AbstractNGA Support to Haiti—Airborne Lidar Research Test Bed TeamTrack: Defense and Intelligence Author The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been a principal player in the response to the Haiti crisis. The agency's efforts have included collection, analysis, and dissemination of overhead and airborne imagery and geospatial products. In addition to conventional geospatial products, NGA, in partnership with SOUTHCOM, rolled out an innovative sensing and production capability that demonstrated collection and analytical automation with timeliness that has never effectively been accomplished before. Within hours of being contacted by SOUTHCOM, NGA and the partner organization deployed resources and within a day the first elements of the Airborne LIDAR Research Testbed (ALIRT) team arrived at SOUTHCOM. Forty-eight hours later, the first products were delivered to the command's staff. Ann Carbonell Dept. of Defense 3838 Vogel Road Arnold, Missouri 63010 United States Phone: 314-676-9082 E-mail: ann.m.carbonell@nga.mil Julia Collins NGA L-10, 3838 Vogel Road Arnold, Missouri 63376 United States Phone: 314-676-0208 Fax: 314-676-3011 E-mail: julia.a.collins@nga.mil |