Geospatial Intelligence: The New Intelligence Discipline

Abstract

The term geospatial intelligence made its formal debut along with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, on November 24, 2003. The term also became one of the most important expressions from a perspective of visualizing and understanding today's battlespace. Yet geospatial intelligence remains widely misunderstood in the joint lexicon. So what exactly is geospatial intelligence, why does anyone need to know, and how does it affect what warfighters do and how they do it? This article will clarify what geospatial intelligence is. It will introduce related terms and address current and emerging doctrine. It will discuss how GEOINT is currently used and applied to the joint task force as well as standing commands, whether functional or service-specific. It will identify the present geospatial intelligence picture and discuss how it could look in the future. Finally, it will look at a few scenarios within the USJFCOM and how GEOINT is being applied to develop new concepts, integrate them within the current structure, and help train the warfighter engaged in today's operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA480963

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Barrowman

Organizations

  • United States Joint Forces Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Databases
  • Doctrine
  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Information Exchange
  • Intelligence Collection Disciplines
  • Network Protocols
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.