FEATURE STORY
A new NGA memorial honors the service members who died while supporting U.S. mapping missions as part of the Inter American Geodetic Survey.
By Steve Hendershot
IAGS began in 1946 as a U.S. Army initiative charged with creating accurate, detailed maps of Latin America. The value of such maps had become clear during World War II, and shortly after the war, U.S. military leaders decided they wanted a better-defined picture of the land to America’s south. IAGS partnered with nations such as Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile, leading surveying missions and also training a generation of Latin American cartographers at a school at IAGS’s headquarters in Panama.
PERSPECTIVE
We recently caught up with Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., a professor and associate dean of research in the college for public health and social justice at Saint Louis University and the Acting Associate Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, about her work, advice to students, and thoughts on the future of geospatial intelligence.
USGIF MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
USGIF Member Spotlight: Janes
We caught up with Sam Gordy, president of Janes US, a defense intelligence firm based in Rosslyn, Virginia, to discuss the company’s role in GEOINT and what excites him most about the industry
USGIF Member Spotlight: Planet Federal
Jon Powers, vice president of sales at Planet Federal, spoke with trajectory about the company’s role in GEOINT and what makes them unique.
USGIF Member Spotlight: ICEYE
ICEYE co-founder Rafal Modrzewski discusses the origin and evolution of the Finnish SAR satellite company and its partnership to provide Ukraine with access to SAR capabilities.
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