27 Jan 2012
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Latest Article Friday’s Food for Thought: Needing to “Leap Ahead”
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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Who doesn’t love Fridays? It is the time to unwind, recharge and often assess one productivity during the previous four days. Speaking of busy weeks, the Pentagon proposed its future budget cuts yesterday. While this will certainly usher in an era of “doing more with less,” there will still be plenty of growth opportunities in the GEOINT sector. Speaking of growth opportunities, USGIF just announced an open solicitation to its membership for a Tradecraft Development Subcommittee Co-Chair. Don’t miss out on this one!
26 Jan 2012
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Google Maps Gets Game-ified and Offers Public Alerts
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Google is creating gaming concept that brings us back to our childhood. Do you remember those games where you had to guide a marble through a maze by tilting and adjusting the game board? Google is creating virtual version of this where you guide a “digitized” marble through the streets and avenues on Google Maps. The as-yet-to-be-named game will launch next month and, of course, will be on Android-powered devices. Be sure to check out the video about this new game in this post.
25 Jan 2012
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Satellite Export Reform Critical to U.S. National Security and Space Industrial Base
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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently issued a study that underscores how the U.S. space industry is losing its competitive edge and risks falling short of future national security requirements unless government reforms our export control system and promotes the international competitiveness of U.S. industry. The report, Competing for Space: Satellite Export Policy and U.S. National Security, surveys U.S. satellite systems and components manufacturers about the challenges the space industrial base faces as a result of U.S. export policies. Among the adverse impacts on industry are loss of global market share and dampening of satellite component sales opportunities to sustain U.S. space technology leadership.
24 Jan 2012
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3D GEOINT from WWII Played Major Role in Ensuring Success of D-Day Landing and More
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PBS NOVA recently ran a program that will captivate the most avid GEOINT history buff. The segment called “3D Spies of WWII” highlights how allied intelligence teamed up with brilliant minds from Britain and Hollywood to develop 3D GEOINT solutions that played a major role in crippling Germany’s rocket program and paved the way for a successful D-Day launch. Be sure to check out the entire program in this post. It is truly fascinating!
23 Jan 2012
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Monday Morning News Kick Off: DARPA’s Galileo Aims for Closer Look at Space Satellites; LightSquared Vs. GPS; and Plenty of USGIF Member News
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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful weekend and are supercharged for the work week ahead. Based on our research for today’s post, we can safely say that USGIF member companies are keeping the GEOINT newscycle bustling along this week. There are plenty of announcements from companies like CACI, TerraGo, LizardTech and more in this installment of the MMNKO post. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!
