Army Geospatial Information Center Explained

Unit Name:Portuguese Army Geospatial Information Center
Native Name:Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército
CIGeoE
Dates:1932;– present
Allegiance:Portuguese Army
Branch:Army
Role:Military geography, cartography, geospatial intelligence
Command Structure:Army Logistics Command
Garrison:Lisbon
Patron:Brigadier Neves Costa
Motto:Honra, valor e fama
(Honor, Valour and Fame)
Anniversaries:24 November 1932
Commander1:Colonel
Commander1 Label:Director

The Army Geospatial Information Center (Portuguese: Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército; CIGeoE) is the military geographical, cartographical and geospatial intelligence agency of the Portuguese Army.

The main mission of the CIGeoE is to provide the Army and the other branches of the Armed Forces of Portugal, as well as the civil community, with geographic information, ensuring the implementation of activities related to the geographical science, cartographic technique and the promotion and development of scientific and technological research actions in the field of geographical support and geomatics. This mission includes the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) and imagery intelligence (IMINT) activities in support of the Armed Forces.

Besides its main mission, CIGeoE is in charge of contributing to the operational forces of the Portuguese Army with its Geospatial Support Unit (UnApGeo).[1]

History

The present CIGeoE was created in 1932, as the Army Cartographic Services (SCE). The SCE were renamed Army Geographical Institute (IGeoE) in 1993 and Army Geospatial Information Center (CIGeoE) in 2015.

The SCE, IGeoE and CIGeoE are the successors of former Portuguese military geographical organizations, like the Royal Maritime, Military and Geographic Society (created in 1798), the Royal Military Archives (created in 1802) and the Military Cartography Section of the Army Staff (created in 1911).[2]

Organization

The Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército includes:

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.igeoe.pt/index.php?id=5 IGeoE site
  2. http://www.igeoe.pt/index.php?id=29 History of the IGeoE