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| Fundamental to maximizing
the value of data from sensors and systems that collect, manage, and disseminate motion imagery
within the DoD and Intelligence Community is image compression. With rapid advances in compression
algorithms, and the proprietary nature of many commercial compression technologies, it is
imperative that an eye be kept on adopting the best methods that seek to produce better quality
images with less data. Even more important, however, is adopting technologies that maintain
interoperability with other deployed systems to maximize the value of collected data across the
intelligence community, and also reduce the cost in deploying new systems.
The Advanced Compression Working Group (ACWG) serves to identify and recommend
commercially-standardized motion imagery compression technologies for the DoD and the
Intelligence Community. Activities include the development of Recommend Practices (RPs) and
Engineering Guidelines (EGs) on the proper use of current standards, and also the assessment
of new compression technologies for possible future standards adoption. The ACWG seeks to
understand and account for associated compression issues, such as transmission over noisy and
low bandwidth data links, and also related applications of compression technologies—for example
transcoding and streaming—within distributed architectures. |
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