A.J. Clark knows how valuable the right intelligence tools can be. While working as an Air Force intelligence analyst from 1998 to 2002, Clark realized that the ability to link satellite imagery and other types of geospatial data with intelligence reports could make a dramatic difference in the amount of time and energy he and his staff devoted to pinpointing training camps in Afghanistan or safe houses in Iraq. "With effective tools, we could be 10 to 100 times more efficient," Clark said. In 2007, Clark founded his own company to develop those intelligence tools, naming it Thermopylae Science and Technology after the site in ancient Greece where, according to legend, 300 Spartan warriors succeeded in holding off a massive Persian army. Many of Thermopylae Science and Technology's products are designed to help government and commercial customers fuse various types of classified or confidential information with remote sensing imagery. Shortly after establishing the company, "we realized that people wanted to see imagery in some sort of 3-D environment with lots of other data overlaid on that imagery," Clark said. "Demand was beginning to grow for this type of product."
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机译：A.J. Clark知道正确的情报工具有多有价值。在1998年至2002年担任空军情报分析师时，克拉克意识到将卫星图像和其他类型的地理空间数据与情报报告联系起来的能力可能会极大地改变他和他的研究人员在查明时间和精力方面的能力。阿富汗的训练营或伊拉克的安全屋。克拉克说：“有了有效的工具，我们的效率可能提高10到100倍。” 2007年，克拉克创立了自己的公司来开发这些情报工具，并以古希腊遗址命名，命名为Thermopylae Science and Technology。据传说，那里有300名斯巴达战士成功地阻止了一支庞大的波斯军队。 Thermopylae Science and Technology的许多产品旨在帮助政府和商业客户将各种分类或机密信息与遥感影像融合。克拉克说：“在成立公司后不久，我们意识到人们希望在某种3-D环境中查看图像，并在该图像上覆盖许多其他数据。” “这类产品的需求开始增长。”
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