On one of the information tables there appeared a very interesting 1996 report called “P1000 Science and Technology Strategy for Information Visualization”, subtitled “a roadmap to provide information visualization technology broadly within the Intelligence Community. The P1000 Visualization Planning Committee Member Organizations were AF497, CIA, CIO, CMS, DIA, DOE, FBI, FinCEN, MCIA, NAIC, NGIC, NRL, NRO, NSA, and ONI.
The report was prompted by the recognition of the importance of information visualization to the Intelligence Community. It categorizes the current technologies and assesses usage gaps. It the provides a roadmap of organization and technical approaches to develop, deploy and support information visualization sciences and technologies.
The report describes the current state of twelve technology areas and recommends a strategic approach to furthering each of these within the community. These areas are: