Module 1, Lesson 2

Module 1, Lesson 2 (A.K.A. Module 2)

Career Paths & GEOINT Communities

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Lesson Objectives

Completing this module, you will be able to :

• Describe geospatial intelligence through its history and technologic evolution.

• Describe the evolution of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from WWII and its predecessor agencies.

• Describe the organization and purpose of several GEOINT organizations

• Describe how being an expert in geospatial intelligence requires education and training in science, the technology, and human geography.

• Understand the preparation needed for joining the intelligence community.

GEOINT 101: How to identify GEOINT?

It is GEOINT if it:

• Includes analytic products that are anticipatory – deal with the future.

• Involves some type of human activity.

• Draws on knowledge of the earth.

• Supports a decision that someone must make.

The Story of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Predecessor organizations

• Defense Mapping Agency

• National Photographic Interpretation Center

• Central Imagery Organization

• efense Airborne Reconnaissance Organization

Defense mapping agency

National photgraphic interpretation center

NGA

NIMA 1996

Central imagery center

Defense airborn reconnaissance office

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

From NIMA to NGA

• Homeland Security

• Global CT Operations

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

NGA: GEOINT Functional Manager

• DoD Combat Support Agency

• Mission: The collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), and development of imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation

National and Transnational Geospatial Intelligence Organizations

• CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)ASG (Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence)

• OGS (Open Geospatial Consortium)

• USGIF (US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation)

• DGI (Defense Geospatial Intelligence)

• US National System for Geospatial Intelligence

• NRO (National Reconnaissance Office)

• USGS (US Geologic Survey)

• NGS (National Geodetic Survey)

• NAVOCEANO (Naval Oceanographic Office)

National System for Geospatial Intelligence

• NSG

• Functional Management and Program Management

• Councils and Board

• Doctrine

• Directives

• Enterprise Needs Management

National Reconnaissance Office

• NRO

• The National Reconnaissance Office designs, builds, and, with the Air Force, operates the nation’s reconnaissance satellites, which are a main collection assets for GEOINT source data

US Geological Survey

USGS

• The Nation’s largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency

• Provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth

• Collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems

National Geodetic Survey

NGS

• 1807: U.S. Survey of the Coast

• 1836: U.S. Coast Survey

• 1878: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

• 1970: NGS

Naval Oceanographic Office

NAVOCEANO

• Established 1830 as the Depot of Charts and Instruments

• 1854: U.S. Naval Observatory and Hydrographic Office

• 1962: NAVOCEANO

CIA Map Service: Office of Strategic Service

OSS MAPS

The cartography center's first chief, Arthur Robinson, was only 26 and graduate student in geography when he recruited to lead the organization in 1941.

CIA World Factbook

The Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence(Five Eyes)

ASG

• United States
• Australia
• Canada
• Great Britain
• New Zealand

Open Geospatial Consortium

USGIF

• Non-profit educational foundation (founded in 2004)

• Organizes the Annual GEOINT Conference, the largest US GEOINT gathering

• Serves as GEOINT community connector

• International Reach

• Government, Industry, and Academia Membership

• Accredits K-12, College and University GEOINT Programs

DGI

Practice Questions

• List four U.S. organizations that are part of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence.

• Name five countries that have unified their mapping and imagery organizations.

• What is the primary purpose of the Open Geospatial Consortium?

• What is USGIF and what do they do?

On a blank Piece of Paper

Dream Destination

Nightmares

Dream Activities

Dream Job and career

working as a geospatial intelligence analyst

• Analyzing Data or Information

• Getting information

• Interacting with Computers

• Processing information

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subrodinates

Salary

$69,666

Thinking about GEOINT Careers

• The profession’s “body of knowledge" is one way to think about a career.

• Another way is through the agencies and businesses that produce and consume goods and services, generate sales and profits, and employ people.

• Success in GEOINT is by combining technology with understanding of ourselves, our competition, and the human (cultural) and physical world.

Levels of Expertise

Body of Knowledge

• A body of knowledge is a set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain, as defined by the relevant learned society or professional association.

Essential Body of Knowledge

• An Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK) is the domain of essential information over which mastery is required for success in the intelligence profession.

• Developed by the USGIF beginning as early as 2007 and updated in 2019.

Success Through Learning: EBK Competency Areas

• Technical Competencies

• Cross Functional Competencies

• GIS & Analysis Tools
• Remote Sensing & Imagery Analysis
• Geospatial Data Management
• Data Visualization

• Critical Thinking
• Synthesis
• Collaboration

• Emerging Competencies

• vData Science
• Use of Varied Datasets
• Machine Learning
• Virtual Reality
• Neural Networks/Artificial Intelligence
• UA Vs/UASs
• Automation

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Professional Areas(Cont)

Professional areas(Cont)

Security Clearance

• A security clearance is essential to perform in most of these positions.

• A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to state secrets, after completion of a thorough background check.

Only federal agencies can grant security clearances, for example:

• Intelligence community

• Federal law enforcement agencies

• Diplomatic agencies

• Civilian military agencies

Security Clearance

• The type of background investigation depends on the position’s requirements as well as the level of security clearance needed for the position.

• This process can take several months or up to a year depending on backlog, need for more information, depth of the investigation process and other factors.

Geospatial Intelligence Careers at a National Level

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Naval Oceanographic Office

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• International

Geospatial Intelligence Careers at the State & Local Level

• Community planning

• Emergency Response

• Law Enforcement

Geospatial Intelligence Careers in Non-Governmental Organizations

• Drone Adventures

• Citizen Interaction Group

• Satellite Sentinel Project

• Doctors Without Borders

• The International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF)

• Monitoring North Korea’s Nuclear Progra

• Disease Prediction

Businesses Using Geospatial Intelligence

• Those with a long history of using location intelligence, because it is essential to their operations.

• These businesses are rooted in geography.
• Telecommunications and transportation.

• Those that didn't start out as being dependent on geospatial information but are today.

• Retail, insurance and agriculture.

• Those that critically depend on geospatial intelligence.

• Location intelligence is the business.
• Ride-hailing companies like Uber or Lyft.

• Strategic

• Operational

• Markets

• Telecommunications

• Transportation

• Retail

• Insurance

• Agriculture

• Ride-hailing

Internships

Highly recommended! Internships help you:

• To develop your skills

• Enhance your career potential

• Make a global difference

Review Your List With Respect to GEOINT

Dream Destination

Nightmares

Dream Activities

Dream Job and career

Summary

During this lesson we discussed:

• The history of NGA and learned about GEOINT communities

• How the path to acquiring expertise geospatial intelligence requires education in broad areas.

• The need to think in advance about your career and what do you need to do in advance (security clearance)

• How disciplines like business, law enforcement, and homeland security use geospatial intelligence.