GEOINT Operations - are the tasks, activities, and events to collect, manage, analyze, generate, visualize,
and provide imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information necessary to support national and
defense missions and international arrangements
What steps does the Geospatial Intelligence Preparation of the Environment (GPE) accomplish? -
Describe environment influence, evaluate threats and hazards, define environments, develop analytic
conclusions
Function of GIS - The management of Geospatial Information System (GIS) data, and merging with
terrain data
What are the basic components of GIS? - Computer, software, data, and tactics, techniques, procedures
(TTPs)
Combatant command (CCMD) - They have overall responsibility for executing the Unified Command Plan
(UCP) in established Area of Responsibility (AORs)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - A U.S. agency created to gather secret information about foreign
governments. Responsible to support president, national security council, and those personnel who
make and execute national security policies.
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is responsible for
research and development, acquisition, launch, deployment, and operation of overhead systems and
related data processing facilities to collect intelligence and information to support national and
departmental missions and other USG needs. NRO activities provide support to I&W, monitoring arms
control agreements, access to denied areas, and the planning and execution of military operations. They
design, build, and operate satellites as primary source of GEOINT collected.
Electro-optical Sensor - Shows visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and is limited by weather.
,National Security Agency (NSA) - Responsible for information assurance and collects foreign signals
GEOINT tasking process - TCPED
Tasking
Collection
Processing
Exploitation
Dissemination
National System for Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NSG) - Develops standardized, Tactics, Techniques,
and Procedures (TTPs) for GEOINT personnel
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Directs GEOINT support to planners, warfighter, and
policymakers.
National Security Agency (NSA) - Uses GEOINT by gaining greater understanding of SIGINT by including
geospatial associations
Aeronautical - Products for air navigation, pilotage, and planning air operations
Imagery Science - The technical application of remote sensor data for GEOINT
Source Analysis - The managing of partnerships and assets to answer questions
GPE - Used for development of predictive GEOINT
Risk Sensitive (RSEN) - an NGA caveat used to protect especially sensitive imaging capabilities and
exploitation techniques.
, Sourcing and Citations - Used as justification for your analysis
Point Target - A GEOINT target type that will provide the best NIIRS
NIIRS - The National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) is a subjective scale used for rating the
quality of imagery acquired from various types of imaging systems. The NIIRS defines different levels of
image quality/interpretability based on the types of tasks an analyst can perform with images of a given
NIIRS rating. The idea is that imagery analysts should be able to perform more demanding interpretation
tasks as the quality of the imagery increases.
The NIIRS consists of 10 levels, from 0 (worst quality) to 9 (best quality).
Because different types of imagery support different types of interpretation tasks, individual NIIRS has
been developed for four major imaging types: Visible, Radar, Infrared, and Multispectral.
LIMDIS - Limited Distribution
Purpose of Intelligence Community Analytic Standards (ICAS) - Ensure, excellence, integrity, and rigor in
analysis and work practices
Imagery Analysis - Converting information from imagery into intelligence
Photo Processing - Electronics, Optical, electro-optical, and chemical are forms of
Production Management Alternative Architecture (PMAA) - Used for integrated geospatial requirements
and production management
Specific Information Required (SIR) - Essential Elements of Information are used to refine this
Originator Controlled (ORCON) - Used on classified intel that clearly IDs or permits ready ID of intel
sources or method that are susceptible to countermeasures that would reduce effectiveness
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