Project Geospatial

The mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Research Directorate is to deliver future Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities to users for operational impact. In our Government Spotlight segment we focus on learning more about what this means and what NGA Research's role is within NGA and who benefits from the mission critical work that they do with an exclusive intervie...

Bad actors in cyberspace pose a significant risk to national security by threatening critical infrastructure, financial assets, and intellectual property. Geospatial, precision agriculture, biotech, and advanced manufacturing represent sectors of economic opportunity for St. Louis, but secure networks underpin them all. As we grow our geospatial ecosystem, we will increasingly become the target of...

With our interview with CrunchyData’s Eddie Pickle get the lowdown about the details of what FedGeoDay is all about. If you are interested in attending check out the below details:   Event Website: FedGeo. US Ticket/Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fedgeoday-2022-tickets-376807018937 When: November 03, 2022 Where: Department of the Interior - Yates Auditorium 1849 C Street Northwest...

Join us as we interview Payam Banazadeh, founder and CEO of Capella Space. Payam gives us a great overview of Capella and introduces us to their new Acadia generation of SAR satellites which brings increased resolution, capability, and efficiency for delivery to their customers. Tune in for the details. Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand, industry-leading, hig...

Civil Air Patrol operates a fleet of 555 single-engine aircraft and 2,250 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) and performs about 90% of all search and rescue operations within the contiguous United States as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Often using innovative cellphone forensics and radar analysis software, CAP was credited by the AFRCC with saving 108 lives last year. CA...

Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelli...

Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire’s data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global c...

Cognitive Space is an AI-driven solution for near real-time dynamic mission management, collection planning & optimization, and revenue/performance capacity forecasting. Through space, we can monitor a changing planet, protect national interests, provide real-time communications, and enable a web of globally connected devices. It also offers the means for human civilization to scale beyond the...

To stay ahead of climate change, geopolitical risk, and other major crises and issues, we need a global understanding of what is changing, where, and how fast. Umbra is built around the idea that by providing easy access to the highest quality commercial satellite data available, they can become an indispensable tool for the growing number of organizations monitoring the Earth. They empower their...

Founded in 2016, Edgybees provides accurate geo-registration and augmented reality of aerial video in real time, enabling defense, public safety and critical infrastructure command centers to accomplish life-saving missions. To date, the referencing and positioning of streamed video from aerial sources has been inaccurate, often with dangerous consequences. Edgybees’ Visual Intelligence Platform,...

PAR Government is the recognized expert in mobile situational awareness and geospatial technology including full-motion video. Their goal is to help users best manage their information in any type of dynamic environment, whether that be military assets, first responders, local government, or international allies.   TeamConnect-Sit(x) is a SaaS solution hosted in the FedRAMP compliant Amazon G...

ASTERRA (formerly Utilis) provides data-driven solutions for water utilities, government agencies and the greater infrastructure industry in the areas of roads, rails, dams, and mines. The company’s proprietary algorithms and highly educated scientists and engineers are the key to their mission, to deliver actionable intelligence to advance Earth’s resource resilience. Since 2017, ASTERRA technolo...

Performing over 80 million locates annually, USIC is the most trusted name in underground utility damage prevention. USIC also provides a full suite of utility services throughout the United States and Canada. Their mission is to deliver quality, efficient, safe, and innovative solutions to protect our partners’ infrastructure and critical assets.   Rodney Saffold, the President and CEO of US...

The interagency Civil Applications Committee (CAC) facilitates the appropriate civil uses of overhead remote sensing technologies and data collected by military and intelligence capabilities, including from commercial sources. The CAC is operated and staffed by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior and its interagency partners. The director of the U.S. Geologi...

Orbital Insight is the leader in geospatial analytics and location intelligence that helps organizations understand what’s happening on and to the Earth. Orbital Insight uses AI to answer their questions about supply chains, global commodities, geopolitical events, demographics and national security using multiple sources of geospatial data—including satellite images, mobile location, connected ca...

Satellogic is a leading provider of high resolution satellite imagery. They drive real outcomes for our customers with daily, actionable, planetary-scale insights you can trust. Their low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation and product platform deliver geospatial data at the right cost, making Earth Observation data accessible and affordable to enable better global decision-making. With more than...

Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelli...

Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelli...

As a leading location intelligence platform provider (Forrester Wave 2020), Esri empowers leaders with innovative tools to help create sustainable prosperity. Esri's customers drive digital transformation by embracing the power of location,   Stuart Penninger, a Solution Engineer at Esri, tells us about the ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine. He discusses how their tool allows users to access massive...

Magadia Consulting is dedicated to providing a level of service that is unparalleled in todays' demanding technological marketplace. Their teams of specialists help businesses stay ahead of the curve by overcoming their IT challenges, delivering flexible & project-based managed solutions, and staff augmentation services. One of Magadia's founding principles is to deliver quality systems quickl...

At the core of Cesium’s mission is to advance 3D geospatial through openness, community, and collaborations. Cesium is an open platform for creating 3D applications that are fast, flexible, and based on real-world geospatial data.   Brady Moore, Director of Mission Support with Cesium, describes their applications for geospatial visualization. He demonstrates their 3D Tiles Next software and...

Pixxel is a space technology company working towards creating the world's highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite-imaging constellation. The images gathered by Pixxel's satellites will provide up-to-date information relevant to climate monitoring, crop yield prediction, urban planning, and disaster response.   Pixxel’s Aakash Parekh discusses the importance of hyperspectral data in...

Hydrosat provides daily, high-resolution thermal and multispectral infrared imagery of the entire Earth. Thermal allows you to visualize heat and reveal unseen truths that visual imagery can’t detect. Leveraging their first-in-history thermal capabilities, they also provide analytics solutions to solve climate and agriculture issues.   Hydrosat’s Co-Founder and CEO, Peter Fossel, sat down wit...

Rendered.ai is a platform-as-a-service for data scientists, data engineers, and developers who need to create and deploy unlimited, customized synthetic data generation for machine learning and artificial intelligence workflows, reducing expense, closing gaps, and overcoming bias, security, and privacy issues when compared with the use or acquisition of real-world data.   Nathan Kundtz, CEO o...

GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate and build software. From idea to production, GitLab helps teams improve cycle time from weeks to minutes, reduce development costs and time to market while increasing developer productivity.   Marc Kriz, a Strategic Account Leader with GitLab...