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... bringing new capabilities into the workplace. The challenge for NGA is to maintain a work- GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FIELDS force that can deal with evolving threats to national security, ongoing scientific and technological advances, NGA scientists and analysts use imagery and geoand changing skills and expectations of workers.
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... Geospatial analysis is the process of applying An ad hoc committee will examine the need for geospatial intelligence expertise in the United States compared with the pro­ analytical techniques to geographically referenced data duction of experts in the relevant disciplines, and discuss possible sets to extract or generate new geographical informa ways to ensure adequate availability of the needed expertise. In its tion or insight.
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... Advances in sensors and image incorporated into geomatics programs, which cover the processing are yielding increasingly detailed remote science, engineering, and art of collecting and managsensing imagery, and sensors are starting to be linked ing geographically referenced information. into sensor webs, which offer new ways to monitor By their nature, the emerging areas are still developand explore environments remotely.
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... Factoring in this information yields a current Supply of New Graduates and Workers with number of graduates on the order of tens for photoSome Relevant Skills grammetry; tens to hundreds for GEOINT fusion, ­ crowdsourcing, human geography, and visual analytics; For the "upper-bound" estimate, the committee hundreds for geodesy, geophysics, and cartographic chose 109 fields of study and 36 occupations that are science; hundreds to thousands for remote sensing highly relevant to the core and emerging areas, and and forecasting; and thousands for GIS and geospatial then summed the number of graduates and workers analysis. Although accurate projections of these qualitawho are U.S.
From page 5...
... Moreover, cartography and characterized from the number of employees in vari- photogrammetry programs are shrinking. Some shortous scientist and analyst occupations, the degrees and ages may be imminent, given that industry is already coursework specified in NGA occupation descriptions, having trouble filling cartography positions and that and the types of training offered to new employees federal agencies are concerned about a growing deficit through the NGA College.
From page 6...
... In NGA's future workforce, which is likely tion, and critical thinking, suggesting that these core to be more interdisciplinary and focused on emerging competencies are currently in short supply. areas, the ideal skill set will include spatial thinking, In the foreseeable future, new questions, as well scientific and computer literacy, mathematics and staas the data sets and tools needed to answer them, will tistics, languages and world culture, and professional continually arise.
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... Other organizations offer short-term, immersive train- NGA seeks university training for new ­ mployees e ing, which is particularly useful for updating or aug- and also sends some employees to universities for menting employee skills. Courses offered by govern- advanced training in core areas through the Vector ment agencies are usually targeted at agency operational Study Program.
From page 8...
... , while others could provide more imresearch areas. mediate gains (e.g., Vector Study Program expansion, By supporting university research, NGA indirectly virtual centers, professional society workshops and influences the development of fields of interest.


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