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Welcome to the “Tuesday Morning News Kick Off” on got geoint? We hope everyone had a restful long holiday weekend. Since many of us spent our downtime relaxing with family and friends, the transition back into our professional lives may be a bit challenging (always is after a long weekend!). But fret not. We have pulled together all the actionable news you need to kick off this short week in professional style. Well, we did find one story that is not necessarily “actionable” but certainly – somewhat – entertaining: Google Earth picked up an image of Jesus’s face. According to the National Post, this is much cooler than seeing Jesus’s face in a piece of burnt toast. Read on and enjoy!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had plenty of time to recharge the batteries over the weekend. Who are we kidding. It’s never enough time for a full recharge. Either way, it is Monday and it’s time to dive into all the actionable news you need to get your week started on the right foot. This week, we have a number of key stories including news of Russia launching a spy satellite, the announcement of the retirement of CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes and the latest on defense contracting reform. As we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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As our loyal got geoint? readers know, we like to start the week off with our Monday Morning News Kick Off post, which highlights all the actionable news you need to get your week started on the right foot. Well, every so often we like to break out of the mold and do a news round up post in the middle of the week. And, since our research department just found a whole slew of very cool location, imagery and science stories, we had to do a “Thursday News Round Up” post. All the news you need to get through the last leg of the week. Read on and enjoy.

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While we are known for providing a comprehensive news summary post on Monday mornings, sometimes the news cycle is just too big and we like to occasionally do a “Tuesday News Round Up” post. This week, we have plenty of industry-related news including ManTech receiving a ‘non-conflict status’ with the NRO, the ESA ending a spending freeze and BAE System’s partnership with NOAA. So, as we always say on Monday, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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USGIF member BAE Systems traveled from their offices to the Mideast war zones to train government field analysts on the company’s SOCET GXP software — and captured it in a very compelling video. The trip was part of BAE Systems’ formal partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Deployable Systems (NDS) Program Office and upgrade team. Scroll down to see the actual video.

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Mark your calendars! BAE Systems, and USGIF member, is hosting a free open house to introduce the new eXtreme Analysis™ (XA) workflows available in SOCET GXP® v3.0. The XA workflows allow users to satisfy analysis and mapping tasks quickly and efficiently, reducing the dependency on multiple tools. Below is more information and the schedule for this event.

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