- Methodologies
GeoThreat utilizes various methodologies to manage data collection, data orientation and data analysis in
order that extensive datasets can be translated into accurate and clearly defined information assessments.
To find out more about these methodologies e-mail GeoThreat at inquiries@geothreat.com. The following
methods are core techniques utilized by GeoThreat:
GeoThreat collects data from a multitude of open
sources. GeoThreat's key advantage to completing
threat assessments or military research in-house is
our extensive range of data sources. GeoThreat has
access to academia and libraries in the South Pacific.
It also has available up to date security and strategic
affairs publications and literature. Moreover
GeoThreat is able to utilize satellite imagery if
needed. Where data is not available GeoThreat
personnel can travel to regions under investigation
and carry out research as needed. However, travel is
contingent on the safety of GeoThreat personnel
traveling to those regions.
- This form of analysis is a form of political
commentary using various reference forms such as
press reports and literary articles to map out threats
within particular regions. For example, to interpret
the restarting of North Korea’s nuclear dismantling
talks, press reports could be analyzed for a one
year period prior to the restart of talks. Geo-
historical analysis is ideal for analyzing general
threats in lesser developed regions.
- This form of analysis requires identifying activities
and sub-dividing them into manageable and
intelligible components and parts. By identifying what
each component is and does causal links between
the behavior of the system and influence of its
components can be identified. Systems
decomposition offers two advantages. First, a
systems approach can uncover competing or different
influences that act upon particular processes making
the analysis more thorough. Second, a systems
approach can expose vulnerabilities at the lowest
levels of the target analysis. Systems decomposition
and localization allows for the greatest degree of
detail out of all methodologies. It was originally
adapted by GeoThreat from a scientific application
specifically for organizational analysis, although its
application can be extended further into many other
research areas.
- This form of analysis uses a technique where upon
a critical form of geo-politics is used to identify links
and causal relationships between geographical
space and international political power. Through a
complex vision of states that incorporates
threatening visions of power and technology a
discourse is utilized that lies somewhere between
regional statecraft – the world divided into regions
such as Southeast Asia, and intellectual statecraft –
structures that guide and justify statecraft such as
the Association for South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN). In order to be able to visualize and see
links, and causal relationships it is necessary to de-
construct practices of culture within state-centric
space. Critical geo-political analysis is ideal for
analyzing detailed strategic threats located within
lesser developed regions.
- GeoThreat utilizes GIS systems to organize, orientate,
analyze and display spatial data amassed during
data collection. For example, GeoThreat could map
the incidence of local kidnappings within a region or
provide a trend analysis showing religious variations
over a specified time period. GIS allows the operator
to provide a visually effective representation of
information to the client allowing for more effective
assessments of regions. GIS systems are ideal for
showing regional trend analyses, spatial distributions
and for overlaying satellite imagery.
