IHS Jane's Imagery Watch

Imagery analysis enables analysts to understand the critical aspects of complex, nuanced issues more fully and more quickly than traditional text-based analysis, and can provide decision makers with the understanding they need in order to ask the crucial questions sooner.

That’s why IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch delivers expert analysis of detailed imagery within a uniquely interactive platform to give you a completely new perspective on the global security landscape.

Each month our analysts focus on the world’s most important, significant and topical areas of national and international security interest to bring you detailed independent IMINT, news and analysis to broaden, deepen or validate your understanding of the worldwide security picture.

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch delivers better context, faster, and is only available in IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre.

World-class analysis

IHS imagery analysts are among the best in the world, and their expertise has meant that IHS customers have been the first to learn of significant global security developments:

• May 2012: IHS analysts estimate dimensions of North Korea’s new KN-08 missile from imagery of a military parade, and reveal excavation and activity at the Punggye-ri test facility, indicating the possibility of a future nuclear test

• March 2012: IHS analysts are the first to provide evidence that North Korea is preparing to fire a rocket from its new launch pad at Sohae

• February 2012: IHS analysts reveal evidence of a possible ICBM program at Iran’s Bid Ganeh facility

Subscribers to IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre will benefit exclusively from this wealth of expertise and experience, receiving unique monthly insights into the world’s strategic hotspots, as well as insight from DigitalGlobe imagery analysts.

Up-to-date global imagery

Our analysts work with the most up-to-date imagery available in order to respond to world events and deliver the most accurate picture of the security situation.

In addition they have access to years of archived images that they use in order to carry out time-difference analysis and provide crucial insight into trends, developments and event timelines.

The satellite imagery used in IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch is provided by our imagery analysis partner DigitalGlobe, and subscribers to IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre benefit from access to the raw imagery used in IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch. 

Expert opinion and context

The amount of information available to analysts today is overwhelming, and it can be difficult to differentiate the crucial intelligence from the enormous amount of background clutter.

IHS experts focus on the most important global security issues and cut through the noise to provide essential context and independent opinion and bring you clarity on the issues that matter.

Unique interactivity

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch is delivered via a uniquely interactive platform. The GeoPDF platform provides detailed imagery-led news and analysis content in a way that enables users to visually manipulate, annotate and analyze it and get more out of IMINT than ever before.

The GeoPDF delivery platform for IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch is developed by TerraGo Technologies.

Exclusive online seminars

Subscribers to IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre now benefit from access to exclusive quarterly online imagery analysis seminars in which our experts provide additional insight into key imagery stories, and which provide a forum for users to question analysts directly.

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch delivers independent image-centric news, analysis and context on areas of critical interest to national and international security in support of the core intelligence delivered by IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre.

The focus is on monitoring areas of ongoing international interest – e.g. North Korea, Iran, South China Sea – as well as providing analysis of current, newsworthy or visually remarkable developments.

State stability

Analysis of troop and paramilitary movements, civil unrest, infrastructure and security forces to provide a contextual view of the internal risk faced by states around the world.

Military capabilities

Monitoring the development, production, testing and movements of military equipment and technology to deliver a new perspective on the offensive and defensive capabilities of the world’s armed forces.

Terrorism and insurgency

Reviewing areas of terrorist activity and the after-effects of damaging attacks on infrastructure to give a deeper understanding of the risks associated with national and international terrorist and insurgent activity.

CBRN weapons and proliferation

Analysis of confirmed or suspected chemical, biological and nuclear weapons production facilities, as well as delivery platforms such as TELs and ICBMs, to provide credible assessment of strategic offensive CBRN capability.

What is IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch?

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch is a new interactive imagery-based monthly analysis of the most significant global security issues. Delivered via GeoPDF, it forms the core of a raft of new imagery content within IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre, including regular conventional imagery analysis, raw satellite imagery and exclusive imagery-focused Online Intelligence Briefings.

What are the benefits of IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch?

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch provides IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre subscribers with a global viewpoint on the most prominent security issues facing the world, delivering the highest quality analysis in a uniquely interactive GeoPDF format. It delivers critical independent context on key areas of interest in a way that no other commercial imagery analysis provider can.

Is IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch available as a stand-alone product?

IHS Jane’s Imagery Watch is only available as part of IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre.

How is the imagery analysis delivered?

Initial delivery is via e-mail; a future update release for Jane’s 2.0 will integrate the GeoPDF and the archive directly into the IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre dashboard within the Jane’s 2.0 platform.

What is GeoPDF?

GeoPDF is a geospatial PDF format developed by TerraGo Technologies that enables satellite imagery to be tagged with georeferencing metadata and subsequently manipulated. The TerraGo Toolbar enables users to interact directly with GeoPDF files, providing tools for direct imagery manipulation and analysis.

How much does the additional imagery content cost?

Pricing for the IHS Jane’s Military & Security Assessments Intelligence Centre is dependent on the number of user licences required – please contact us to discuss what level of product delivery is appropriate for your organization.