Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) System
Major (R) Azhar bin Hj. Salleh
Chief Executive Officer
Innovative Mapping Solutions Sdn. Bhd.
Malaysia
azhar@inomaps.com.my
Abstract
Nowdays, GIS Technology is mission critical in supporting national tactical and strategic mission for
instance monitoring situation inside and around its frontiers which include political sovereignty, civilian
missions and military superiority. As in military or national security operation, the basic doctrine of
GEOINT was published by NGA in 2004. GEOINT represents the exploitation and analysis of imagery and
geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically
referenced activities on the Earth. In military activities GEOINT provides high quality IMINT and geospatial
data for military decision making and mission planning through cartography, activity identification,
tactical image analysis, DTM, and etc. As GEOINT’s role in national security, GEOINT supports the first and
highest obligation of the government - the protection of the nation’s security. It plays a critical role,
informing every aspect of the development and implementation of the nation’s security policy from the
national to the tactical level. Basically, GEOINT characteristics incorporates intelligence analysis into all
aspects, uses multiple types of sensors and advances sensor technology, combines multiple types of
geospatial data and uses intelligence and data from other INTs to provide context. This conference will
highlight generally the concept of GEOINT in military and security operation as well as describing the
component, process and data of GEOINT. Some products application of GEOINT will be also be highlighted.