 On October 1, 1996, DMA was folded into the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) , which was redesignated as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on 2003.The major task of the Army Map Service was the compilation, publication and distribution of military topographic maps and related products required by the Armed Forces of the United States.The AMS was also involved in the preparation of extraterrestrial maps of satellite and planetary bodies; the preparation of national intelligence studies; the establishment of world geodetic control networks by both satellite and conventional triangulation methods; and the logistic military planning of Corps of Engineer items.