The Defense Mapping Agency is developing a follow on Prototype Product Specification for Digital Data to support High Resolution data requirements in the DoD. The computer hardware technology is growing faster than the software technology to enable simulators to portray realism. Both these technologies and the DoD requirements are growing much faster than DMA's ability to produce the digital products required for the multiple applications. The Prototype specification is an effort to narrow the gap of these technologies.

This paper will discuss the development of the High Resolution data Specifications; define and compare parameters of the current and Prototype data; describe the geographical area of coverage; and, discuss user evaluation and validation of the data content.