Geospatial Information in Support of Information Superiority
Abstract
Given the proliferation of commercial imaging systems and commercially available geospatial information systems, can the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) provide U.S. forces with the data required to achieve information superiority with respect to terrain? This is possible only if NIMA can build and provide warfighters geospatial information faster, relevant, and more accurate than any adversary, therefore achieving information dominance. An adversary will also want to see the battlespace with the same fidelity. If the same information is available to all, then the U.S. will have to determine the geospatial information preparedness level required to maintain the information edge. An information superiority edge will be sustained by adherence to NIMA established standards of timeliness, relevance, and accuracy for geospatial information. Because of the availability of geospatial information from commercial sources, adversaries of the U.S. may have an archive of readiness data that is relevant and fairly accurate, yet it appears that our adversaries will lack a responsiveness capability for timely geospatial data leaving U.S. forces with an information edge.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA400998
Entities
People
- Ralph M. Erwin
Organizations
- United States Army War College