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Request for Information: Survey, 2023 – AI/ML Small Business Access to NGA
Please share your thoughts in an NGA-commissioned survey, which opens February 8 – February 24, 2023, linked in this article. READ MORE

Honoring The Fallen
A new NGA memorial honors the service members who died while supporting U.S. mapping missions as part of the Inter American Geodetic Survey.. READ MORE

GEOINT 2023 Student Posters
Beginning January 23, USGIF will accept applications for student posters to present at the 2023 GEOINT Symposium, May 21–24, in St. Louis, Missouri. Current students at the undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. levels are eligible to apply for the Student Poster Contest. READ MORE

Q&A with Enbal Shacham
We recently caught up with Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., a professor and associate dean of research in the college for public health and social justice at Saint Louis University and the Acting Associate Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, about her work, advice to students, and thoughts on the future of geospatial intelligence. READ MORE
Upcoming Events

Mission Focus: Global Sustainability
Global issues related to sustainability and climate change require GEOINT analysis on both a planetary and local scale. This USGIF Mission Focus program on GEO… Read More
March 29, 2023
8:30 am ET
Google
1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston, VA 20190
16th floor

GEOINT Sneak Peek
Before gathering for a week of training, learning, exhibiting, and networking at the GEOINT Symposium, join USGIF for this breakfast event to interact with gove… Read More
April 25, 2023
8:00 am – 10:00 AM ET
Trajectory Event Center
13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 150
Herndon, VA
GEOINT Community Forum: The GEOINT Advantage: Increasing, Maintaining, Protecting
Join USGIF for a two-day program that takes a critical look at what is required to increase, maintain, and protect the U.S. geospatial intelligence advantage in… Read More
November 28, 2023
8:00 am – 5:00 PM ET
Allder Auditorium, NGA
Springfield, VA
GEOGala 2023
USGIF’s annual black-tie event, the GEOGala is a night of celebration and networking for the GEOINT Community where we gather to recognize the Lundahl-Finnie Li… Read More
November 30, 2023
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET
The Ritz Carlton
1700 Tysons Blvd.
McLean, VA
What is GEOINT?
Geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. GEOINT consists of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information.
– The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Become a USGIF Member
Whether you’re looking for your entire organization to join USGIF or you’re interested in an individual membership, you’ll make a difference in the GEOINT tradecraft when you become a USGIF Member.