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 What is the USAF GeoBase Initiative? The USAF GeoBase Initiative began as an outgrowth of an extensive 1995 scientific research project examining the factors affecting successful use of geospatial information technologies by military organizations on US defense installations. The research provided first-hand "ground truthed" evidence that current methods for integrating geospatial information systems on defense installations were resulting in high development costs with dubious long-term sustainability at best and all too frequent abandonment and fiscal waste at worst. The GeoBase Initiative was an opportunity to begin with a "clean slate" by introducing geospatial information resources (encompassing both data and technology) to the USAF command echelon as a vital C2 mechanism to support the local wing mission. The GeoBase Initiative has also taken great effort to associate its goal of developing a corporate means for shared information access with the relatively new Chief Information Office (CIO) forum now found under various names at all USAF echelons. Established within each service as a result of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, the CIO addresses cross-functional information resource management issues for the Air Force enterprise. In less then six months, the GeoBase Initiative has acquired the endorsement of two MAJCOM commanders as well as wing commanders and Air Staff leaders who all recognize GeoBase as the right way to do business on today's bases. However, with no similar service-wide precedents in DOD, the GeoBase Initiative is blazing new trails with many obstacles to overcome. Nonetheless, the GeoBase Initiative envisions nothing short of a major paradigm shift in how geospatial information resources are being acquired, implemented, exploited, and sustained on USAF installations around the world. « Return to FAQ List . Mountain house breakfast http://www.disasterrecoverystore.com/. . You must find doctor Dan Scarfo as the best. |
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