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Post-Pandemic Pivot
From remote-work options to career development initiatives to family-friendly cultures: GEOINT companies have enacted seismic shifts in their approaches to their people—and it’s the youngest generation of IC professionals who stand to benefit the most.
The Role of User Experience in GEOINT
Keeping up with today’s technological and adversarial advancements is one of the geospatial intelligence community’s biggest obstacles. Panelists discussed how user experience can help.
USGIF Announces Scholarships and a Diversity Working Group
USGIF announces new multi-year scholarships from Maxar and Evona and intent to form a new working group focused on increasing diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the GEOINT community.
Call for USGIF Members to Take the Stage at GEOINT 2026
For the first time, a call is being issued for USGIF members to help shape the agenda of the GEOINT…
Norwich University Earns Accreditation for USGIF’s GEOINT Certificate Program
Norwich University has achieved accreditation of its Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Certificate Program by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)…
USGIF Welcomes Three New Board Members to Help Shape the Future of GEOINT
USGIF is proud to welcome three outstanding leaders to our Board of Directors: Mark Andress, Jeff Bongianino, and Kevin O’Connell.…
USGIF Celebrates 2025 GEOINT Symposium Student Poster Winners
USGIF proudly recognizes the outstanding achievements of the top three winners of the 2025 Student Poster Competition, selected from an…
Upcoming Events
GEOINTeraction Tuesday – November 2025
Join us for GEOINTeraction Tuesday on November 4th, 2025. This is a two-hour networking event featuring a GEOINT community speaker. Agenda: 5:00 – 5:45 PM: Intr… Read More
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
5:00 pm
– 7:00 pm ET
Trajectory Events Center
13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 150
Herndon, VA 20171
GEOGala 2025
Join us for the GEOINT community’s premier black-tie celebration! Honoring Vice Admiral Robert “Bob” Sharp, USN (Ret.), 2025 recipient of the Lundahl-Finnie Lif… Read More
Friday, December 5, 2025
5:00 pm
– 10:00pm EST
The Ritz Carlton
1700 Tysons Blvd, McLean, VA
Mission Focus: Content Management in an Age of New Data Sources and AI
New Date Join us for Mission Focus on January 21, 2026, at the BAE Systems headquarters. We’ll discuss the influx of new data, new technology, and a push toward… Read More
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
3:00 pm
– 6:00pm EDT
BAE Systems Inc. Headquarters
2941 Fairview Drive, 10th Floor Conference Center
Falls Church, VA
Spatial EDGE – February 2026
Join USGIF on February 26, 2026, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels for the next Spatial EDGE program. Attendees will learn how geospatial intelligence supports N… Read More
Thursday, February 26, 2026
12:00 am
NATO Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
2026 GEOINT Symposium
Join us at the 2026 GEOINT Symposium event, where we delve into the critical role of geospatial intelligence in building a secure future in Aurora, Colorado. Ex… Read More
May 3 – May 6, 2026
8:00 am
MT
Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, CO
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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
