The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is one of our front line defences against terror. It is where they create detailed maps of Iraq for our troops to use to navigate the streets of Bahgdad, where satelite cameras that make Google Earth look whimpy are used in our search for Osama.
You would think that a tech agency with the words "Intelligence" in their name would be--well--secret.
Click on it. Its a kids fun page--for the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGANCE AGENCY.
A kids page!
Huh?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Maybe they took the Ender Game approach to education. "Mold them while they are young."
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Well the fact that the agency exists is not a sensitive fact. The type of information they gather is not terribly sensitive either, only what they gain from it. A building is just a building until you can call it a nuclear facility. I should imagine that such information is classified.
Getting children interested in this kind of science is a good strategy to encourage more people to come into the area of Geospatial Intellience. It's also interesting.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Sometimes it amazes me what is considered sensisitve, what's classified, and what's public knowledge. I can't really say more than that, but it would surprise you.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
quote:Getting children interested in this kind of science is a good strategy to encourage more people to come into the area of Geospatial Intellience. It's also interesting.
*nods* The way things are going, its good to see that somebody out there thinks that getting kids intereseted in Science and Engineering again is a good thing.
--j_k
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Not to mention that google Earth is on a lot of desktops now, spurring a lot of interest in people of all ages.
Also, sometimes kids get scared of simple things they hear about on the news or things that adults talk about in front of them, and this is a simple way to reassure them that people can't really see in their windows at night.
At least not the whole night.
Not yet.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:Not yet.
That's what they want you to think.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Yes, but have you played the game, and did your print out your certificate.
Add to the Why questions, why isn't the "Youth" page done so we could play.
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