The Center for Geospatial Intelligence (CGI) is an interdisciplinary center at the University of Missouri - Columbia (MU) that currently involves 15 faculty and dozens of other researchers in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Geography, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Geological Sciences. The center was formally established in February 2004 and is designated and supported as a "Signature Program" by the MU College of Engineering. The center maintains a multi-million dollar R&D program at MU in the areas of satellite, airborne, and ground remote sensing; automated feature extraction; change detection; target detection, recognition, geolocation, and tracking; video surveillance; computer vision; intelligent databases and information retrieval; advanced geospatial data processing; geoweb applications and services; and the detection and characterization of underground structures. Since 2007, the CGI has been located in a $2.5M, 6500 sq. ft., state-of-the-art facility that contains a wide variety of specialized laboratories dedicated to advanced geospatial R&D. By leveraging the multi-disciplinary research skills of its faculty and its unique facilities, the CGI conducts leading-edge research focused on geospatial intelligence needs critical for national security, homeland defense, and military combat support.
In response to the recent tornado that destroyed portions of Joplin, MO, the Center for Geospatial Intelligence used GeoCDX—its fully-automated change detection system—to produce a rapid assessment of the destruction. This information was then passed on to state agencies for their use. The following overview image clearly shows the path of the tornado from the lower left corner to the right edge. This result was produced using a 2010 NAIP image and MJ Harden imagery collected just days after the tornado.
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