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Stu Shea Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 GEOGala

Sunday, December 12, 2021

An inspiring night of celebration and commemoration brings the GEOINT community together again.

Stu Shea Receives Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award

Thursday, December 2, 2021

USGIF founder shared what the beginning of the Foundation looked like, how the GEOINT community has changed over the years, and what receiving USGIF’s 2021 Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award means to him.

USGIF Launches 2022 Scholarship Campaign

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Foundation seeks donations toward collegiate geospatial intelligence education.

Call for USGIF Members to Take the Stage at GEOINT 2026

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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

Friday, September 26, 2025

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

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

USGIF proudly recognizes the outstanding achievements of the top three winners of the 2025 Student Poster Competition, selected from an…

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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

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