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USGIF Education and Training Professional Development:

THE DIGITAL MAPPING & RECONNAISSANCE TOOL

(DMRT) CASE STUDY

USGIF Education and Training Professional Development DIGITAL MAPPING & RECONNAISSANCE TOOL

(DMRT) Case Study

There is a real need for Mobile GEOINT platforms that are germane

to tactical level organizations to rapidly collect, process, and

dissemination of GEOINT products within 24 hours upon mission

collection.

DMRT supports these requirements, allowing users to “see around

the corner” by adding first-person viewpoints. The low cost of

commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology has enabled Mobile

GEOINT to be a “poor man’s U2” ISR platform at the tactical level.

LEARNING OUTCOMES- The learner will be able to achieve the following

Learning Objectives:

a. Explain the DMRT concepts.

b. Explain “Feature Maps” and “Time and Space” process to obtain an

initial position on standard maps and charts.

d. Describe how mobile GEOINT is a low cost ISR platform and can

support GEOINT requirements from the tactical to National levels.


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DMRT is categorized as “Handheld Photography or Handheld GEOINT, Mobile

GEOINT, or Handheld ISR" being that its handheld, is that of the "First Person View

(FPV)", its' mobility, and uniquely capable to obtain aerial, ground, and waterborne

georeferenced photographs in real-time: however the ability to obtain a stand-off

position has been its Achilles heel until recently.


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Topics

• Phase I-The Origins of DMRT-1990

• Phase II-SIMMATs-1992-1996

• Phase III-GPS, The NIMA RRS, and The Digital Mapping System

(DMS)-1997-1999

• Phase IV-DMRT Becomes Operational and R&D-1999-2006

• Phase V-The New DMRT-2006-Present


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Phase I-The Origins of DMRT-1990

DMRT’s Origins and “Feature Maps” and “Time and

Space”

• Operation Promote Liberty: The Panamanian Darien Feb-May

1990

• The Mission

• “Feature Maps” and “Time and Space”


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172 Miles

40 Miles

3/7th SFGP

Battalion HQs, Fort Davis

B Co, “B Team, 3/7th SFGP

Company HQs, La Palma

B Co, ODA 785, 3/7th SFGP

A Camp, Jaque


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B Co “A Camp, ODA 785 3/7th SFGP Battalion HQs, Jaque


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ISSUES

• Currency of maps/images

• Lack of map data

• Lack of imagery

• Lack of positional data

• Limited germane capability to collect, process, and produce a product at the

tactical level

• Limited means to receive/transmit data especially imagery

• Obtain a stand-off position of a target of interest

• Unclassified

“A Disconnected Environment”


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OTHER ISSUES

• No GPS

• No Cellular connectivity

• No Internet

• High regional illiteracy rate

• No roads


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The Result


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ISR imagery collection criteria:

1. Flown at 1900 hrs-The traditional time for individuals having completed dinner and

commencing to sleep as sun set is approximately between 1800-1830 (depending on

the time of the year).

2. Flight path from 140 to 320 degrees (from Punto Guyabo Chico to Punto Guyabo

Grande) and center of the Guyabo Grande bay looking east-Established as a

means to use intersection/resection from various points on the flight path to the hut.

3. 10,000 foot AGL-It was assessed that this altitude would provide the maximum field of

view (FOV) while maintaining acceptable resolution (acceptable resolution being able to

identify an object such as a human). An additional factor that this flight path was

normal for aircraft in the region.

4. Requested IR imagery-If the hut was being occupied IR could pick up a weak light

source such as a cooking fire, and flashlights.


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Phase II-SIMMATs-1992-1996


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The “Special Information Management System (SIMATS)”:

A Mobile Collection system


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Much of SIMATS was based on the

“Feature Maps” technique used in the

Darien which promoted rapid data collection

as illustrated below.

SIMATS also incorporated the

“Time and Space” technique

as well as means for

“situational awareness as

illustrated above.


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The SIMATS concepts were as follows:

• Rapid collection, processing, and product dissemination

• Mobile

• Light weight

• Multi media

• Unclassified

• Low cost

• Off the Shelf Technologies

• Scalable

• Validated information requirements


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Phase III-GPS, The NIMA RRS, and The Digital Mapping System (DMS)-1997-

1999


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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures:

• Handheld GPS was accessible and low cost

• Internet was accessible and low cost

• The NIMA RRS

• Core Technologies

• GPS

• Digital still/video cameras

• The foundation for DMRT is set


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282 Miles

175 Miles


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The Digital Mapping System (DMS)


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Phase IIV-DMRT Becomes Operational and R&D-1999-2005


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282 miles


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ISSUES

• Currency of maps/images

• Lack of map data

• Lack of imagery

• Lack of positional data

• Limited germane capability to collect, process,

and produce a product at the tactical level

• Limited means to receive/transmit data

especially imagery

• Obtain a stand-off position of a target of interest

• Unclassified

“A Disconnected Environment”


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OTHER ISSUES

• No Cellular connectivity

• No Internet

• High regional illiteracy

rate

• No roads


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http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21580497-ambitious-plan-struggles-get-drawing-board-taking-slow-road&ei=AUpwVbetC4TEgwSajoPoCA&bvm=bv.94911696,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNHM1hOqyadM0-GGD_j94inhkzMEwg&ust=1433508676948838

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=&url=http://www.greenfudge.org/2009/11/20/wind-turbines-to-power-cell-phone-towers/&ei=EEhwVd7KCtaQsQTcjoL4CQ&bvm=bv.94911696,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNHnYuf9_elpHYIS2RcyvNCCLVzXOw&ust=1433508240572763

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/social-responsibility-gets-bookish&ei=JkxwVd3UNsmrNv_8gtAK&bvm=bv.94911696,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNETssRWcqrQ_Z-oH0lljn4_qaJ8dw&ust=1433509146023465

DMRT Core Technologies

Red Hen Systems

Video Mapping Systems

(VMS 200)

iPix Immersive Digital Still

Video Brush Video

Mosaicing Software


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Rapid Collection

Rapid Processing

Rapid Product and Dissemination


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Rapid Product and Dissemination


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Obtaining a Stand-off Position


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Red Hen Systems

Video Mapping Systems

(VMS 200) Processed on MediaMapper


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iPix Immersive Digital Still with Hot Links


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GRIDS: Based on SIMATS and developed for Situational

and

Orientation Awareness with Positional Data


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Video Brush Mosaic of JTF Hot Linked with iPix


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Riverine Mapping Up Date Test


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Ikonos Imagery for Control DMRT VMS Video Collection

Frame Captured Tied to Ikonos


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DMRT Expands

GIMMSS Testing in Puerto Rico


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DMRT Used by

The US Capital Police

in National Security Events


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DMRT Private Sector Prototypes


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Today-The RHS DMRT


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DMRT can now be defined as “A Handheld GEOINT or Mobile GEOINT ISR

capable platform, that's the "First Person View (FPV)", is mobile, and uniquely

capable to obtain aerial, ground, and waterborne stand-off georeferenced

photographs in real-time”.


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Presented by

Bruce A. Donaldson

Mobile GEOINT Manager

[email protected]

970.493.3952

Red Hen Systems

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