What is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and how are they involved in this flight?
Describe for me the relationship between NASA and NIMA. NIMA is the government agency that does the mapping for our country. They have a huge database of all types of images of the Earth, and this will greatly increase their database for all the Earth within the areas that we are covering. This will give them their first three-dimensional coverage of the whole Earth. They use this information for our country as far as defense goes, and also they are then able to disseminate this information to the airlines and the other people that need this information as well. Does NIMA get digital topographic data from their own satellites? Why do they need this flight if they do? I’m not aware of all the information NIMA gets from their satellites. I think if they had already been able to get this, they would not need this mission. I’m assuming that this is the only way they are able to get this information and that’s where we fit in. Tell me about EarthKam. What is it and is it comparable in any w
