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	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NIMA was established on October 1, 1996, by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency Act of 1996.
		The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) prior to the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill September-October 2003 State of the Agency was known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).
		Also included in are imagery exploitation, dissemination and processing elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office and the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Imagery_and_Mapping_Agency (576 words)

	National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
		The National Imagery and Mapping Agency, newest Combat Support Agency of the Department of Defense, was established by the National Imagery and Mapping Act of 1996, effective 1 October 1996, with headquarters in Fairfax, Va. In recognition of its unique responsibilities and global mission, NIMA is also designated a part of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
		To accomplish its far-reaching mission, NIMA incorporates the Defense Mapping Agency, the Central Imagery Office, the Defense Dissemination Program Office, the National Photographic Interpretation Center, in their entirety; and imagery exploitation, dissemination and processing elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, and Central Intelligence Agency.
		NIMA's mission is to provide timely, relevant and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information in support of national security objectives.
	www.cs.buffalo.edu /pub/WWW/DBGROUP/digital-government/NIMA.htm (579 words)

	UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
		NGA was established October 1, 1996, as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency Act of 1996.
		The agency centralizes responsibility for imagery and mapping, representing a fundamental step toward achieving the Department of Defense vision of "dominant battle space awareness." It exploits the tremendous potential of enhanced collection systems, digital processing technology and the prospective expansion in commercial imagery.
		The agency synchronizes its vision, message, organization, and actions to provide timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence to ensure that national and military customers achieve success.
	www.intelligence.gov /1-members_nima.shtml (1036 words)

	USGS National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Catalog of Public Sale Topographic Maps Publications, and Digital Products
		The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) released to the public special reference maps of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Middle East.
		National Ocean Service (NOAA/NOS) produces charts and publications primarily of United States airspace and waterways.
		NIMA produced these maps as tools to help its public affairs office and other government public affairs offices in their efforts to discuss issues with the media and public that might be related to the areas depicted.
	erg.usgs.gov /nimamaps (476 words)

	National Geospatial-Intelligenc Agency
		The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), is a combat support agency of the Department of Defense (DoD), supporting the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and other national-level policymakers in the areas of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information.
		NGA is a member of the national Intelligence Community and the single entity upon which the U.S. Government relies to coherently manage the disciplines of imagery and mapping.
		NIMA Redesignated as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, FY 2004 Defense Authorization Act
	fas.org /irp/agency/nima (181 words)

	MI - Imagery - NIMA - 1990s
		According to National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) officials, the agency is "working to produce a data base of high-resolution satellite imagery of 25 percent of the earth's land mass by the end of Fiscal 2005, thanks in part to the availability of high-resolution commercial imagery from Space Imaging Inc.'s recently launched IKONOS satellite.
		The Creation of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency: Congress' Role as Overseer.
		"Since October 1996, when the CIA was told by Congress to turn its imagery components over to the Department of Defense's National Imagery and Mapping Agency, there has been loss of key personnel and a lack of coordination between the intelligence and operational communities.
	intellit.muskingum.edu /milintel_folder/mi_nima_nga_folder/minima90s.html (1107 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY ESTABLISHED
		NIMA incorporates the Defense Mapping Agency, the Central Imagery Office, and the Defense Dissemination Program Office in their entirety; and the mission and functions of CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center.
		Established by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency Act of 1996, NIMA has a global mission and unique responsibilities to manage and provide imagery and geospatial information to national policy makers and military forces.
		Also included in NIMA are the imagery exploitation, dissemination and processing elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office and the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office.
	www.defenselink.mil /releases/1996/b100196_bt563-96.html (393 words)

	DATAMAT Customer: National Imagery and Mapping Agency
		National Imagery and Mapping AgencyProject Description: DATAMAT developed knowledge management and data analysis solutions for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Automated Terrain Mapping Program.
		DATAMAT puts its neural-network and genetic-algorithm, knowledge-acquisition techniques to work for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
		The extraction of geographical features from aerial imagery and digital maps relies heavily on the tedious work of skilled human analysts to identify various clues and infer geographical meanings from data patterns.
	www.dsri.com /nima.htm (315 words)

	General info on NIMA
		NIMA is the combination of the Defense Mapping Agency, the Central Imagery Office and the Defense Dissemination Program Office, as well as the functions of the CIA& National Photographic Interpretation Center.
		NIMA also includes the imagery exploitation, dissemination and processing elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office and the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office.
		The agency provides maps and imagery as well as analytic services and solutions for national security, combat support and the needs of federal policymakers and agencies.
	www.washingtontechnology.com /news/18_9/federal/21362-1.html (502 words)

	MAP & IMAGERY LIBRARY AFRICA PAGE @ HTTP://WEB.UFLIB.UFL.EDU/MAPS/
		The Map & Imagery Library has an extensive collection of regional and detailed topographic maps of countries in Africa.
		This particular map is designated as AMS Series G621, and was published in 1942.
		A 1996 example of a series of shaded relief maps of individual countries published in the 8 1/2 X 11 format by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
	www.uflib.ufl.edu /maps/MAPAFRICAMOD03.HTML (356 words)

	ADA320700 : National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), DODD-5105.60
		ADA320700 : National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), DODD-5105.60
		ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT The NIMA is hereby established as a Defense Agency of the Department of Defense under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, and is designated as a Combat Support Agency pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 193 (reference (a)).
		All of the imagery capabilities of the United States Government (USG) as well as all the imagery, imagery data, and imagery-derived products produced by or for the USG.
	www.fas.org /irp/doddir/dod/d5105_60.htm (3653 words)

	National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) - Press Release
		Washington, D.C.-- The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) today announced that it is awarding a five-year contract to Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe, Inc., to assure the availability of high-resolution imagery from the next series of U.S. commercial imagery satellites.
		National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) - Press Release
		NIMA is a national intelligence and combat support agency whose mission is to provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.
	www.geoplace.com /pressrelease/pressdetail_print.asp?id=5637 (416 words)

	Bold HR Changes Put NIMA on the Map
		The National Imagery and Mapping Agency had to merge the personnel structures of the nine different federal offices and agencies from which it was fashioned.
		Despite the new Afghanistan-related workload, NIMA’s system proved to be resilient in the face of a crisis, and the agency’s managers were able to complete their performance evaluations by the end of December, on schedule.
		Additionally, the agency’s analysts had to learn new skills, in order to create maps for countering a threat that was very different from the sort of adversaries NIMA had helped monitor in the past.
	www.workforce.com /section/00/feature/23/27/44 (2463 words)

	SPACE.com -- Secretive Government Agency Working With NASA on Mapping Mission
		NIMA was founded in October 1996 with the merger of the old Defense Mapping Agency, the Central Imagery Office, the Defense Dissemination Program Office and the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center.
		The mapping data is nine times as detailed as what's available today, allowing the agency to better complete such tasks as charting 60,000 airfields throughout the world.
		NIMA's 7,000 employees are spread through three states and the District of Columbia and representatives can be assigned to U.S. military bases stateside and overseas.
	www.space.com /news/sts99_nima.html (1199 words)

	Remote Sensing (Science Tracer Bullet - Science Reference Services, Library of Congress)
		Declassified satellite imagery (e.g., Corona, Argon and Lanyard, 1959-1980) used in early mapping programs may be obtained here.
		See esp. Reference Paper No. 107 (A Finding Aid to National Archives Records Relating to the Cold War, Reconaissance and Satellite Imagery).
		During the Cold War “spy satellites” were used heavily on both sides, and although much of this imagery has been declassified, remote sensing continues to play a key role in the intelligence process for most technologically advanced countries.
	www.loc.gov /rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/remotesensetb.html (4028 words)

	Look Inside National Imagery and Mapping Agency
		As pilots prepared for Afghan duty, NIMA scrambled together computer software for them to practice, software that allows them to punch in coordinates on a map of Afghanistan then convert that to a picture of the terrain.
		JOANNE ISHAM, NIMA DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Not only does it tell you where you are, but it also provides some helpful hints in terms of the environment for what you might be able to eat.
		JAMES CLAPPER (RET.), NIMA DIRECTOR: It was not exactly on the, our top 10 hit parade of places that we had placed a lot of emphasis or focus.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2002/021210-nima01.htm (674 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Spy agency busts union (2/4/03)
		Congress formed the agency in 1996 by consolidating the Defense Mapping Agency, the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center and several other offices involved in mapping and imagery work.
		In the latest Bush administration move to rankle federal union leaders, the head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency on Thursday eliminated collective bargaining rights for the agency's employees, including more than 1,000 workers with union representation.
		Under the 1996 law creating NIMA, agency Director James Clapper has the authority to eliminate collective bargaining rights for employees whose job duties come to include intelligence and national security work.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0203/020403b1.htm (452 words)

	News Release: SAIC Team Wins National Imagery and Mapping Agency System Engineering Services Contract, 02-05-98
		News Release: SAIC Team Wins National Imagery and Mapping Agency System Engineering Services Contract, 02-05-98
		The SAIC team will define a USIGS architecture that will accommodate the overall NIMA mission of providing timely and relevant imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial data to the right user at the right time and classification level.
		SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology and systems integration products and services to government and commercial customers.
	www.saic.com /news/feb98/news02-05-98.html (465 words)

	uk aerial photography: aerial maps, digital aerial photos, aerial photo prints
		A range of aerial maps are available from Getmapping, covering towns, cities and regional areas across the whole of Britain.
		The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) and DSM (Digital Surface Model) is more up to date and accessible than any other national height data available.
		Download MasterMap®, professional mapping which shows minute man-made and natural objects.
	www.getmapping.com (381 words)

	USATODAY.com - NASA to merge media archives
		For example, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency worked with the National Archives and the University of Maryland to create a similar database of several million unclassified spy satellite images.
		Most of NASA's digitized images date to the1990s, but the agency also wants to digitize images from the pre-space exploration, pre-WWII era, when it was called NACA, the National Aeronautic Committee on Aviation.
		The space agency does not expect to spend any money outside its operating budget on the project.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-04-22-nasa-media-archive_x.htm (498 words)

	NIMA Commission Report
		15.10.3 D/NIMA, along with other intelligence organizations, should work with the JCS to establish the need for, and CONOPS for, advising US commanders of the likely adversary insights into US operations-the OPFOR J2 role-given the loss of US imagery exclusivity.
		15.3.3 The Director of NIMA should request through the DCI, and Congress duly authorize and appropriate, an increment to the NIMA Program for advanced research and development (RandD); the position of Chief Technology Officer should be created and a top-notch individual found to encumber it.
		Consistent with their findings, the Director of NSA and Director of NIMA, inter alia, shall conduct the necessary architecture study.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/nima/commission/toc.htm (1097 words)

	Digital Terrain Elevation Data [DTED]
		In support of military applications, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) has developed standard digital datasets (Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED®)) which is a uniform matrix of terrain elevation values which provides basic quantitative data for systems and applications that require terrain elevation, slope, and/or surface roughness information.
		Distribution of DTED and the Digital Data Products catalog is authorized to the Department of Defense, U.S. DoD contractors, and to U.S. Government agencies that support DoD functions (by authority of the Director, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 30 May, 1990).
		Support from select international mapping organizations was instrumental in the generation of the Level 0 dataset.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/core/dted.htm (584 words)

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	www.agh-attorneys.com /1_library.htm (911 words)

	SPACE.com -- EXCLUSIVE: Spy Agency May Have Located Mars Polar Lander
		The agency has a global mission and unique responsibilities to manage and provide imagery and geo-spatial information to national policymakers and military forces.
		A world-class leader in imagery intelligence, NIMA routinely supports the operations of top-secret U.S. national security spacecraft.
		NIMA is a combat support agency of the Department of Defense.
	www.space.com /news/mpl_found_010319.html (919 words)

	ASU Libraries: Place Names on the Internet
		GEOnet World Place Names Server - GEOnet is a database of World place names developed from the country gazetteers that were published by the US Defense Mapping Agency (now the National Imagery and Mapping Agency).
		Swedish National Atlas Place Names Register - Enter a place name and the location of the site is shown on a map of Sweden.
		Finland - The National Land Survey of Finland's MapSite.
	www.asu.edu /lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/geogname.htm (1295 words)

	The Memory Hole > Defense Department Pulls Report on National Imagery and Mapping Agency
		At the request of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Department inspector general's office recently pulled a report off its Web site to determine whether some information should be re-classified and not in the public domain.
		"NIMA discovered the report contained organizational numbers and functions that are exempt from disclosure to the public," a NIMA spokeswoman said today.
		The June 6 report noted that procurement officials at NIMA had not complied with appropriate contracting policies and procedures in awarding some recent professional and technical service contracts....
	www.thememoryhole.org /spy/dodig-report-nima.htm (159 words)

	MI - Imagery - NIMA - 2000s
		A computer crisis at the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), beginning in early August 1999 and continuing for about a month, "drastically curtailed" the U.S. government's "ability to keep track of looming international threats....
		Far from a boring government report, a new assessment of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) by a congressional commission minces no words, concluding that 'heroic measures' and huge infusions of cash are needed to modernize the agency and ensure America's 'information superiority.'"
		With the signing on 24 November 2003 of the FY2004 Defense Authorization Act, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) officially changed its name to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
	intellit.muskingum.edu /milintel_folder/mi_nima_nga_folder/minima-nga00s.html (680 words)

	Geographical Information Systems (GIS) WWW Resource List
		National Land Survey of Finland (the Finnish National Mapping Agency), Geographic Information Centre includes details of their products and standards.
		On Target Mapping is a leading provider of desktop mapping solutions for service-intensive industries and is a leader in telecommunications mapping, routing, logistics and scheduling technologies.
		Mapping, DTMs and GIS from Eastern Europe Map data for Eastern Europe; digitising services; DTMs for telecommunications (27 countries to date).
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/giswww.html (7562 words)

	NGA: GNS; GEOnet Names Server
		The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency name, initials, and seal are protected by 10 United States Code Section §445.
		Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
		More information is available at the Products and Services link at www.nga.mil.
	earth-info.nga.mil /gns/html (607 words)

	National Aeronautical Charting Office - NACO
		NACO is also responsible for the public distribution of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service (NOAA/NOS) U.S. nautical charts and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) worldwide aeronautical and hydrographic charts and publications.
		The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO), publishes and distributes United States government civil aeronautical charts and flight information publications.
		Public sales of these charts and publications are available through a network of Chart Agents conveniently located at or near principal civil airports.
	www.naco.faa.gov (258 words)

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