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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Seeks Algorithm for Automatically Image Colorization

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 11, 2018 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is seeking an algorithm that can rapidly, accurately and automatically colorize large panchromatic images of up to 10 gigapixels in

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ArcticDEM Project Has Now Mapped More Than 65 Percent of The Arctic

ArcticDEM Release 5 represents the largest release of elevation data to date, more than doubling the number of available strip DEMs, mosaic tiles and geographic coverage area of all releases

Remote Sensing

NGA Solicits Input for Airborne SAR in Boosting Innovative GEOINT Topic Area

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released the fifth topic of the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT, or BIG, Broad Agency Announcement initiative, March 31, focused on airborne synthetic aperture

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NGA Releases Biggest Collection of Arctic Elevation Data Yet at Esri FedGIS Conference

ArcticDEM Provides High-Quality Elevation Data and Enables Communities to Take Action Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, together with the ArcticDEM project—a public-private initiative to produce high-resolution, high-quality

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NGA, NSF release 3-D Elevation Models of Alaska for White House Arctic Initiative

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Science Foundation publicly released new 3-D topographic maps of Alaska Sept. 1 in support of a White House Arctic initiative

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India to Ink Agreements With US on Sharing Geospatial Information and Data

According to recent news published by The Indian Express, following the inking of an important logistical pact (LEMOA) with the US, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has indicated that India is

Remote Sensing

NSF and NGA Support Development of New Topographic Maps of the Arctic

The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is supporting development of high-resolution topographic maps of the Arctic that for the first time will provide

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New NGA Global Map Advances R&D in Geophysics and Nonproliferation

The map uses open-source geophysical data sets and publicly available international antineutrino detection observational data to depict varying levels of radioactivity on Earth. A team of researchers led by scientists

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NGA Announces CIA Veteran as Deputy Director

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced today that Susan M. Gordon, a 34-year veteran of the intelligence community, will become deputy director upon the retirement of Mike Rodrigue,