1. Know the Earth…Show the Way NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 NGA’s Standards Program Karl Koklauner Deputy Director, NCGIS Karl Koklauner Deputy Director, NCGIS National Center for Geospatial Intelligence Standards (NCGIS)

2. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 2 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Overview NCGIS – Who We Are NCGIS – How We Work GEOINT Working Group Standards Selection Criteria Interoperability Activities – Examples Take Aways

3. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 3 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 National Center for Geospatial Intelligence Standards (NCGIS) 1 October 2003 - NCGIS becomes operational: –Focus is on NGA’s discipline area: GEOINT –NCGIS is the leader for GEOINT standards Goals: –Advance GEOINT interoperability –Advocate GEOINT standards relevant to future NSG (National System for Geospatial Intelligence) environments –Foster key relationships and innovative partnerships to coordinate, adopt, and sustain GEOINT standards “We have done only the easy things when it comes to interoperability. Now it is time to move on to tougher things like joint doctrine (i.e., interoperability).” General Shalikashvilli

4. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 4 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 NCGIS Strategy Leverage ongoing standardization efforts in the GEOINT industry and related industries Establish broad-based “focus groups” to serve as a forum for coordinating standards activities Establish a “registry” of NCGIS-adopted standards to be included in future acquisitions and established in the DISR (DoD Information Technology (IT) Standards and Profiles Registry) Ensure that standardization efforts are closely aligned with implementation requirements and schedules Develop a GEOINT standards process that implements this strategy

5. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 5 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 NGA Objectives for the NCGIS Meet the customers’ current and emerging requirements for standards that enable interoperability –Ensure availability and usability of key data and sources including civil, airborne, commercial, satellite, open source and Advanced Geospatial Intelligence –Enable archive, discovery, retrieval and exploitation of GEOINT –Lead harmonization of GEOINT metadata standards across standardization activities Support and accelerate NGA transformation

6. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 6 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 GEOINT Working Group (GWG) Establishment –Support Defense Information Systems Agency’s ( DISA’s) Information Technology (IT) Standards Committee (ITSC) to develop, maintain, specify new/existing GEOINT standards –Review/confirm GEOINT standards for the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) –Serve as the NGA/NSG focal point for all standards; focused on GEOINT - acting as a consumer for all standards (GEOINT and IT) GWG - Dual role supporting ITSC and focal point for NSG/NGA

7. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 7 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 The GWG promotes: –Key relationships and innovative partnerships to coordinate, adopt, and sustain GEOINT standards –Openness and participation of all relevant and affected interested parties –Balance of interest among NSG Stakeholders –Due process for ensuring that input issues, concerns and ideas are identified and addressed –An appeals process to resolve disagreements or differences of opinion –Consensus, through general agreement, but not necessarily unanimity GEOINT Working Group (GWG)

8. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 8 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Key NCGIS Relationships Intelligence Community DoD Community External Standards Forums Commercial Sector NGA Components Co-Production Partners Federal Civil Agencies

9. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 9 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Standards Selection Criteria Mandated Meets agency mission, goals and requirements Standards are effective, affordable and implementable Not duplicative of other standards and are technically mature Commercially supported in the marketplace Advances interoperability Facilitates data discovery, retrieval and reuse Clear risks exist if not pursued Streamlines the acquisition process Reduces lifecycle costs

10. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 10 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Interoperability Examples Collaborated with the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) –Matured and tested an interoperability capability for geographic symbolization Applied the NSG Geospatial Symbols for Digital Displays (GeoSym) standard and the emerging Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Emergency Mapping Symbology (EMS) in support of the FGDC Homeland Security Working Group –Provided requirements and support for a core set of OGC specifications including: Web Feature Server (WFS) Web Mapping Server (WMS) Style Layer Description (SLD) Web Coverage Server (WCS) Web Registry Server (WRS) Web Map Context Documents (WMC) Symbol Management Service (SMS) Geography Markup Language (GML)

11. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 11 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Major Contributors… GEOINT 2004 Interoperability Demonstration Participants…

12. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 12 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Why Does Standardization Matter for GEOINT Systems? Information Distribution Files, CDs & Hardcopy More Web- based Production Paradigm Product-Centric Data- Centric Time to Integrate Months Days to Hours Tradecraft Imagery & Mapping Integrated GEOINT 20002005 Support to Analyst Services- based Case by Case System Complexity Complex Elegant Simplicity

13. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 13 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 Take Aways NGA has responsibility for establishing GEOINT standards for the DoD and the Intelligence Community Community GEOINT Working Group is the venue to provide broad-based community consensus forum for GEOINT standards Standards ensure availability and usability of key data and sources

14. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Know the Earth…Show the Way 14 Approved for Public Release PA Case 04265 GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE STANDARDS …the foundation for interoperability Standards: enabling the sharing of GEOINT across the National System for Geospatial Intelligence