Snowden Archive
——
The SIDtoday
Files
Browse the Archive

Did You Know? The Geographic Resource Center is Your Gateway to the World

SUMMARY

The Geographic Resource Center holds a wealth of maps, gazetteers, and similar materials, and also provides custom geographic research assistance, geographic information systems data, and assists in map creation.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Mar 21, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Aug 15, 2018

1/1
Download
Page 1 from Did You Know? The Geographic Resource Center is Your Gateway to the World
DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U//FOUO) Did You Know? The Geographic Resource Center is Your Gateway to the World FROM: Center for Intelligence Research (S202A1) Run Date: 03/21/2006 (U//FOUO) The Advanced Intelligence Research Services (AIRS) Geographic Resource Center (GRC) is the NSA/CSS repository for worldwide geographic information and geodetic data for both standard and special purpose hardcopy maps, charts, and gazetteers, as well as digital geographic data, atlases, and related geographic and cartographic materials. (U//FOUO) In addition to all this, the GRC provides geographic research expertise to the NSA workforce and also creates custom maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), maintains the Standard Placename Tetragraph Listing (SPNTL), and populates the Enterprise map Repository THORNY HOSTILE with GIS data and technology. The GRC provides support to analysts, linguists, reporters, technicians, engineers, managers, and other NSA/CSS Extended Enterprise personnel. (U//FOUO) For more information, type " go geolib" Geographic Resource Center, OPS1, 2S077, POC: S202A1/GRC "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108