该计划满足了对经过培训的科学家的新兴需求，这些科学家经过搜集，组织，分析和传播有关地理特征或地理位置的物理特征，人造结构，移动物体，人和事件的信息。该程序主要关注支持综合和分析各种类型数据的计算方法，以识别和监视随时间和空间变化的复杂事件和现象。虽然地理空间情报具有强大的国防部内涵，但其背后的原理却具有巨大的双重用途，可以满足广大受众的需求，例如从城市空间的智能导航到自然和人为灾难的应急系统。地理信息科学。适用于地理信息学和地理空间情报的数字图像分析。地理信息学和情报学的计算原理。
The program addresses the emerging demand for scientists trained in the collection, organization, analysis, and dissemination of information about physical features, man-made structures, moving objects, people, and events that are geo-referenced or geo-located. This program focuses primarily on the computational approaches that support the synthesis and analysis of diverse types of data in order to identify and monitor complex events and phenomena that manifest over space and time. While geospatial intelligence has a strong Department of Defense connotation, the principles behind it have a significant dual use potential, addressing the needs of a broader audience, ranging for example from intelligent navigation in urban spaces to emergency response systems for natural and man-made disasters.Geographic Information Science. Digital image analysis as it applies to geoinformatics and geospatial intelligence. Computational principles for geoinformatics and intelligence.