"The National Security Strategy and Joint Vision 2010 outline a vision for national security in this new era that requires significant geospatial intelligence capabilities that do not yet exist."

- NGA Geospatial Intelligence Capstone Concept (2003)

The Center for Geospatial Intelligence (CGI) is an interdisciplinary center at the University of Missouri - Columbia (UMC) that involves faculty and researchers in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Geography, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Geological Sciences. The center was formally established in February 2004 and is designated and supported as a "Signature Program" by the UMC College of Engineering. The center leverages significant ongoing R&D activities at UMC in the areas of satellite and airborne remote sensing, advanced geospatial data processing, automated feature extraction and target recognition, large dataset visualization, computer vision, intelligent databases, and information retrieval. In addition, faculty from Geologic Engineering and Mining Engineering at the University of Missouri - Rolla (UMR) provide added expertise in the detection and characterization of underground structures along with UMC faculty in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geological Sciences. By leveraging these multi-disciplinary research skills, the center conducts leading-edge research focused on geospatial intelligence needs critical for national security, homeland defense, and military combat support.

For more information, please contact Dr. Curt H. Davis, CGI Director.