NGA Makes California Wildfire Imagery Available to the Public
Written by NGA
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
BETHESDA, Md.—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is providing public access to recent pictures of the fire-damaged areas of Southern California. The pictures, taken during the week of Oct. 22, are accessible by the general public and are hosted on NGA’s crisis response portal, NGA Earth, www.nga-earth.org.
The NGA Earth site is updated as new images are made available. In addition to the information hosted at this location, the site provides links to other federal agency sites, and an access point to leverage other NGA geospatial expertise and products.
Established in response to Hurricane Katrina, this NGA site uses the Internet to provide the public a single, easy-to-use entry point for locating timely, relevant, unclassified geospatial information in the event of a disaster or crisis.
“This Web site provides a means to communicate critical information to the public and allow citizens the ability to broadly assess property damage,” said NGA Director, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett. “We hope it will reduce the burden on the people affected as well as on first responders. Also, property owners will be able to view their property without having to physically return.”
NGA has provided more than 150 geospatial intelligence products to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Northern Command and other government agencies. They have included graphics of major infrastructure such as the location of airports, hospitals, police and fire stations, emergency operations centers, hazardous material locations, highways, and schools. The products have also included damage assessments. These types of products greatly assist firefighters, as well as other first responders and those coordinating relief efforts. The graphics further provide a common operating picture that helps enable local, state, and federal government to work effectively together. NGA’s mission is to provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of the nation. The term “geospatial intelligence” means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., NGA has major facilities in the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and St. Louis, Mo., areas and has NGA support teams worldwide. Visit our Web site at http://www.nga.mil.
Established in response to Hurricane Katrina, this NGA site uses the Internet to provide the public a single, easy-to-use entry point for locating timely, relevant, unclassified geospatial information in the event of a disaster or crisis.
“This Web site provides a means to communicate critical information to the public and allow citizens the ability to broadly assess property damage,” said NGA Director, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett. “We hope it will reduce the burden on the people affected as well as on first responders. Also, property owners will be able to view their property without having to physically return.”
NGA has provided more than 150 geospatial intelligence products to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Northern Command and other government agencies. They have included graphics of major infrastructure such as the location of airports, hospitals, police and fire stations, emergency operations centers, hazardous material locations, highways, and schools. The products have also included damage assessments. These types of products greatly assist firefighters, as well as other first responders and those coordinating relief efforts. The graphics further provide a common operating picture that helps enable local, state, and federal government to work effectively together. NGA’s mission is to provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of the nation. The term “geospatial intelligence” means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., NGA has major facilities in the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and St. Louis, Mo., areas and has NGA support teams worldwide. Visit our Web site at http://www.nga.mil.
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