Intelligence Value
LocUS will improve the geolocation capabilities of the Intelligence Community (IC) considerably beyond imagery-only methods and thereby increase the volume of content that can be accurately geolocated. This program will increase analysts’ ability to rapidly and accurately determine where a video clip was collected in the absence of accurate metadata indicating location. Applications for national security include human trafficking interdiction, hostage recovery, and other intelligence and law enforcement use cases.
Summary
The LocUS program aims to create technology that automatically and accurately geolocates multimedia content by maximally leveraging audio and visual information. Performers on the LocUS program will develop capabilities for indoor and outdoor terrestrial geolocation of previously unseen video clips. Solution performance will be evaluated over a variety of search areas, ranging from neighborhoods to continents.
