NITFS Technical Board NTB

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NITFS Technical Board (NTB)
The technical focal point for still imagery, and
imagery-related standardization activities within
the GEOINT community.

• Stephen Kerr
• NCGIS
• [phone]
• ntbchair_at_nga.mil

16 October 2008
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listhttp//gwg.nga.mil/ntb/
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NITFS Technical Board

• Standardization Topics
• Still imagery and gridded data
• Imagery and gridded data formats
• Imagery and gridded data compression
• Graphical, textual, and other means to annotate
  imagery and imagery products
• Imagery-related support data and metadata
• Imagery-derived data and metadata, to include
  foundation data
• Image Quality
• Other topics as designated by the GWG

• The mission of the NTB is to facilitate the
• Development,
• Selection,
• Adoption,
• Profiling,
• Application,
• Implementation, and
• Testing
• of standards essential to establishing
  interoperability and quality for still imagery,
  associated metadata, and other related aspects
  within the NSG

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Examples of Standards

• Mil-Std-2500C NITF Version 2.1
• Mil-Std-2301A Computer Graphics Metafile
• Mil-Std-188-198 JPEG Image Compression
• Mil-Std-188-198A JPEG Image Compression
• Mil-Std-188-199 Vector Quantization
  Decompression
• STDI-0001 National Support Data Extensions
  (SDEs)
• STDI-0002 Compendium of TREs
• STDI-0004 FDDRD
• STDI-0005 Implementation Practices of the NITFS
  (IPON)
• STDI-0006 NITF 2.1 Commercial Dataset
  Requirements Document (NCDRD)
• N0105/98 NITFS Test Program Plan
• N0106/98 BWC Standards Guidelines
• NSG-STD-001-05 NGA NITF 2.0 Dataset Definition
  Document (NNDDD)
• NSG-STD-002-05 NGA Commercial Data Definition
  Document (NCDDD)

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Examples of Standards (cont.)

• STANAG 4545 NATO Secondary Imagery Format (NSIF)
• STANAG 4559 NATO Secondary Imagery Library
  Interface (NSILI)
• STANAG 4607 Ground Moving Target Interface (GMTI)
• STANAG 7023 Primary Image Format
• STANAG 7194 Image Quality Rating Scale
• STANAG 7074 Digital Geographic Information
  Exchange Standard (DIGEST)
• ISO/IEC 12087-5 Basic Image Interchange Format
  (BIIF)
• ISO/IEC 10918-1 JPEG (DCT lossy DPCM lossless)
• ISO/IEC 15444-1 JPEG 2000 Part 1
• NSIF01.10 NSIF Profile of BIIF
• BPJ2K01.00 BIIF Profile for JPEG 2000
• BPCGM01.00 BIIF Profile for CGM

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Program of Work

• GeoTIFF Implementation Profile
• Industry TIFF GeoTIFF ISO 19115 ISO19139
• GWG Coordination 10 Jun 13 Aug 2008
• Comment Resolution Completed 26 Sep 2008
• Pending authorization to publish 21 Oct 2008
• High Resolution Elevation (HRE) Data
• ISO/IEC 12087-5/NITF, ISO 19115-1/2, ISO 19139
• Coordinated effort among MFG, ITSA FG and the
  NTB.
• GWG Coordination 4 Sep 6 Nov 2008

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Program of Work (cont.)

• Sensor Independent Complex-image Data (SICD)
  Specification
• SICD Design Exploitation Description Document
• SICD File Format Description Document (ISO
  12087-5/NITF)
• XML Description and Design
• Initial community review 20 Jun 22 Jul 2008
• Revised versions released 30 Sep 2008
• Second community review 01-30 Oct 2008
• Testing with SAR GEOINT Prototype
• Initial implementation limited to Polar Format
  image formation

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Program of Work (cont.)

• BIIF Profile of JPEG 2000, ver 01.10
• Coordinated effort to update BPJ2K01.00
• Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB)
• NITFS Technical Board (NTB)
• Custodial Support Team for STANAG 4545
• Custodial Support Team for STANAG 4609
• Will become an internationally registered
  profile at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24
• MISB/NTB/NATO Technical Review Oct-Nov 08
• GWG Review Dec 08 Jan 09 (tentative)

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DGIWG Coordination

• Defence Geographic Information Working Group
  (DGIWG)
• Imagery Gridded Data Roadmap
• DGIWG Reference Model for IGD
• GeoTIFF Profile for Orthorectified Imagery
• High Resolution Elevation/Surface Data
• Interest in evolution of OGCs GML/JP2
  specification

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NTB Contact Information

• NTB Chairmanntbchair_at_nga.mil
• NTB Web sitehttp//gwg.nga.mil/ntb/

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listhttp//gwg.nga.mil/ntb/