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Geographic Intelligence (GEOINT) is more than people working with computers in a secure intelligence facility. Join us for this exciting journey to learn about GEOINT's application in business, law enforcement, and defense. Advances in satellites, GPS, unmanned aerial systems, wireless communications, handheld computing, and the ability to automate laborious map analysis processes has transformed what used to be called geographic intelligence, or GEOINT, and the nature of the insights provided to managers and leaders. We have gone from mountains of hardcopy maps to amazing automated systems that provide previously unavailable understanding. GEOINT combines geographic information science and technologies with an analytic tradecraft. You will experience the value of GEOINT. We welcome you to the Revolution.

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MOOC-GEOINT

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CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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You can view the entire resource here: Geospatial Intelligence and the Geospatial Revolution

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Todd Bacastow

I am a Professor of Practice for Geospatial Intelligence in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the founder and lead faculty of Penn State's Geospatial Intelligence program. Penn State's Geospatial Intelligence program is accredited by the United State Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and part of Penn State's award-winning portfolio of Online Geospatial Education programs that has served over 5,000 students since 1999.

My current research focuses on determining the optimal training and educational means to improve the sensemaking of the geospatial analyst working as part of an intelligence team. Sensemaking refers to the process by which humans are able to generate explanations for data that are otherwise sparse, noisy, and uncertain.