Sharing Geospatial Intelligence and Services by Mr. David Bottom, Director ISP Core Services Office, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

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Sharing Geospatial Intelligence
and Services
David L. Bottom
Director ISP Core Services Office
David.L.Bottom@nga.mil
301-227-0992
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• Discuss status of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) sharing
across the community
– Opportunities and challenges of moving from hardcopy to
electronic
• Explore applicability of Cloud Computing
– Mitigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities?
• This is not an Acquisition
– No procurement strategy is in place at this time
Purpose

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What is GEOINT?
 Includes imagery,
imagery intelligence,
and geospatial
information
 Everything you can see
or know about the earth
 Describes, assesses, and
visually depicts features
and geographically-
referenced activities on
the Earth

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GEOINT is composed of
information layers, which
answer such questions
as…
 Where am I?
 Where are the natural and
man-made structures? How
do I navigate them?
 What does the area look like
now? What might it look like
after an event?
 What do we need to prepare
for?
 Where are the friendlies?
The enemies? When might
they move?
What does this mean? What is the impact?

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Geospatial partnerships
Current/active Geospatial
Agreements with over 60
Countries
International Cooperation
UNCLASSIFIED// FOUO
UNCLASSIFIED// FOUO

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Problem – How do we “Fight off the Same
Electronic Map?”Geospatial Information
Geospatial Information Systems
Geospatial Intelligence
© Digital Globe© Digital Globe
Remotely Sensed Data
Physical Geography
Land Cover and Cultural
Geospatial Intelligence
Systems
C2 Functional Services

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Addressing the Problem
Mission
Standards
Systems
CLOUD?
Optimizing GEOINT
Sharing and Exchange
Data

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Geospatial Community Cloud Project
• Establish standards and processes necessary to enable a
global Geospatial Community Cloud
• Address issues associated with compatibility, speed of
access and data protection
• Maximize the use of industry open standards and best
practices
• Utilize NCOIC Integrated Product Teams
•Design to operate within processes and procedures NATO
developing for electronic dissemination of geospatial data
• Enable Fighting off the Same Map

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Potential Areas for NCOIC to Address
• How do we leverage industry best practices to globally provide
access to electronic GEOINT data and services
• How can we protect digital GEOINT data from unauthorized use
while maintaining the ability of each participating country to manage
the data that they provide?
• How can GEOINT data and services be provided and consumed
within a bandwidth challenged environment?
• How do we maintain GEOINT data consistency and interoperability
while maintaining application backward compatibility through as many
as three versions?
• How do we provide electronic data mobility capable of supporting
operational collaboration across the GEOINT community?

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Applicable NCOIC Patterns
•IDSD Information Dissemination Shared Database pattern (C3
Interoperability)
•Hybrid Cloud Computing Capability Pattern (Cloud Computing)
•Secure Formatted Information Exchange Gateway Pattern
(Information Assurance)
•Space, Air, Ground, and Maritime (SAGM) Mobile Communication
and Networking Operational Pattern (Mobile Networking)
•Standards Management Framework (Open Standards)
•Design Phase Service Integration Capability Pattern (Services)

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Next Steps
• NCOIC members provide recommendations
• NGA assess systems for inclusion in NCOIC Test Bed
• NGA brief NATO Geospatial Conference (30 June 10)
• Brief Plan of Action and Milestones at next NCOIC
Plenary (Sept 10)

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