Pathfinder. Volume 8, Number 2, March/April 2010

Abstract

In response to the Haiti earthquake on Jan. 12, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, using its vast resources and partnerships, provided dynamic and timely geospatial intelligence products to assist federal and nongovernment agencies with the ongoing relief efforts. As U.S. government agencies, including the Department of State and the Agency for International Development, responded to the disaster, many looked to NGA for help with planning and carrying out recovery efforts. Enlisting its network of NGA Support Teams (NSTs), the agency worked closely with U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Strategic Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency and other agencies to make sure the most effective GEOINT products quickly reached those on the ground in Haiti. Because the NGA teams faced the challenge of managing large volumes of information effectively and producing GEOINT products under tight deadlines, the agency formed the Haiti Crisis Action Team (CAT) to coordinate the around-the clock GEOINT response with NGA's mission partners.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518781

Entities

Organizations

  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Flight Crews
  • Geography
  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Information Systems
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Surveillance
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

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  • Economics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics