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As part of an ongoing got geoint? podcast series, we are interviewing the USGIF staff who work tirelessly to promote and advance the GEOINT community and tradecraft. This installment is with Bill Allder III, Membership Services Coordinator, USGIF. Bill is a young GEOINTer who has a long family history in the GEOINT world. USGIF hosts its annual Allder Golf Classic at GEOINT that honors the memory of Bill’s father, William R. Allder Jr. All proceed from the tournament go towards USGIF’s scholarship program. Listen to Bill’s insights into what it is like to work in a community that provides much meaning for him.

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Welcome to our Friday’s Food for Thought post! We hope everyone had a productive week post-GEOINT 2009. For this week’s FFT post, we are using the theme of ruling the world. Many of our readers may have seen the news (front page NY Times article) this week about Google offering a Smart Phone GPS application that is expected to put a hurting on TomTom, Garmin and Nokia. So, once again, we see Google taking another step in its efforts to take over the world.

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Following is an exclusive podcast with Patrick Meier, Co-Founder, The International Network of Crisis Mappers (INCM). His organization aims to bringing crisis mapping to the next level by making the process more immediate and collaborative between academia, policy makers and technology providers.

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We hope our readers are enjoying the access to the GEOINT 2009 keynote videos. Our intention is to provide a forum for those to re-capture key moments from the event, as well as allow for those who could not attend GEOINT 2009, the opportunity to catch up on presentations that shape the GEOINT community. This morning, we are running the keynote from Mr. Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) who provided a comprehensive view of the recently released “The National Intelligence Strategy,” which sets out the guiding principles: responsive and incisive understanding of global threats and opportunities, coupled with an agility that brings to bear the Community’s capabilities.

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As we continue with our GEOINT 2009 video series, we are reminded about what a critical role the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) plays in protecting the nation, as well as assisting in humanitarian and climate/weather catastrophes. They say that GEOINT is the foundation for all other intelligence functions, and we believe that the NGA is the foundation for all things GEOINT (if that makes sense). Check out this exclusive video of NGA Director Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett laying out the vision for NGA at GEOINT 2009.

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Following is an exclusive USGIF Member Podcast with ERDAS, a pioneer in the geospatial information sector. The company has many exciting things going on, as well as a marketing campaign that “rocks.” Listen to our exclusive podcast with Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, ERDAS.

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Each year, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) develops a highly produced opening video for the GEOINT symposium that is compelling, insightful and nails exactly where we are at as a community. At GEOINT 2009, USGIF delivered once again with a video that moves and inspires, and reinforces the overall theme of the event: BUILD the community; ACCELERATE innovation; and ADVANCE the tradecraft. Check it out here.

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In what was probably the most anticipated and buzzed-about keynote from GEOINT, Bruce Carlson, the new NRO Director, presented a very candid vision for the future of the NRO. Here’s the exclusive video of that presentation. We welcome all comments and feedback on his presentation.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning Kick Off Post. While we will continue to relive key moments from GEOINT 2009 throughout this week (stay tuned for more videos), we wanted to get back to highlighting news from the entire Intelligence Community. So, here we are, and it is Monday again. Just to think a week ago we were all watching the amazing GEOINT 2009 kick off ceremonies in San Antonio. Well, we hope everyone spent the weekend resting up and preparing to take all of the key learnings, and contacts, from GEOINT and make them actionable. Happy Monday.

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