DigitalGlobe
Enhances
Monitoring
Capabilities
in
SecureWatch
for Defense
and
Intelligence
Customers
DigitalGlobe
announced
the latest
release of
SecureWatch,
a powerful
geospatial
intelligence
subscription
service that
provides
on-demand
access to
DigitalGlobe’s
entire
17-year
library of
high-resolution
satellite
imagery, as
well as more
than 3
million
square
kilometers
of new image
collections
daily. The
update
introduces
new
functionalities
that enable
defense and
intelligence
mission
partners to
exploit the
complete
power of The
DigitalGlobe.
The first
enhancement gives
SecureWatch users a
powerful new
interface with more
control for managing
GIS data overlays.
The platform now
allows users to
visualize public and
proprietary features
and formats on top
of DigitalGlobe
imagery, such as
Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC),
Web Map Tile Service
(WMTS), and Esri
native REST formats,
among others. With
this new capability,
subscribers will be
able to quickly
create higher
quality intelligence
deliverables that
combine imagery with
additional data
sources, such as
terrain mobility
index layers, land
use and land cover
datasets.
SecureWatch
subscribers can now
add premium
SecureWatch Sites
subscriptions to
their base access,
which assures the
delivery of new
imagery over
critical locations
of interest. And as
previously
announced,
subscribers can now
add online and
offline access to
more than 60 premium
Human Landscape data
layers that describe
an area’s physical
and cultural makeup.
These, combined with
the five global data
layers available to
all users, provide
contextual
information that is
essential for
mission success.
The third
enhancement gives
SecureWatch
subscribers online
or offline access to
pan-sharpened 8-band
visible
near-infrared (VNIR)
imagery, allowing
customers to better
understand mining
activities, soil
disturbance and
underwater dredging.
These new
multi-spectral
capabilities allow
SecureWatch
subscribers to
quickly and
accurately monitor
conditions and
activity on the
ground and to make
decisions
confidently.
Finally,
DigitalGlobe imagery
in SecureWatch is
now processed using
a proprietary
technique called
Atmospheric
Compensation
(AComp), which
mitigates the
effects of haze and
water vapor to
improve image
clarity. With
AComp-enhanced
imagery, analysts
can produce insights
more efficiently
because they see
image details more
quickly without
manual intervention.
“The updates
we’ve made to
SecureWatch provide
a significantly
improved information
advantage for our
mission partners
around the globe,”
said Jeff Kerridge,
DigitalGlobe General
Manager of
International
Defense and
Intelligence. “With
new GEOINT content,
analytical tools and
workflow
enhancements,
SecureWatch users
will be able to
answer key
intelligence
questions more
quickly by accessing
multi-spectral
imagery and
multi-source
content, allowing
defense and
intelligence
organizations to
respond decisively
and confidently to
global events.”
