Presentation by Tracy Toutant from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the ESRI Users Conference, July 22, 2015

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Enabling Mission Partners
– a success story
Tracy Toutant

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• United States Coast Guard
– Supported through the NGA Support Team to the
Department of Homeland Security
• Leverage existing USCG accomplishments
• Enable strategic and tactical personnel
• Provide support, training, and technical expertise
Enabling A Mission Partner
A picture is worth a thousand words…

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• Focused on analysis
• Assist in the creation of organic capabilities
• Promote the use of geospatial analysis
• Support multiple mission areas of the USCG
The Self-Service GEOINT Initiative
Necessity is the mother of invention…

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• Small team of embedded analysts
• Create guides and training materials
• Provide technical support
• Advise and assist in liaison role
The Self-Service GEOINT Initiative
Teachers open the door, but you enter yourself…

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• Guides are the focal
point of the SSG
Initiative
• Focused on real-world
tasks
• Step-by-step workflows
for analytic products
• Widespread support
from field units
The Self-Service GEOINT Guides
Teach a man to fish…

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• Custom Training Program
– In USCG Schoolhouse
• Uses real USCG Data and examples
• Introduction to GIS with hands on practice
• Serve as a resource for other training
• Fiscally conscious approach
• Aims for awareness and familiarization – not experts
The Self-Service GEOINT Initiative
Practice makes perfect…

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• Tool Development
– Support and automate complex workflows
– Toolbars and scripts to simplify steps
– Enable sharing of workflows
– Promote server geoprocessing
The Self-Service GEOINT Initiative
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…

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• Foster a community of users
• Share experiences and tradecraft
• Leverage existing expertise
• Networking
Importance of Community
No man is an island…

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• Enable advanced analysis
• Transcend organizations and hierarchy
• Create a user community
• Provide technical and training support
The Self-Service GEOINT Initiative
Drop by drop fills the river…

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