National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is building upon its experiment with open-source data after the success of the Pathfinder program in late 2015.

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Growing from its roots as a map-making agency, today’s National Geospatial Intelligence Agency requires a surprisingly wide of talents. I discussed this with Susan Shumate, chief of the talent acquisition branch at NGA. Federal Drive with Tom Temin started with the most basic question: What does it take to be an analyst there?

For first responders to natural disasters, information is their most important commodity. Data about local infrastructure, sources of supply, roads and terrain. Sometimes that data can be hard to find, yet much of it exists. The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency maps nearly every square foot of the globe. Senior Analyst Nat Wolpert tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how the NGA comes through with information when disaster occurs.

To help U.S. agencies operating in the Arctic region, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has been releasing non-classified data to anyone who wants to use it, public or private.