Predictive Analysis Application:
Geo-spatial Temporal Data Visualization

converting  
information  
to  
intelligence  

Intelligence analysts are confronted with an information bottleneck of unprecedented proportions.

The omnipresent digital domain has combined with communication technology to enable new forms of information (e-mail, voice-to-data), expanding the incoming information by an order of magnitude.

Analysts must turn this information into intelligence by quickly, thoroughly and precisely scanning 5,000 documents a day or more for relevance to a growing number of threats, route relevant information to appropriate subject matter experts for analysis, and then issue precise, actionable intelligence to war fighters or first responders.

The current generation of information management technology can not give the analyst the tools needed to handle the vast influx of information or recognize meaningful concepts within the information, concepts that could add up to intelligence.

In recognition of this fact, Microlanguage built a proof-of-principle prototype predictive analysis application on the ObjectFX™ SpatialFX™ J2EE compliant mapping software Platform that demonstrates the power of ObjectFX's data visualization and mapping tools, and the power of Microlanguage's Thematix intelligent language processing technology to:

		isolate and extract relevant information from mountains of data
		dramatically reduce the amount of time analysts lose sifting through irrelevant data
		eliminate the need for repeat searches because insufficient quantities of relevant information, or information of little value is retrieved
		assemble discrete and seemingly unrelated bits of information into keys that can unlock plots and preempt threats
		dramatically improve the precision and recall of content retrieval and knowledge management systems

threat  
scenarios  
emerge  

Microlanguage and ObjectFX have demonstrated the proof-of-principle Geospatial, temporal data visualization application to the intelligence community. This application can:

		recognize thematic and conceptual content in disparate document types (articles, e-mails, sitreps, wire service feeds) within a knowledgebase
		browse a knowledgebase in three dimensions: 1. THEMATICALLY, according to the themes, concepts, or events in the     documents; 2. GEO-SPATIALLY, according to the latitude and longitude of the place     that the events in the document occurred; and; 3. TEMPORALLY, according to the time that those events took place.
		visualize patterns and clusters of potentially threatening activities surrounding potential targets, connect the dots, and issue intelligence to first responders and war fighters

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about  
ObjectFX  

ObjectFX provides SpatialFX, an innovative Java-based software platform that enables the integration of dynamic location-based services such as mapping, vehicle routing, address geocoding and other spatial operations into enterprise applications. Users of applications built on the SpatialFX Platform can see and interact with real-time, integrated views of information in a location-based context, thereby enabling faster, more effective decisions. For more information or to arrange a personal demonstration of SpatialFX, please visit ObjectFX on the Web at www.objectfx.com or contact our government sales team at 410-884-4090.

Footnote:
1 - At the Information Sharing and Homeland Security Convention, Philadelphia, PA, August 19 - 21, 2002, and at the Threat Prediction and Geospatial Intelligence Seminar, November 13, 2002, McLean, VA

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