Virtual GEOINT Center: C2ISR through an avatar's eyes

Mark Seibert; Travis Tidbal; Maureen Basil; Tyler Muryn; Joseph Scupski; Robert Williams

doi:10.1117/12.2018516

22 May 2013 Virtual GEOINT Center: C2ISR through an avatar's eyes

Mark Seibert, Travis Tidbal, Maureen Basil, Tyler Muryn, Joseph Scupski, Robert Williams

Proceedings Volume 8742, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR IV; 87420W (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018516
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

As the number of devices collecting and sending data in the world are increasing, finding ways to visualize and understand that data is becoming more and more of a problem. This has often been coined as the problem of “Big Data.” The Virtual Geoint Center (VGC) aims to aid in solving that problem by providing a way to combine the use of the virtual world with outside tools. Using open-source software such as OpenSim and Blender, the VGC uses a visually stunning 3D environment to display the data sent to it. The VGC is broken up into two major components: The Kinect Minimap, and the Geoint Map. The Kinect Minimap uses the Microsoft Kinect and its open-source software to make a miniature display of people the Kinect detects in front of it. The Geoint Map collect smartphone sensor information from online databases and displays them in real time onto a map generated by Google Maps. By combining outside tools and the virtual world, the VGC can help a user “visualize” data, and provide additional tools to “understand” the data.

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Mark Seibert, Travis Tidbal, Maureen Basil, Tyler Muryn, Joseph Scupski, and Robert Williams "Virtual GEOINT Center: C2ISR through an avatar's eyes", Proc. SPIE 8742, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR IV, 87420W (22 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018516

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