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June 18th, 2010
Aerogeophysical Survey Provides Promising Prospects of Economic Development in Afghanistan

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Photogrammetric mosaics and other imagery processed by USGS have also been provided to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for incorporation into Department of Defense image libraries and are being used for economic analysis projects by theUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID)for construction and development projects and to the government of Afghanistan for a myriad of uses to include geologic exploration, hydrologic resource management and earthquake hazard analysis. “This imagery will be enormously important for seismic and flood hazard analysis, development of roads, pipelines and property boundaries, and other civil infrastructure projects and agriculture resource management,” states NRL Chief Scientist, Dr. John Brozena. “The data we have amassed and are analyzing today could prove invaluable to the future economic redevelopment of Afghanistan,” added Brozena. Read More

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