Geospatial Intelligence

The MSc by Research in Geospatial Intelligence, offered by the Centre for Geospatial Science, will provide supervised post-graduate research and education covering aspects of geospatial problem analysis, system specification, selection, organisation and management of data sources, spatial analysis and geospatial intelligence techniques as well as project management, reporting and communication skills.

The last few years have seen huge advances across technologies and disciplines that facilitate geospatial intelligence for security, business and environmental applications. Developments have been particularly rapid in data collection techniques, pervasive computing, ubiquitous positioning, remote sensing and sensor web enablement, mobile location-based services, spatial search and spatial communication. 

Demands for specialists with understanding of these geospatial intelligence technologies are needed for:

• Major international programmes, for example, INSPIRE and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) from the EU and UN Global Climate, Environment and Aid Programmes
• International disaster management and mitigation 
• Security (cross-border migration, terrorism, drug control, serious crime,  etc),
• National and regional programmes such as transport charging and major planning events such as the 2012 Olympics

The expertise required includes the ability to source, select and evaluate appropriate data sources. Data must then be associated and conflated for analysis to provide the intelligence to underpin and inform policy, develop strategies and undertake operational activity. 

The Centre for Geospatial Science