Abstract
GLIDE: The Geographically Linked Information Dissemination Environment Track: Defense and Intelligence Author(s): Matt Benden GLIDE is the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA)-Geographic Analysis Branch's (GAB) Web-based tool for dissemination of geographic and imagery intelligence products to the Marine Corps operating forces and the larger Intelligence Community (IC). Born of a need for an efficient means of dissemination (the oft-forgotten "last step" of intelligence production), GLIDE was conceived as a Web-based query and dissemination tool. Sporting an enterprise-level backend architecture (Oracle, ArcSDE, and ArcIMS), GLIDE presents an uncluttered, intuitive, Web-based interface that allows the intelligence operator to discover and download intelligence products in five mouse clicks or less. GLIDE is a fully participatory member in the Defense Intelligence Agency's Distributed Geospatial Intelligence Network (DGINET) program, and specific GLIDE functionalities have been incorporated into the DGINET codebase. Through the use of standards-based XML metadata tags, GLIDE can query, display, and download intelligence products from other participating DGINET entities without leaving the GLIDE interface. Matt Benden Marine Corps Intelligence Activity 3300 Russell Road Suite 250 Quantico , VA 22134-5011 US Phone: 703-784-5041 E-mail: mbenden@mcia.osis.gov |
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