By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Mapping Science Committee, Committee on Basic and Applied Research Priorities in Geospatial Science for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The nationwide Geospatial-Intelligence company (NGA) offers geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to aid nationwide defense, either as a countrywide intelligence and a wrestle help supplier. within the post-9/11 global, the necessity for speedier and extra exact geospatial intelligence is expanding. GEOINT makes use of imagery and geospatial info and data to supply wisdom for making plans, judgements, and motion. for instance, facts from satellites, pilotless airplane and floor sensors are built-in with maps and different intelligence facts to supply position details on a possible aim. This record defines 12 difficult difficulties in geospatial technological know-how that NGA needs to get to the bottom of to be able to evolve their services to satisfy destiny wishes. some of the challenging study difficulties are concerning integration of information amassed from an ever-growing number of sensors and non-spatial info assets, and research of spatial info gathered in the course of a chain of time (spatio-temporal data). The record additionally indicates promising methods in geospatial technology and comparable disciplines for assembly those demanding situations. the result of this learn are meant to assist NGA prioritize geospatial technology study instructions.
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All of these priorities match NGA’s research needs closely. A second group of priorities relates to data use and representation: extending geographic representation, cognition of geographic information, and GIS and society. A third group of priorities addresses specialized analytical methods required for processing geospatial data: geographic scale, spatial analysis in a GIS environment, and uncertainty. Since 2002, four additional research priorities have been enumerated by UCGIS, reflecting advances in information technology and in knowledge.
RECOMMENDATION 5: Given the importance to NGA of visualization of GEOINT data, research should be supported that investigates new methods of data representation that facilitate flexible and user-centered salient visualization. , mobile devices). Visualization problems solvable now include map design and context sensitivity for maps delivered via the Internet on standard display devices. HARD PROBLEMS AND PROMISING APPROACHES 43 Longer-term problems include those focused on innovative visualization tools such as immersive virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile and wearable devices.
34 PRIORITIES FOR GEOINT RESEARCH AT NGA From NGA’s perspective, this is more important than pursuing new variants in existing sensors, since industry now seems capable of delivering innovations for a growing nonmilitary sensor market in the coming years. One of the shorter-term issues related to sensor networks relates to scheduling of sensors. Traditionally, the NGA has relied on space-based and airborne sensors. Even though the resolution of measurements is improving over time, space-based sensors tend to have coarse resolution and require time for repositioning.