PRIORITIES FOR GEOINT RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COMMITTEE ON BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE FOR THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
KEITH C. CLARKE, Chair,
University of California, Santa Barbara
MARC P. ARMSTRONG,
The University of Iowa, Iowa City
BUDHENDRA L. BHADURI,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
BARBARA P. BUTTENFIELD,
University of Colorado, Boulder
MARK N. GAHEGAN,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
MICHAEL J. JACKSON,
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
SHASHI SHEKHAR,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
CHRISTOPHER TUCKER,
Ionic Enterprise, Alexandria, Virginia
National Research Council Staff
PAUL CUTLER, Study Director (until January 2005)
ANN FRAZIER, Study Director (starting January 2005)
VERNA J. BOWEN, Administrative Associate
AMANDA M. ROBERTS, Senior Program Assistant
MAPPING SCIENCE COMMITTEE
KEITH C. CLARKE, Chair,
University of California, Santa Barbara
ISABEL F. CRUZ,
The University of Illinois at Chicago
ROBERT P. DENARO,
NAVTEQ Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
SHOREH ELHAMI,
Delaware County Auditor’s Office, Delaware, Ohio
DAVID R. FLETCHER,
Geographic Paradigm Computing, Albuquerque, New Mexico
JIM GERINGER,
ESRI, Inc., Wheatland, Wyoming
JOHN R. JENSEN,
University of South Carolina, Columbia
NINA S.N. LAM,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
MARY L. LARSGAARD,
University of California, Santa Barbara
DAVID R. MAIDMENT,
University of Texas at Austin
ROBERT B. MCMASTER,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
SHASHI SHEKHAR,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
NANCY TOSTA,
Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, Ltd., Seattle, Washington
EUGENE TROBIA,
Arizona State Land Department, Phoenix
National Research Council Staff
ANN FRAZIER, Program Officer
VERNA J. BOWEN, Administrative Associate
AMANDA M. ROBERTS, Senior Program Assistant
BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES
GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, Chair,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
M. LEE ALLISON,
Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson
STEVEN R. BOHLEN,
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Washington, D.C.
DAVID COWEN,
University of South Carolina, Columbia
KATHERINE H. FREEMAN,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
RHEA L. GRAHAM,
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Albuquerque
ROBYN HANNIGAN,
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
V. RAMA MURTHY,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
RAYMOND A. PRICE,
Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
BARBARA A. ROMANOWICZ,
University of California, Berkeley
JOAQUIN RUIZ,
University of Arizona, Tucson
MARK SCHAEFER,
Global Environment and Technology Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
RUSSELL STANDS-OVER-BULL,
BP American Production Company, Houston, Texas
BILLIE L. TURNER II,
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
STEPHEN G. WELLS,
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
THOMAS J. WILBANKS,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
National Research Council Staff
ANTHONY R. DE SOUZA, Director
ELIZABETH EIDE, Senior Program Officer
DAVID A. FEARY, Senior Program Officer
ANNE M. LINN, Senior Program Officer
ANN FRAZIER, Program Officer
SAMMANTHA MAGSINO, Program Officer
RONALD F. ABLER, Senior Scholar
CAETLIN OFIESH, Research Assistant
JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Administrative Associate
VERNA J. BOWEN, Administrative Assistant
JARED ENO, Program Assistant
AMANDA M. ROBERTS, Senior Program Assistant
Acknowledgments
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Roberta Balstad, Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Palisades, New York
Kate Beard-Tisdale, University of Maine, Orono
William B. Gail, Vexcel Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
Roger L. King, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State
Werner Kuhn, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
David M. Mark, State University of New York, Buffalo
Harvey J. Miller, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Mark E. Reichardt, Open Geospatial Consortium, Herndon, Virginia
Carl J. Stuerkerjuergen, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the
conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by David L. Skole, Michigan State University, East Lansing, and Robert J. Hermann, Global Technology Partners, LLC, Hartford, Connecticut. Appointed by the National Research Council they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
