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FalconView™ Advanced Users

Program ID: DEF 1013P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 1.5

Location/
(Accommodations)		 Program Administrator Start End Status Cost
Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)		 Mr. Daniel Longhurst April 14, 2010 April 15, 2010 Register here $1,195.00
Section ID: 10296/220410437

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Wednesday, April 14, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, April 15, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)		 Mr. Daniel Longhurst November 11, 2010 November 12, 2010 Register here $1,195.00
Section ID: 10297/220411129

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Thursday, November 11, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Friday, November 12, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Course Description

Topics include interoperation with other programs, basic data import and export capabilities, and more detailed operational information than was provided in Introduction to FalconView™: Basic Operations course. Explore the GPS and route planning capabilities in more detail.

Who Should Attend

  • Users and developers wanting to learn the more advanced capabilities of FalconView™ for GroundAir users.

How You Will Benefit

Users:
  • Learn to export and import data
  • Understand overlays: collaboration, NITF, threats, threat masking, and the analysis tool
  • Learn how to use GeoTiff as an elevation source

Developers:

  • Utilize general data import and export tasks
  • Handle generic data
  • Understand FalconView™ directory structure, MDM, and where data is stored

What You Will Cover

  • Data Import & Export
  • GPS Overlay and Feeds
  • Linking to External Tools and Data, Collaboration
  • Route Rehearsal, SkyView (and VVOD)
  • GeoRect , LIDAR, GeoTiff, and Elevation Sources
  • Threats, Threat Masking, and the Analysis Tool
  • Threat Feeds
  • CJMTK/ESRI and the GIS Overlay
  • Labs

Course Materials

Participants receive copies of course materials, FalconView™ API, documentation, and labs.

Participants should bring Portable Flight Planning System (PFPS)/FalconView™ installed on a laptop. Non-Department of Defense students can obtain a commercial release of FalconView™ through Georgia Tech Technology Licensing. Note: Route planning is not included in the commercial version). Developers need laptops with their preferred development environment installed.

Microsoft VS2005 will be used during the course for examples. Commonly supported languages are C++, C# .Net, VB, and VB .Net via COM and .Net interfaces.

Prerequisites

Attendees are required to have taken Introduction to FalconView™: Basic Operations before Creating Integrated Overlays in FalconView™ or have a thorough understanding of the FalconView™ user interface (UI), preference controls, supported tools, and available data sets.

Security Requirements

Participants must be employees of either U.S. Government agencies or their contractors as well as be U.S. citizens. To meet this requirement, you must submit the Access Eligibility Form.

Instructor

Daniel Longhurst is a Senior Developer in the FalconView™ and JMPS mission planing programs joining the team in 2000. Daniel previously taught computer programing at the MS and BS level at Southern Polytechnic State University and Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact the course administrator:

Daniel Longhurst
404-407-6825
daniel.longhurst@gtri.gatech.edu

Course Location and Times

  • Atlanta, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
    • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday

    On the first day of class, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.

    Online Offering

    For online offerings of this course, check www.defense.gatech.edu/network-centric-operations.

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