Open-Source Intelligence

Weekly GEOINT Community News

State Department Seeks Global Information Awareness; Second Lockheed GPS Satellite Available for Launch; Hexagon Geospatial Partners with Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs; More

Connected Crisis

In the U.S., 2017 was a landmark year for natural disasters—and a data-driven turning point for domestic crisis mapping

The Ethics of Volunteered Geographic Information for GEOINT Use

The wide variety of VGI available today naturally leads to myriad potential GEOINT uses

Everything, Everywhere, All the Time—Now What?

What will result from the persistence and depth of geospatial data?

Weekly GEOINT Community News

SpaceFlight to Launch 11 Satellites in January; Boundless and Monsanto Partner to Support Open Source Community; Avenza Maps Launches in GEOINT App Store; More

GEOINT for Policing

Software, sensors, and other location-based technologies offer opportunities and challenges for law enforcement

Mapping Hurricane Harvey

GEOINT Community contributes open data, crowdsourced mapping efforts, and more to Harvey relief

Weekly GEOINT Community News

NGA Announces Sixth BIG Initiative Topic; UrtheCast to Deliver SAR-XL Satellite; Crunchy Data Releases Open-Source Project; Esri World Imagery Now in OpenStreetMap; More

“Snap Mapping”

Snapchat’s new geo-location service raises privacy concerns

DIA Looks to Open-Source Intelligence

The agency is embracing data science and automation to leverage information from social media and location-based apps