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OMAR Overview. MIL-OSS 22 May 2012 Mark Lucas Principal Scientist. Corporate Overview. Overview Privately Held Small Business Colorado Springs HQ Founded May 2005 CY 2011 projected $27M in Revenue ~ 135 employees DoD/IC Business Focus TS facility clearances
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OMAR Overview MIL-OSS 22 May 2012 Mark Lucas Principal Scientist
Corporate Overview • Overview • Privately Held Small Business • Colorado Springs HQ • Founded May 2005 • CY 2011 projected $27M in Revenue • ~ 135 employees • DoD/IC Business Focus • TS facility clearances • SCIFs in Colorado, Virginia and Florida • 95% technical staff cleared TS/SCI • Expertise • Software development and integration • Modeling & Simulation, • Analysis and Signal processing, • Open Technologies, • Systems Engineering • Small, agile business with experienced personnel
Open Source Business Model • Projects fund Professional Services for support • Inter project/agency collaboration by default • No Software License fees • Leverage from open standards and projects • Open source provides the best technical evolution path • Rapid external technology insertion • ITAR – EAR99 – No License Required
Government History • NRO/NGA Sponsorship • Classified Analysis • CELTIC Pathfinder evaluation • DoD Open Technology Development • Large Data JCTD • TriWan Project • Three Letter Organizations
OMAR Overview • OMAR™ • Web based processing and distribution • Cataloging and discovery of geo-spatial assets • Remote viewing and manipulation of NTM, Aerial, FMV and Commercial Imagery • Used in Government & Commercial Applications • Rapid integration and evolution of open technologies • Open interfaces • OGC WMS, WFS • SOA • KML, RSS Feeds Rapidly responding to user needs and improving data access with open technologies
Approach • Leave data in place • RESTful Interface • Dynamic Image Chain Processing • Server side • On demand processing • High performance access to source data • Parameter Driven Image Chains • User interface • Browser • Simple navigation and remote viewing • FMV streaming (MISB compliant)
OMAR ™ Virtual Machine • Self contained OMAR™ system • Reference imagery and elevation sets • Stage and serve data
OMAR Components • Core Functions • Searching • Area of Interest • Time • LAT and LON • WEB Mapping Services (WMS) • WEB Feature Services (WFS) • Ortho-rectification • Terrain Correction • Image Chain Processing • Mosaic and Fusion • KML Layer • Super Overlay Support • File Conversion Services
Map Search with Criteria • Mission • Date • Target ID • Location • Collection Parameters
Returned Results • Metadata and thumbnail • Click on thumbnail to interact with remote data
Interactive Viewing • Orthos with terrain correction • Histogram Stretching • Exposed image chain operations
Viewing • Panning and Zooming • Histogram operations • Resampling to desired resolution • Tracking position • Brightness, Contrast • Band Selection
RESTful Interface • Ideal for low bandwidth, high latency remote access • Software and processing located with the data
Image Chains • Defines product generation instructions • Pulls pixels as needed through the processing chain • Can sample or display at any point in chain • Parameter driven • Non Destructive • User Defined • Can be saved for future use or for use as a processing template
Edge Filter OSSIM Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Insert Edge Filter OSSIM Open Source Geospatial Foundation
On Demand Processing • Rapidly access area of interest pixels • Precision Terrain Correction, Ortho rectification • Parameter driven image chain processing • User adjustments • Embedded view transmitted in web page
Current Status • Classified ground station • Afghanistan cells • State Department • National Libraries • Other classified environments
OMAR Summary • Web based geospatial archiving, production and delivery • Open Source Software, Open Standards • Supports National Imagery and Video Formats • Most commercial formats supported • Provides online geospatial processing
More on OMAR™ • Mark Lucas • (321) 473 4309 • mlucas@radiantblue.com • www.radiantblue.com Rapidly responding to user needs and improving data access with open technologies