Developing GeoINT (Geospatial Intelligence) and

UAS (Drone) Courses and Programs

Vincent A. DiNoto, Jr.Director of GeoTech CenterVince.dinoto@kctcs.edu

Empowering Colleges: Expanding the Geospatial Workforce

Based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation

under Grant DUE ATE 1304591, 1644409, 1700496. Any

opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations

expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

GeoTech Center New Funding

Growing the Workforce The National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence was notified in March of 2017 that it has received funding for an additional five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Advanced Technological Education (ATE) (DUE 1700496).

GeoTech Team• Vince DiNoto – Director/PI (Kentucky)• Ann Johnson – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Idaho)• Ken Yanow – Assoc. Director/co-PI (California)• Nicole Ernst – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Pennsylvania)• Rich Schultz – Assoc. Director/co-PI (Illinois)• Rodney Jackson – Senior Team (North Carolina)• Chris Cruz – Senior Team (California)• Ming Tsou – Senior Team (California)• Thomas Mueller – Senior Team (Pennsylvania)• Wing Cheung – Senior Team (California)• Adam Dastrup – Senior Team (Utah)• John Johnson – Senior Team (California)

Consultants and Evaluator

• Global Skills Exchange (GSX) – David Wilcox

• U.S. GeoIntelligence Foundation (USGIF) –Daryl Murdock

• Washington State University – Candiya Mann

What’s New?The GeoTech Center will concentrate efforts on developing curriculum and professional development in areas which are rapidly evolving as related to Growing the Workforce, through both traditional and non-traditional educational offerings.

How does Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies fit into geospatial offerings?

What’s New?The GeoTech Center will concentrate efforts on developing curriculum and professional development in areas which are rapidly evolving as related to Growing the Workforce, through both traditional and non-traditional educational offerings.

How does Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies fit into geospatial offerings?

Is there a place for GeoINT and location based intelligence in two-year college programs?

Goal 1 Activities

Applied Research: Emerging Trends – investigate the needed skills and competencies for the GST Workforce Domain.

• DACUMs on UAS Imagery/Operator

Meta-DACUM in UAS technologies• Design a Curriculum

process used• Multiple DACUMs

combined to form the Meta-DACUM

• Displayed is the Meta-DACUM for GIS and Remote Sensing

Traditional Aircraft Remote Sensing Roles

• Mission Planner

• Sensor Specialist

• Pilot

• Analyst

UAS Remote Sensing Roles

• One person in all the roles?

– Mission planner

– Camera Optics

– FAA Part 107 Certified Pilot

– Photogrammetrist/remote sensor

Mission Planning

• What is the purpose of the mission?

• What wavelengths are required to meet the end goal? Therefore, what sensors are needed?

• What amount of overlap is required?

• What resolution is required?

Mission Planning 2

• Flight path

• Stop vehicle to take an image, this depends a lot on the area being flown.

• Aircraft

– Fixed wing

– Multiple rotator

Flight Path

Camera Optics

• Many people have taken the attitude that imagery collection is like taking a picture with cell phone camera just point and shoot.

UAS Photography 101How do I set-up my camera to fly and get sharp images

ParametersShutter speed – light gathering abilitySize of aperture (f-stop) – light gathering and depth of field, larger the aperture the smaller the depth of field and the more light that can be gathered. ISO of CCD chip – the larger the value the shorter time required to gather the light but the more grainy the image.Speed of the aircraft - the faster the aircraft the more distance covered in a set period of time.

Note Shutter speed, Aperture size and ISO must all work together to create quality images.

Common Camera Issues

Aperture

• Size of the hole that lets light through

• Bigger (e.g. f/1.4) = more light = overexposed = smaller depth of view [left]

• Smaller (e.g. f/8) = less light = underexposed = larger depth of view [right]

UAS Photography 101How do I set-up my camera to fly and get sharp images

For example:1/100th of a second @ f/8 and flying at 10 mph with an ISO of 400 is 176 in/s therefore the aircraft moves 1.76 inch while the shutter is open or a little less than 5 centimeter.

By knowing the height of the aircraft and resolution of the camera you can determine how many pixels vehicle traveled. Typically this might be half a centimeter.

An f/stop of f/8 gives several feet in front of the focal point and behind to be in crisp focus. But an f/16 would be much better but that would require slowing the speed of the shutter.

Some multiple rotator systems software allows the vehicle to stop when a picture is captured, but slows the overall flight.

Do not use auto focus because this will change the size of the pixel!

An ISO of 400 is a good standard, the brighter the day the larger the number but using a bigger number while it might be a little grainy can allow for a faster shutter speed.

FAA Part 107

• To fly commercially you must be FAA certified.

– Make sure you understanding your institution insurance policy.

– Register your vehicle with the FAA and display the registration number on the vehicle.

• http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/10-tips-for-passing-the-faa-part-107-knowledge-exam/478020

Analysis

• Software intense

• Processing is slow even on very powerful computers

• Software and/or services can be expensive.

• Images should contain position and camera optics.

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Done Using Microsoft ICE (free)

Goal 2 Activities

Curricular Materials Development – Prep materials for certifications, develop problem-centered, contextual and relevant materials

• UAS Curriculum

Lots of UAS Programs

• Numerous programs have been funded by NSF – ATE and they have solid curriculum.

• There are lots of different focuses to the final outcomes, but what are the common elements.

Initial Work @ GeoEd’17 UAS Forum

• Three Potential Courses with content.

– Introduction to UAS

– Part 107 Regulations

– Data Acquisition and Image Analysis

Goal 1 Activities

Applied Research: Emerging Trends – investigate the needed skills and competencies for the GST workforce Domain.

• Essential Body of Knowledge in GeoINTCrosswalk

What is GeoINT?

• Geospatial Intelligence

• Cross cutting field of study

• Certified Programs by the US GeoIntelligenceFoundation (USGIF) – all at four year institutions.

• Certification Exams offered.

EBOK for GeoINT

• Competency I: GIS & Analysis Tools

• Competency II: Remote Sensing & Imagery Analysis

• Competency III: Geospatial Data Management

• Competency IV: Data Visualization

Goal 1 Activities

Applied Research: Emerging Trends – investigate the needed skills and competencies for the GST workforce Domain.

• Personal Assessment Tool

Questions and Answers

http://www.geotechcenter.org/geotech-centers-presentations.html

Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu

http://geotechcenter.org