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» ANALYST TRAINING » SKUNK BAXTER INTERVIEW » RADAR IMAGING EXPLAINED VOL 2, ISSUE 1 THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION LOCATION 2013 NATION USGIF MEMBERSHIP THERE’S A MAP DIRECTORY FOR THAT UNLEASH THE POWER OF THE CLOUD DELIVERING ENTERPRISE CAPABILITY TO THE EDGE MULTI-INT GEOINT IMINT SIGINT HUMINT COMINT With General Dynamics’ open cloud architecture, all users, whether remote or collocated with their data and applications, have direct access to the power of the enterprise, including remote exploitation, multi-INT data integration, intelligence and resource management, and real-time motion imagery processing. Our open cloud architecture enables remote access to mission critical data and applications from a consolidated, shared environment. www.gd-ais.com/Cloud GDAIS-Trajectory - AD5-1212-1b.indd 1 12/12/2012 1:47:32 PM CONTENTS 2013 ISSUE 1 2 | VANTAGE POINT Features 54 | MEMBERSHIP PULSE New themes for 2013 and L-3 STRATIS drives transfor- flexibility in pursuit of mation through innovation. | LOCATION NATION excellence. 14 Mobile GEOINT has changed the way the 56 | GEN YPG 4 | LETTERS world thinks about and interacts with place. Young professionals develop In this issue of trajectory, By Matt Alderton apps for Booz Allen Hamilton, readers offer feedback. DigitalGlobe, and Tomnod. 20 | UNCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 6 | INTSIDER 57 | NEED TO KNOW GPS without satellites; We sit down with Jeff “Skunk” Baxter An introduction to radar industry acquistion; as he tells us how he became a rock star imaging by Thomas Ager. new software. (of defense intelligence). 58 | HORIZONS 8 | IN MOTION Reading List, Peer Intel, and | STRIKING A BALANCE USGIF working group and 24 USGIF Events Calendar. workshop updates; trajectory GEOINT analyst training embraces new wins a Pearl award. 60 | APERTURE technology while maintaining sight of the basics. The Livehoods project 12 | ELEVATE By Kristin Quinn maps and studies city UT Dallas’ GIS program dynamics through social offers a well-rounded SPECIAL SECTION media analysis. approach to GEOINT. 33 | USGIF MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Cover image provided by Maponics.This composite design shows various neighborhoods in San Mateo, Calif., overlaid with Maponics Neighborhood Boundaries. It illustrates the characterization of geofences and other relevant geographies. TRAJECTORYMAGAZINE.com VIDEO PODCAST DOWNLOAD Skunk Baxter plays The National Academy of The digital version of the “America the Beautiful” Sciences reports on the USGIF 2013 USGIF Membership MEMBERSHIP at GEOINT 2009. future GEOINT workforce. DIRECTORY Directory includes a capabilities index. 2013 TRJ-009 VANTAGE POINT USGIF CEO & CHAIRMAN K. Stuart Shea NEW THEMES IN 2013 PUBLISHER Keith J. Masback During a recent trip to England to visit with intelligence leaders from the Ministry of Defence EXECUTIVE EDITOR (as well as with U.S. analysts from EUCOM, AFRICOM, and NATO at JAC Molesworth), I was Jordan Fuhr pleased to see copies of trajectory at various locations. I also heard from colleagues that topics [email protected] like activity-based intelligence (ABI) were being discussed using articles from our magazine as a starting point. Establishing trajectory as a platform MANAGING EDITOR to stimulate discussion and foster thought leadership was one of our goals Kristin Quinn when we launched the publication last year, and it is heartening to see this [email protected] mission already becoming reality. EDITOR In that regard, there are a number of important themes in this issue. The Brad Causey first, our cover story, explores the transformation of location-based services [email protected] (LBS) facilitated by: the confluence of the ubiquity of precision navigation; the hyper-availability of geospatial information; the increasing sophistica- ART DIRECTOR tion of software to produce and exploit this information; the advent of Gretchen Kirchner Rund the computing power to do so quickly; and the acceleration of mobile [email protected] computing capabilities. The result is a revolution in the LBS world, or at least an evolution at AD SALES warp speed. There are important implications here for the defense, intelligence, and homeland Jeff Ley security communities, and indeed, the whole of government. [email protected] Even a cursory understanding of the impact of emerging technologies like those associated with LBS, and innovative methodologies such as ABI, make it evident that traditional approaches EDITORIAL INTERN to analyst training need to be revisited. Such discussions are taking place around our collective Lindsay Tilton communities, and one of our feature sto- [email protected] ries touches on some of the fundamental pieces of this dialogue. I’m hopeful Establishing trajectory as a platform to stimulate this article will encourage more serious discussion and foster thought leadership examination of this topic, as it is critically was one of our goals when we launched the Trajectory is the official magazine important to the future of our tradecraft. of the United States Geospatial Finally, we’re thrilled to be getting publication last year, and it is heartening to Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), feedback about our efforts with trajectory. see this mission already becoming reality. in Herndon, Va. We’ve shared two responses to the maga- zine in a new “Letters” department, and HOW TO REACH US we’re eager to hear from more readers LETTERS AND COMMENTS For comments on trajectory, contact and to publish their thoughts for broader consideration. [email protected]. Another piece of feedback we’ve received is a desire for more technical information in the magazine. In response, we’ve added a “Need to Know” department beginning with this issue. SUBSCRIPTIONS This space will provide a brief tutorial on technical aspects of our business, aimed at providing For information on subscribing to a basic level of understanding to the average reader. We look forward to your suggestions for this trajectory, please sign up online at new section. trajectorymagazine.com. We’re having fun with trajectory, and enjoying the flexibility to be responsive to suggestions from readers. We’re proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish thus far. Please continue to let USGIF MEMBERSHIP For more information on USGIF us know how we can keep working to make this magazine even better in the future. or becoming a USGIF member, contact 888-MY-USGIF (888-698-7443). WEBSITE trajectorymagazine.com TWITTER KEITH J. 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To learn more about our XD Solutions and other products, go to www.cubic.com/XD-solutions. www.cubic.com 11648 Cubic_Trajectory mag CGTS 11_12.indd 1 11/20/2012 11:45:47 AM LETTERS | FROM THE FIELD Letters are the opinions of the author alone and do not represent the views or opinions of his or her respective company or organization. and human geography are sometimes There is not one lead federal agency misused or used synonymously. To note, for human geography, rather, similar the article uses all of these terms with to the academic sub-disciplines, many minimal clarification. This adds a level agencies have human geographers and of confusion. There can be tension human geography components within. between the academic and applied The World Wide Human Geography communities when there is modifica- Data Working Group is one forum, as tion/adoption/misrepresentation of terms well as the American Association of that are not communicated effectively. Geographers, that brings these individu- While the applied community is largely als together. struggling with the nuances, we are get- We have a long way to go, but at ting closer to consensus. The academic the minimum, people are talking and community struggles with this as well. seeking to understand the role and op- Conversations in both emphasize portunity for human geography. There foundations, theoretic grounding, and are often missed connections between spatial thinking. We move forward with, academia and the applied communi- what I hope will continue, the geospatial ties, but there are some who work in KEEPING IN TOUCH revolution resurgence. Understand- both communities that I encourage to I just finished reading the new trajectory. ing the complexities and intricacies of be ambassadors. I appreciate that the Like all USGIF communications, this human behavior is a part of success in USG, DoD, IC, USGIF, and trajectory issue educates, informs, and serves as the geospatial revolution and our general are bringing light and fostering dialogue. an attractive “info exchange” for any decision-making. GEOINT professional. And it does so For clarification, the with more excellence and quality than academic community has a any other publication. But I just wanted longstanding field of “human to mention another service trajectory geography” distinguishing provides, at least to the small portion itself from “physical geog- of the readership who, like myself, are raphy.” Human geography now retired from “active service” in the studies phenomena such as profession. Trajectory provides an impor- political or cultural structures tant social-level link between us and our as they relate to geography. still-cleared brethren in government and Human geography and its industry. And in that regard, the winter sub-disciplines are the spatial issue was a treasure, to me at least.