The Implementation and Use of the Geospatial Exploitation Systemrnwithin the IAEA’s Department of Safeguards

摘要

The Geospatial Exploitation System (GES) is an enterprise-widernsystem used to analyse satellite imagery, geospatial informationrnand associated assets for staff within the InternationalrnAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Safeguards. ThernGES has been deployed in the Department’s isolated secure IntegratedrnSafeguards Environment and is able to store, manage,rnprocess and securely serve geospatial data to users across thernDepartment. The GES demonstrates the benefits of commercialrnoff-the-shelf software integration that extends safeguardsrn(SG) specific processes while retaining the strengths, and inrncases enhances the use, of each software package while maintainingrna cohesive look and feel to the interface. By employingrnservice oriented architecture, the system is able to share andrnconsume valuable information from disparate applications andrnsources from across the Department. This paper describes thernlast four years of effort to deploy the GES by describing thernsystem components, applied workflows, the system IT environmentrnand the benefits realized since deployment to users.