nation’s critical article in the Q4 2015 issue of trajectory incorrectly stated USGIF 10 | ELEVATE infrastructure, from roads and scholarship winner Crystal English GIS, spatiotemporal analy- is a certified crime and intelligence sis, and critical thinking rail to power and water, analyst for the California Department of Justice (DOJ). English is certi- help West Point’s nationally fied by the California DOJ as a crime recognized orienteering enabled by GEOINT. and intelligence analyst, but is not team shine. By Matt Alderton employed there. We regret the error. TRAJECTORYMAGAZINE.com WEB 2016REPORT 2016 STATE INTELLIGENCE EXCLUSIVE STATE OF GEOINT OF GEOINT INTEGRATION Growing UAS use REPORT Cover story bonus improves critical Download the PDF to material: additional infrastructure Download the read about tradecraft resources on IC ITE, JIE, 2016 State of GEOINT Report evaluation. at usgif.org trends and predictions. and more. TRJ-039 VANTAGE POINT USGIF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD REFLECTING AND LOOKING AHEAD The Honorable Jeffrey K. Harris USGIF CEO AND PUBLISHER Welcome to the first issue of trajectory for 2016. in the academic world. Keith J. Masback I hope you enjoyed the holiday season and had We hired Max to further some time to reflect and reset for the New Year. fulfill our mission as an EXECUTIVE EDITOR Just prior to digging out from “Snowzilla,” USGIF educational foundation. Jordan Fuhr finished leading the effort to produce our second Under Max’s stewardship [email protected] annual State of GEOINT Report. The report we accredited nine colle- offers the opportunity to both reflect on trends of giate GEOINT programs, MANAGING EDITOR Kristin Quinn the past year and reset goals to help address issues bringing the total number [email protected] we face as a GEOINT Community. to 12—with many more The 2016 report includes 40 authors from in the pipeline. Addi- DR. MAX BABER, EDITOR government, industry, and academia contributing tionally, Max managed USGIF’s former director Brad Causey 14 insightful articles on myriad topics including the selection process of academic programs, [email protected] analysis, deep learning, and collaborative intel- for almost $1 million in speaks on a panel during ligence. The State of GEOINT Report is meant scholarship awards. He GEOINT Foreword at the ART DIRECTOR to be a conversation starter. It is an avenue for helped grow a small, GEOINT 2015 Symposium. Gretchen Kirchner Rund the GEOINT Community to raise questions, call pre-symposium gathering [email protected] attention to issues, and share perspectives on where into the content-rich and very popular GEOINT ASSISTANT EDITOR our Community is headed. I encourage you to visit Foreword. Max’s efforts have opened the door for Lindsay Tilton Mitchell USGIF.org to download this year’s report and also the GEOINT Community to work more closely [email protected] to share it broadly with your colleagues. with academics, and in many cases changed The diverse perspectives shared in the report minds about the work we do as a Community. AD SALES are representative of the wide-ranging topics we We all owe Max our sincere appreciation for his Jeff Ley cover in trajectory, at our events, on the web, and dedication to the GEOINT mission. [email protected] via social media. As we manage the final edits to Max’s efforts will directly impact our profes- each issue, I appreciate the topics we’ve covered, sion for many years to come as students who and lament the tremendous number we’ve yet to have attained our GEOINT Certificate move go after. In this issue, Matt Alderton tackles the into the workforce. Further, this year’s GEOINT topic of critical infrastructure protection, highlight- Foreword is shaping up to be another phenom- Trajectory is the official magazine ing the role of GEOINT in effectively planning for enal gathering preceding the May GEOINT 2016 of the United States Geospatial and executing that important mission. Managing Symposium in Orlando. We hope to see you at Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). Editor Kristin Quinn takes on the difficult task of GEOINT 2016 where we’ll gather to learn and defining how the defense and intelligence com- grow professionally, network with colleagues, HOW TO REACH US LETTERS AND COMMENTS munities are reshaping information technology to visit more than 275 exhibiting organizations, and For comments on trajectory, contact facilitate data sharing with IC ITE, JIE, DI2E, and engage in meaningful discussions about this year’s [email protected]. more. Her comprehensive examination chronicles theme: “The GEOINT Revolution.” the success of these efforts to date and paints a Of course we hope to see you at one of our SUBSCRIPTIONS picture of what lies ahead. We asked Kristin to other events early this year, which will include For information on subscribing to do this with regard to commercial imagery in our GEOINTeraction Tuesday, a data analytics trajectory, sign up for free at very first issue. She nailed it then, and I think she’s workshop, and a GEOINT Symposium preview trajectorymagazine.com. done it again here. While fact checking this article, with NGA leadership. We also look forward to one senior official remarked it was the most clear the ongoing growth of USGIF as a professional USGIF MEMBERSHIP and concise articulation of the path forward they association, as we will soon eclipse 1,000 indi- For more information on USGIF or becoming a USGIF member, had seen. I look forward to your thoughts and vidual members. contact 888-MY-USGIF comments on both of these features. I look forward to seeing you in our halls or at (888-698-7443). Speaking of difficult tasks, I’d be remiss if I one of our events sometime soon. Best wishes for didn’t mention Dr. Max Baber has moved on a productive and innovative 2016. TWITTER from USGIF, with an eye toward returning to @trajectorymag teaching, after six successful years leading our academic programs. When I joined USGIF, it PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT struck me that we lacked a dedicated staffer with requisite bona fides to engage effectively with academia and GEOINT-related organizations KEITH J. MASBACK | CEO, USGIF @geointer 847-205-3000 | GLCDELIVERS.COM 2 | TRAJECTORYMAGAZINE.COM ll 2016 ISSUE 1 NEWS UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS HERA SYSTEMS plans to launch its first satellites in October 2016. IMAGE COURTESY OF HERA SYSTEMS HERA OF COURTESY IMAGE HERA SYSTEMS TO LAUNCH FIRST SATELLITES Hera Systems revealed plans to launch The company also plans to offer its its first satellites, which will capture imagery products with analytics and high-resolution earth images and video derived information, easily accessible in near-real time. The constellation on-demand via mobile applications. will be able to collect fresh one-meter Hera Systems secured its initial round and high-resolution imagery and of investment funding and plans to video of any location on the globe. begin launches in October 2016. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has generated more than 4 billion measurements since it launched in 2009. 4 | TRAJECTORYMAGAZINE.COM ll 2016 ISSUE 1 PROCRASTINATION TOOLS INTRO TO GEOGRAPHY NASA TO WORLD EDITION In partnership with Rand LAUNCH McNally Education, educational WILDFIRE app builder Montessorium DETECTION created a new app to help children ages six to eight learn SATELLITE geography. Supporting seven different languages, the NETWORK app teaches the names, locations, shapes, and flags of IMAGE COURTESY OF NASA OF COURTESY IMAGE countries around the world via challenges, puzzles, and NASA plans to launch a new satellite network to make it easier to predict and drawing exercises.