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The concept of geospatial predictive analysis is coming to life and will play a major role in making our world safer. According to a recent Fast Company article, experts are now using these cutting-edge algorithms and data analysis techniques to do everything from predicting terrorist activity, preventing auto theft and even anticipating where meth labs will open up.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope everyone had a restful weekend and is ready to tackle the work week ahead. What’s that? You need a little something to get you fully back in the game? Yes, weekends are very nice, but Monday always comes around. But fret not. We have pulled together all the key stories you need to kick start the work week. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful weekend and are geared up for some big-time productivity over the next five days. Speaking of productivity, this week is the Esri International Users Conference, so it will certainly be a busy week. And, of course, there is no shortage of GEOINT news happening in the news cycle today. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful weekend spent with family, friends and loved-ones. But as we always say, Monday mornings are truly inevitable — almost like death and taxes — so what better way to tackle the start of the week than with a summary of all the actionable news you need to operate at peak performance. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Esri’s most excellent Mapping the Nation book series showcases the latest innovative GIS projects in the federal community and helps demonstrate how geospatial technology is used to understand and address a broad range of national issues. Submissions from federal agencies and Esri users are the driving force that bring this book series to life. And, we are excited to announce that Esri has begun working on the next edition of the Federal Map Book: “Mapping the Nation, GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability” that was distributed at the 2011 Esri Federal User Conference. And, Esri is calling all federal agencies and users to submit maps for consideration for the 2012 edition. Though time is running out! The deadline for submissions is May 6th at 5 p.m. PST. Submit your maps here.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? Yes, we are in the home stretch. The week between X-mas and New Year’s Eve is only a short step away. But, let’s keep in mind that we have 4-5 days left (depending on if you are working on Christmas Eve) of solid work ahead of us this week. And, what better way to kick of a highly productive week than by having all the actionable news you need right at your fingertips? Yep. as always, we have all the news you need right here. So, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought Post on got geoint? Yes, it is Friday and you are merely a few hours away from spending two precious days away with friends and family. Or perhaps you have a weekend date with your DVR to catch up on your favorite TV shows. Eitherway, congratulations. You made it to Friday. Earlier this week, we did a post about situational GEOINT awareness for the average consumer. So, we thought the concept of “situational awareness” and just how “aware” we can be to our surroundings. Oh, and yes, we apologize for the Mike “The Situation” photo – could not help ourselves. Happy Friday!

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As many of us in the GEOINT community are busy making the most of the 2010 International ESRI User Conference this week — and with so much news happening — we thought it would be easiest to put all the key ESRI news in one convenient post. No need to do Google news searches. We have it all here. And, for those who aren’t in San Diego this week, this post will give you some insight into what’s happening at the event. We hope you enjoy.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope everyone had a restful weekend, and yes, it was hot. So now is the time to cool yourself off with some actionable news to jump start your week. Leon Panetta warns of Iran’s threat, Pelosi is creating a potential block to General Clapper being nominated and much more. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? We hope everyone had a a chance to unwind this weekend and are ready to kick it into full gear this week. As always we have compiled all the actionable news stories you need to kick off the week. Of course, we came across a Seattle Post story about the report about UFOs and the CIA. So, we admit…it may not be an “actionable” news story, but we could not pass up including it in this week’s post. As we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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