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Track 4: Remote sensing

Who should attend?

Full-spectrum geospatial-intelligence analysts and others with similar tasks.

Modules [5 days total]:

SOCET GXP v4.0 Essentials, HSI/MSI/SAR, Advanced annotation and feature extraction, 3-D modeling

Upcoming class dates

Reston, Va. (map)

Apr 8 – 12, 2013
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2013
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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San Diego, Ca. (map)

Mar 18 – 22, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Jul 15 – 19, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Cambridge, UK (map)

Mar 18 – 22, 2013
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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SOCET GXP v4.0 essentials [2 days]

This course is the fundamental learning block for all other modules. It offers an overview of SOCET GXP software functionality and product creation. Topics include:

  • Graphical user interface and basic components
  • Preferences
  • Loading and importing data
  • Web Mapping Service
  • Working with imagery
  • Basic drawing tools
  • Chipping
  • Grid reference graphic
  • Custom templates
  • Comparison tools
  • Registration
  • Finishing Tool
  • Terrain visualization
  • Google Earth products
  • 3-D visualization

HSI/MSI/SAR [1 day]

Work with HSI, MSI, and SAR imagery in SOCET GXP. View and manipulate image bands and apply algorithms to draw out items of interest or areas that need further investigation.

  • HSI and MSI imagery
  • MSI composites
  • Band selection
  • Image enhancements
  • Histograms
  • Pan sharpening
  • Scatter plot
  • Spectral profile
  • Band statistics
  • Spectral algorithms
    - Supervised and unsupervised classification
  • Xport
  • SAR
  • Band math
  • Colorization

Advanced annotations and feature extraction [1½ days]

Find out how SOCET GXP interacts with ArcMap and how to automatically extract buildings and trees from high-resolution LiDAR data. Draw graphics and extract features in 2-D and 3-D using the new Drawing Toolbox.

  • Stereo Model Manager and stereo viewing
  • Drawing Toolbox (advanced annotations)
  • Creating specification files
  • Creating style sheets
  • Creating a SOCET GXP feature database
  • Default specification file
  • Extracting features
  • Feature query
  • Spatially enabled exploitation
  • SOCET for ArcGIS
  • Automatic feature extraction

3-D modeling [1/2 day]

Discover how SOCET GXP interacts with Google SketchUp and how COLLADA models and KML/KMZ files are used in SOCET GXP for situational awareness. Create 3-D products such as 3-D GeoPDF and OpenFlight models. Extract 3-D buildings in SOCET GXP and display in the 3-D viewer.

  • 3-D modeling workflow
  • 3-D modeling fundamentals
  • Basic building tools
  • Complex 3-D modeling tools
  • Automatic texturing
  • Google SketchUp integration
  • COLLADA and KMZ models
  • 3-D visualization products