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GEOINT Symposium 2026 - May 3-6, Aurora, CO

Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for the 2026-2027 Academic Year

Upcoming Event: Spatial Edge: USGIF Day at NATO - Feb. 26 - Brussels, Belgium

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USGIF Honors Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, USN (Ret.), with 2025 Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award

Monday, June 30, 2025

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is proud to announce Vice Admiral Robert “Bob” Sharp, USN (Ret.), as the…

GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Three Recap

Thursday, May 22, 2025

GEOINT’s Next Frontier: Space Collaboration and Strategic Alignment  The final general session day of the 2025 GEOINT Symposium highlighted the…

GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Forging the Future of GEOINT: Interoperability, AI, and Global Collaboration Take Center Stage   The second day of the 2025 GEOINT…

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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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