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As the GEOINT community continues to grow, USGIF believes that it is important to increase the involvement of young people as they will become the future GEOINT leaders of our industry, government and academia. As such, in 2009, the USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) was formed to unite junior GEOINT professionals within the Defense and Intelligence communities. This group offers events and programs that parallel the Foundation’s mission of advancing the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. Today we are speaking Mike Campanelli, Sr. Systems Engineer, RadiantBlue Technologies about the value of being a YPG volunteer. And, be sure to check out the new YPG newsletter here!

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? With the Super Bowl behind us, now is the time to get back into the world of productivity that always awaits us every Monday morning. And, unfortunately, the Super Bowl is not a national holiday, so not matter how exciting last night’s game was, we always have to dive back into work on Monday. So, if you want to be like Eli Manning and Giants, it’s all about preparation and having your head in the game. As such, we have been kind enough to pull together our weekly news round up post that aims to do just that. So, as we always say, fire up the second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Who doesn’t love Fridays? It is the time to unwind, recharge and often assess one productivity during the previous four days. Speaking of busy weeks, the Pentagon proposed its future budget cuts yesterday. While this will certainly usher in an era of “doing more with less,” there will still be plenty of growth opportunities in the GEOINT sector. Speaking of growth opportunities, USGIF just announced an open solicitation to its membership for a Tradecraft Development Subcommittee Co-Chair. Don’t miss out on this one!

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USGIF member company Raytheon and its partner Airborne Systems are developing navigation and guidance solutions that will keep deep-penetrating bombs and missiles on target in conditions where signals from GPS satellite satellites are degraded or unavailable. Under an $11 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, Raytheon is developing this technology as part of the Air Force High Velocity Penetrating Weapon program.

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Knowledge from our elders is often lost over time. This leaves new generations to forge for themselves without any historical insights as to where they came from, which ultimately impacts the future. One researcher is changing all of this with a new discipline called ethno-mapping that will allow us to map and cull from historical data from our ancestors. And, yes, GEOINT plays a major role in this new area of learning. Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey, the first Polynesian Explorer and female Fellow in the history of the National Geographic Society, is at the forefront of this new movement to essentially map the human story.

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The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is the perfect time for reflecting, looking back and checking out all of the “Best of” lists of 2011. Of course, there are plenty of lists like this when it comes to popular culture and entertainment. Though, what about the Best of Maps in 2011? Fortunately, this list does exist and it totally delivers. From the Twitter language map by Eric Fischer to mapping road casualties — we covered both this year — this list reinforces that the utilization of open source data and technology such as Google Fusion Tables have allowed the most creative to come up with innovative maps. We have pulled out some of the more unique maps in this post and be sure to check out the full list here.

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Once again the GEOINT Symposium broke new boundaries. The Foundation just announced that GEOINT 2011 attracting 4,451 attendees and exhibitors from the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. For those who attended, it was a rare opportunity to explore the latest technologies from 252 exhibitors as well as hear from and meet with key Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security Community leadership.

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It’s no secret that our weather is changing at a radical pace. The fact that we had a major snow storm on east coast in October is a sign that we no longer live in a predictable world when it comes to weather. As we saw at GEOINT 2011, the ability to better manage, predict and respond to natural disasters is vital to saving lives – and geospatial intelligence serves as the foundation dealing with any environmental challenge. In an effort to help better manage these situations, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Geodetic Survey created a new mobile application that delivers aerial and satellite imagery to emergency crews in the wake of natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes.

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Keith B. Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Central Security Service, took the stage yesterday morning and shined a light on something very serious: the need for enhanced cyber security for our nation. Following is his keynote address from GEOINT 2011 where he highlights key solutions to this challenge. Stay tuned for more GEOINT 2011 keynote videos on got geoint?

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? The time has officially come. This is our last FFFT post before the official kick off of GEOINT 2011. Our bags are packed and we are ready to jump on a jet plane bound for San Antonio. Speaking of GEOINT 2011, have you all checked out the official GEOINT 2011 mobile app developed by Raytheon? It is absolutely awesome and, of course, features a news feed from the got geoint? blog, as well as the full agenda, floor plan, list of exhibitors, general convention center information and much more. In addition, we wanted to have this week’s FFFT post focus on all the key things you need to know about the symposium this year. Hope you have a great weekend and see you all in San Antonio.

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