LiDAR point clouds of a power plant generated using SOCET GXP v4.0, displayed in the new 3-D Multiport viewer.

Users across multiple geospatial disciplines have embraced SOCET GXP’s comprehensive toolset — automated measuring, mapping and photogrammetry; 3-D visualization and in-depth analysis; unprecedented sensor-model support; and data fusion — for timely analysis and product creation. Integration with the Esri geodatabase, Google Earth, and TerraGo GeoPDF products extend its utility and the SOCET GXP Developer’s Toolkit enhances SOCET GXP functionality, which is appealing to third-party developers and systems integrators.

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From surveillance and reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, precision targeting, and mission planning, to 3-D site and city modeling, land use mapping, border surveillance, coastline monitoring, tracking glacier melt, illicit crop detection, and disaster relief assistance, SOCET GXP has everything you need to get the job done. It satisfies multiple project requirements while reducing training, support, operating and maintenance costs.

SOCET GXP v4.0 — join the XA revolution!

There’s never been a better time to migrate your workflows to SOCET GXP.

SOCET GXP v4.0 adds:

• 3-D site and building modeling with mesh modeling and 3-D perspective viewing
• Planimetric feature extraction with drawing toolbox and cue cards
• Advanced image processing algorithms for change detection, image classification, trend analysis, tracking patterns of activity over time, and finding anomalies in imagery
• Independent localization for straightforward translation
• Terrain and surface modeling with TIN support across the application
• LiDAR capabilities, including triangulation and automatic feature extraction that identifies certain 3-D objects within point clouds

SOCET GXP v4.0: Key enhancements at a glance

Visualization and feature extraction

• Planimetric and volumetric feature extraction including new drawing and edit tools, plus new Toolbox
• General 3-D improvements, including import and export support, and improved 3-D viewer
• Detailed generation of 3-D city models for visualization
• Semi-automatic and manual editing tools
• Integrated 3-D viewer
• Automatic attribution
• Automatic texture patching
• SketchUp integration
• SafeSoft FME integration
• TerraGo layered GeoPDF export
• 3-D PDF

Imagery

• Stereo Model Manager
• ADS40/80
• MSP 1.1.5
• Unclassified Community Sensor Models
• Virtual full image from segmented image sources
• SICD anamorphic correction
• JPIP performance including multi-threading
• Hyperspectral and multispectral
  • Scatter plot improvements
  • iCee atmospheric correction
  • Dark subtract
  • Xport improvements

Terrain

• Terrain and surface modeling
• HRE read/write support
• TIN
• Contour elevation labels
• 3-D viewer integration for TIN and grid terrain modeling and editing as well as LiDAR point clouds
• Extract buildings, houses, and trees with new LiDAR functionality that transforms a LiDAR or photogrammetrically derived point cloud into a bare-earth model

Check out the 2012 schedule of regional, user-focused events:

• Sacramento, Ca. – Q1: ASPRS User Group Meeting
• Washington, D.C. – Q1: GXP Federal User Conference
• St. Louis, Mo. – Q1: GXP Open House
• Melbourne, Australia – Q3: 2012: GXP Open House
• Tampa, Fla. – Q3: GXP Regional User Conference
• Cambridge, U.K. – Q3: GXP Regional User Conference

Watch for details and dates:
www.socetgxp.com/content/events/calendar

With the click of a button, customers can update their profiles; manage support requests and email preferences; request license keys and software; and search the technical knowledgebase for quick answers to outstanding issues.

We have invited GXP customers with current Upgrade Entitlement agreements to register for the portal, and are excited that so many have responded with positive feedback and suggestions for future enhancements. Our goal continues to be keeping workflows operational with minimal downtime.

To learn more or to register for the Customer Portal, visit mygxp.com.

“We have many tools to make 3D measurements from imagery that can be applied to make 3D measurements from point cloud data,” says Zhang. “That is our legacy and our competitive advantage.”

Like raster and vector data many years ago, 3D clouds of billions of LiDAR points — which can be colored and very realistic — are an exciting new data type. However, they pose many software challenges, and software vendors are working hard to develop new software to manage, process, visualize, and extract features from point clouds.

As featured in the Fall 2011 issue of Imaging Notes

…SOCET GXP v4.0, which BAE Systems plans to release in early 2012, will include automatic feature extraction. To increase efficiency and reduce manual entry for end users, the underlying algorithm will automatically compute the dimensional attributes of a 3D object, for about 20 attributes. This capability builds on the company’s 16 years of experience in developing photogrammetric algorithms for SOCET SET and SOCET GXP.

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Friday, November 18, 2011
MacDill Air Force Base – Tampa, FL
CENTCOM JOIC Conference Center
Choose from one of two identical sessions:
8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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BAE Systems is hosting two free, unclassified open house sessions to preview GXP Xplorer v2.0.1.1, the revolutionary new data management application, and to demonstrate SOCET GXP v4.0, the analyst’s tool of choice for data fusion, analysis, and geospatial-intelligence reporting.

The briefings present an overview of key software capabilities and insight into how the tools work together. Two identical sessions are offered — one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Both half-day presentations are unclassified.

Agenda

The agenda includes a mini software boot camp featuring:

GXP Xplorer: Locate, retrieve, and share data

• All data types, from images to documents — and everything in between
• Search geospatially, temporally, or textually (including metadata)
• Federate — search multiple data stores
• Chip before download
• Geotagging capability
• Notifications through GeoRSS and KML queries for GoogleEarth
• Mobile app

SOCET GXP: Easy product creation for any workflow

• Quick product creation
• LIDAR terrain visualization
• Multispectral image analysis
• Planimetric feature extraction
• Automated 3-D site and city modeling
• 3-D line of sight analysis and visualization
• 2-D and 3-D product creation and output to GeoPDF and PowerPoint
• Real-time hyperspectral and multispectral analysis

Registration

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Security clearances

Clearances may be passed through the person’s local SSO, S-2, or security representative of the parent command in one of three ways:

• Send message through JPAS, the CENTCOM SMO code is MA3CF9ZM2
• Send a message through M3 @ PLA (plain language address) SSO COMCENT//CCJ2 SSO//
• Fax a clearance message to 813-827-3382/DSN 651-3382

Any questions can be directed to 813-827-3381 / DSN 651-3381.

BAE Systems cordially invites you to an informational workshop to see new GXP software.

Wednesday, 16 November, 2011, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (includes lunch)
BAE Systems  |  Farnborough office
The Park Centre, Farnborough Aerospace Centre
Farnborough, Hants, GU14 6XN, U.K.

The briefing covers SOCET GXP v3.2 photogrammetry, mapping, geospatial production, and image analysis workflows; new tools coming in SOCET GXP v4.0; guidelines for transitioning SOCET SET workflows to SOCET GXP; and an introduction to GXP Xplorer — the new data management and visualisation tool that everyone is talking about.

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Automatic feature extraction in SOCET GXP v4.0.
Data provided by OSGB, U.K.

The future of SOCET SET is here!

With each new release, SOCET GXP has integrated numerous geospatial analysis and image exploitation tools. Now end-to-end photogrammetric functionality is a reality in SOCET GXP v4.0. The intuitive Microsoft Office Fluent user interface organises the workspace and simplifies rigorous tasks. New technology is embedded in the system architecture, resulting in superior efficiency, usability, and significantly shorter production times. The workshop features typical geospatial analysis workflows, including many photogrammetric features that SOCET SET users have been waiting for, proving that there’s never been a better time to transition to SOCET GXP v4.0.

Agenda

SOCET GXP v3.2 overview

The overall user experience is superior to previous versions with live previews and galleries. Users see processes applied to imagery, graphics, and terrain in real-time before they are committed. Other highlights include:

• Frame import and triangulation
• Multi-sensor triangulation with rigorous bundle adjustment
• Automatic terrain surface modelling and bare-earth modelling with NGATE and ITE
• Connection to Esri ArcMap or geodatabase, and Google Earth
• Automated orthomosaicking and true-orthorectification, plus new on-the-fly seamline editing tool
• Video analysis capabilities
• Spectral classification algorithms for hyperspectral multispectral processing

New features coming in SOCET GXP v4.0

Highlights of the forthcoming SOCET GXP release include automatic feature extraction from LIDAR or digital surface
models, 3-D modeling tools for scene visualisation, and TIN and GRID terrain editing:

• Planimetric and volumetric feature extraction including new drawing and edit tools, cue cards, and new Toolbox
• Semi-automated 3-D building, and city modelling, line-of-sight analysis, and visualization
• Automated volumetric feature extraction from surface models, or point clouds, using the new AFE algorithm
• 2-D and 3-D product creation and output to GeoPDF and PowerPoint
• Intuitive photogrammetric workflows with Microsoft Office Fluent user interface
• Advanced visualisation and terrain editing (TIN and Grid, including LIDAR point clouds), using new drawing tool box

Introduction to GXP Xplorer

Discover a revolutionary way to organize and access data from a handheld device, desktop or enterprise-wide service cluster. Discover, access, and organize geospatial data in GXP Xplorer; use SOCET GXP to view and exploit the data; then republish intelligence products generated to GXP Xplorer for dissemination.

Registration

To register, simply complete and return the registration form via e-mail to Bridget Durham: bridget.durham@baesystems.com, tel: +44 (0)1223 370035.

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2011 GXP User Conference
September 19 – 22, 2011  |  Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles  |  Chantilly, Virginia

Keynote speakers just announced!

Morning keynote
The Big Data Challenge
John M. Custer, Major General (Retired), EMC Corporation

Afternoon keynote
NGA and open IT architecture
Dr. Ann Carbonell, NGA

SOCET GXP and GXP Xplorer — Organize. Analyze. Deliver.

BAE Systems is presenting an informational workshop to preview SOCET GXP v4.0 geospatial-intelligence capabilities coming soon to NGA. The briefing also covers SOCET GXP v3.2 image analysis workflows, GXP Xplorer v2.0 data management and illustrates how the tools work together in the operational environment.

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Two identical, unclassified sessions are offered — one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Registration

Contact Darcy Gray at Tel 703 668 4070 or e-mail darcy.gray@baesystems.com to get your special registration code and then go to www.socetgxp.com/NGA-STL-Workshop to complete online registration for the session of your choice. Please register in advance as space will be limited.

A lot of analysts work within a 30-60 minute window, although I’ve seen timeframes as short as 20 minutes. A lot of that time is spent getting current imagery into the workstation; once it’s there, they can quickly filter intel products, develop the GeoPDF and get it out to those who need it. We work with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, for example, whose analysts primarily identify and map out potential LZs for aircraft going into operations, looking for all structures, treelines, power poles, ground slope, etc.

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SOCET SET v5.6.0 is now available with support for Esri ArcGIS 10 when using the SOCET for ArcGIS module. Additional enhancements include improved performance, support for geodatabase subtypes, and auto-attribution improvements.

More than 300 enhancements have been implemented since the previous version in 2009. These are all rolled into SOCET SET v5.6 as well as support for several new sensors, plug-in support for the Community Sensor Model, and the EGM2008 and Geoid09 gravity models.

A complete list of improvements is included in the release enhancements document.

SOCET SET v5.6 fully supports the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.