The Life Cycle of a DMA Product
Abstract
The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) is the DOD agency tasked to provide the Maps, Charts, and Geodetic (MC&G) products to the Armed Services. These products include the aeronautical products required for mission planning and inflight navigation, nautical products required for naval operations, topographic products required for land operations, and geodetic products required for precise targeting. DMA produces a wide variety of products to satisfy the many military operational requirements. These products range in format from lithographic (maps and charts), photographic (mosaics, Point Positional Data Bases, etc.) to Digital Data (machine readable data). Although these products differ in format and intended uses, they have the same life cycle. This paper will detail the current life cycle process in this one document. Heretofore, no single document exists which pulls together the multifaceted life cycle process. It is essential that the total process be clearly understood by the users and DMA personnel as well. Only through the life cycle process can the Major Commands be assured that the highest quality products are produced in the most efficient manner, in accordance with the users needs, in the priority areas they require them. This will become increasingly important as DMA begins the production of a distributive data base concept in the 1990's.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA202755
Entities
People
- Darryl E. Crumpton
Organizations
- Air War College