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**Our Mission** Provide world-class geospatial-intelligence and lead the Global GEOINT Enterprise  **Our Motto** Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space


NGA Products & Services
 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has a responsibility to provide the products and services that decision makers, military service members, and first responders need, when they need it most. As a member of the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense, NGA supports a unique mission set. We are committed to acquiring, developing and maintaining the proper technology, people and processes that will enable overall mission success.
 Geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. GEOINT consists of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial information. Military members and partners seeking information on accessing NGA’s products and services should visit the Products & Services Section.


Land 196 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS OF PRECISE STEREO AND MONO-ORTHORECTIFIED IMAGERY - 1.2 Billion Features - 204,000 Standard Maps
 Sea 70 MILLION HYDROGRAPHIC FEATURES - 5,000 Nautical Charts - 3,900 Digital Nautical Charts Libraries - 24/7 Worldwide Navigation Warning Service - 79 Nautical Publications - Notice to Mariners
 Air 4 BILLION AERONAUTICAL DATA ELEMENTS - 48,000 Airfields in Automated Air Facilities Intelligence File - 32 Million Vertical Obstructions - 22,000 Instrument Flight Procedures in Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File - 3,000 DOD Flights per Day
 Science 125 MILLION GRAVITY RECORDS - World Geodetic System 1984 Reference Frame - 270 Million Square Kilometers of Elevation Data Coverage - Foundation for all DOD and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
 Human Geography 11 MILLION GEOGRAPHIC NAMES - 15,000 Human-Geography- Related Feature Classes - 50,000 Maritime and Land Boundaries


What We Do
 Strategic Intelligence
 NGA provides GEOINT that allows the president and national policymakers to make crucial decisions on counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, global political crises and more.
 Warfighter Support
 NGA enables the Department of Defense to plan missions, gain battlefield superiority, precisely target the adversary and protect our military forces.
 Indications & Warning
 NGA focuses on global hot spots and provides timely warnings to our military service members and national decision-makers by monitoring, analyzing and reporting imminent threats.
 Safety of Navigation
 NGA provides and maintains the maps, charts and publications for navigation in the air and on the seas with the most current information for U.S. military forces and global transport networks.
 Foundation Data
 Foundation data — including topographic, elevation and terrain, land cover, and geodetic information — helps us describe the world in which we live. NGA leads the Department of Defense and intelligence community in the production, procurement, assessment and cataloging of geospatial data.
 Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
 NGA supports federal agencies’ — such as the Department of State and the Federal Emergency Management Agency — response to humanitarian and disaster relief missions.
 Special Event Planning
 When requested, NGA supports planning for special events such as presidential inaugurations, state visits by foreign leaders, international conferences and major public events (e.g., Olympics, Super Bowl).
 Homeland Defense
 NGA provides vital GEOINT that contributes to counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and border and transportation security efforts.





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