Future U.S. workforce for Geospatial Intelligence /

We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between agents with different military powers or tactics) and social unrest. Visually depicting and assessing these threats using imagery and other geographically...

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Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Academies Press (U.S.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : National Academies Press, 2013.
Subjects:	United States. > National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Geospatial data > Government policy > United States. Geospatial data > Technological innovations. Employees > Training of > Government policy > United States.

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Summary:	We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between agents with different military powers or tactics) and social unrest. Visually depicting and assessing these threats using imagery and other geographically-referenced information is the mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). As the nature of the threat evolves, so do the tools, knowledge and skills needed to respond. The challenge for NGA is to maintain a workforce that can deal with evolving threats to national security, ongoing scientific and technological advances and changing skills and expectations of workers. Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence assesses the supply of expertise in ten geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) fields, including five traditional areas (geodesy and geophysics, photogrammetry, remote sensing, cartographic science and geographic information systems and geospatial analysis) and five emerging areas that could improve geospatial intelligence (GEOINT fusion, crowdsourcing, human geography, visual analytics and forecasting). The report also identifies gaps in expertise relative to NGA's needs and suggests ways to ensure an adequate supply of geospatial intelligence expertise over the next twenty years.
Physical Description:	xii, 172 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0309268648 (pbk.) 9780309268646 (pbk.)