Abstract
GEOINT: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Problem Solving with Geospatial Technologies
Track: Teaching About GIS for Future Professionals
Authors: Max Baber
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is investing in geospatial education, offering scholarships and accrediting collegiate geospatial intelligence certificate programs. Geospatial intelligence can be viewed as a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving with geospatial science and technology. It is an intelligence tradecraft practiced by national security analysts skilled in the synthesis of geospatial data from disparate sources into actionable knowledge. The geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) community projects a growing need for skilled geospatial analysts. USGIF represents 200 member organizations from government, industry, and academia. Problem-solving in this field engages the full breadth of human-scale science (natural and social), revealing actionable knowledge in response to humanitarian crises, natural disasters, environmental change, and conflicts between peoples and nations. USGIF accredited collegiate geospatial intelligence certificate programs are characterized by emphasis on spatial reasoning. Come learn about the USGIF scholarship program and how your school can develop a USGIF accredited geospatial intelligence certificate program.