Controlled Image Base
Encyclopedia
Controlled Image Base or CIB is unclassified
digital image
ry, produced to support mission planning and command, control, communications, and intelligence systems. CIB is used as a map
substitute for emergencies and crises in the event that maps do not exist or are outdated. CIB is produced from SPOT commercial
imagery that has been orthonormalized using the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA)'s DTED. CIB is RPF and NITF
compliant. (Source: FAS)
Classified information
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digital image
Digital image
A digital image is a numeric representation of a two-dimensional image. Depending on whether or not the image resolution is fixed, it may be of vector or raster type...
ry, produced to support mission planning and command, control, communications, and intelligence systems. CIB is used as a map
Map
A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
substitute for emergencies and crises in the event that maps do not exist or are outdated. CIB is produced from SPOT commercial
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
imagery that has been orthonormalized using the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing and distributing geospatial intelligence in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency ...
(NGA)'s DTED. CIB is RPF and NITF
National Imagery Transmission Format
The National Imagery Transmission Format Standard is a U.S. Department of Defense and Federal Intelligence Community suite of standards for the exchange, storage, and transmission of digital-imagery products and image-related products.DoD policy is that other image formats can be used internally...
compliant. (Source: FAS)