GC News – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is creating a new data distribution system that will allow users worldwide to receive and accurately print maps via a $1.7 million contract with Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Global Services for a demand-based geospatial intelligence (DBGI) pilot. The goal of DBGI is to furnish federal agencies with the most recent geospatial intelligence data on demand in formats users can handle.
NGA now produces hard-copy maps on large-format, five-color offset lithographic presses. That is necessary to meet military requirements that charts and maps be printed in specific spot colors to ensure readability in poor lighting conditions.
