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Pinpoint is a Digital Asset Management tool fully built and operated by the in the for MINDEF/SAF.
Pinpoint was featured in the 2023 #techforpublicgood hackathon organised by from GovTech, which saw developers from both DOTC and OGP working together to build the first Pinpoint prototype.
Pinpoint is hosted on (GCC) and is built with security features and practices that makes it IM8 compliant for usage up to RESTRICTED / SENSITIVE NORMAL materials.
Unit commanders can exercise discretion to limit what materials their personnel upload to Pinpoint.
Pinpoint is available to all MINDEF/SAF personnel and WOG officers with internet-enabled .gov.sg domain emails (e.g. Defence Mail, DWP).
MSD is supportive of usage of Pinpoint up to RESTRICTED Sensitive/Normal, as long as Pinpoint remains IM8 compliant and is hosted on GCC.
Users should read the and before logging in.
Note that currently, some features may not work as well on DWP and GSIB. We are working on it!
No, Pinpoint offers unlimited storage for all our users!
Yes, Pinpoint is available 24/7, allowing users to access and utilise its features anytime on desktops and laptops as long as they have access to the internet.
Here are some existing use cases for Pinpoint.
Media archival
Public communications
Crisis management/ Rapid media operations
Internal training/ operations learning
The team is working on features that will allow our users to select which AI tagging works best for them, including the usage of our dataset.
Pinpoint AI tagging currently works on .png, .jpg and .jpeg format media.
The mobile and desktop/laptop versions of Pinpoint are nearly identical, however some functions are only available on desktops/laptops. Refer to the table below for specifics:
Upload
Tagging
✅
Edit media details
✅
Filter by Tag
✅
Filter by: Country, Format, date
✅
❌
Share / Copy / Delete / Download media
✅
Access Workspaces
✅
Manage Access
✅
Workspace Creation / Modification
✅
✅
Workspace Logs
✅
❌
Then remove yourself from the workspace via workspace access.
After uploading media, there will be a default thumbnail shown while the actual thumbnail is being generated. Please refresh the page to view the thumbnails once they are generated.
When a thumbnail cannot be generated, the default thumbnail will be shown.
Images and videos uploaded are tagged to your account and stored in your "," accessible only to you. However, you have the option to share these files with other users by uploading them into a .
Pinpoint currently employs to provide automatic AI tagging of faces in images. Unless specifically requested, user-uploaded media will not be sent to AWS for training. AWS will also not use any images submitted for training purposes for sharing or other training-related purposes.
Pinpoint is cleared for use with up to RESTRICTED / SENSITIVE NORMAL materials. Unit commanders can decide to use Pinpoint for their unit’s operations if they deem it appropriate. If you are unsure if Pinpoint can be used for your unit’s operations, !
Yes! Pinpoint is now available on your mobile devices. Click to find out more.
You can contact the Pinpoint team through our form, we will be happy to answer any questions you have!
Yes! To do that, first ensure that there is more than 1 admin in the workspace. You can do this by
Pinpoint is in active development and our team is working hard to deliver new features. If you have requests for features to be added, or if you have a specific use case that you think Pinpoint can serve better, do so we can help!