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Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) is defined as the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on Earth (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute 2006). As a specialized field within the much larger profession of intelligence, GEOINT provides action-oriented intelligence of a unique and powerful nature. By combining imagery, imagery intelligence (IMINT), and geospatial information with data collected by various other Intelligence Community (IC) components, or INTs (e.g., human intelligence (HUMINT), signal intelligence (SIGINT), etc.), a Common Operational Picture (COP) of an area of interest is developed. This approach provides context and clarity to decision makers such as war fighters, homeland security personnel, and national security policymakers (NGA National GeospatialIntelligence Agency). The inherent...
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Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri – Columbia (UMC). http://geoint.missouri.edu/
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National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (NGA) in the United States of America. http://www.nga.mil/
NGA (National GeospatialIntelligence Agency) (2006) Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) basic doctrine: Publication 1-0. On-line at http://www.nga.mil/NGASiteContent/StaticFiles/OCR/geo_pub1.pdf
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Defence Intelligence Collection Group (ICG) in the United Kingdom. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/SecurityandIntelligence/DIS/ICG/
Defense Imagery and Geospatial Organization (DIGO) in Australia. http://www.defence.gov.au/digo/
Gordon MK (2004) NGA’s historian reflects on first 10 years, Pathfinder 4(5) Sept–Oct, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
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Lanier, D. (2017). Intelligence, Geospatial. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17885-1_642
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