Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence

by Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, et al.

We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between agents with different military powers or tactics), and social unrest. Visually depicting and assessing these threats using imagery and other geographically-referenced information is the mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). As the nature of the threat evolves, so do the tools, knowledge,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309268648
• ISBN13: 9780309268646
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"