A View to the Future

Where We Have Been:

Mainly national collection

NIMA primary producer; timelines in days & months

Mainly hardcopy product; “push” dissemination; limited interactivity

Custom, government specific technical solutions

Stovepiped systems and processes

Limited imagery and geospatial integration

Where We Are Going :

Multiple collection sources

Distributed/shared production; timelines in minutes & hours

Mainly digital information; posting before exploitation; smart “push/pull” delivery

Commercial, non-proprietary, interoperable solutions

NSGI enabled: data, services and resource sharing

Integrated imagery and geospatial information