Geospatial

“If you want to attract economic development to the area, one of the selling points is that we have talent for you to bring whatever your respective business, industry here,” one expert said.

The roughly 3,100 people who work for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will likely start moving into new space in late 2025, with that move completed in early 2026.

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the project, a collaboration among eight partner institutions in Missouri and Illinois.

The Globe Building’s new “sensitive compartmented information facility” brings new opportunities to St. Louis-based geospatial intelligence firms that require a classified environment to conduct business.

A career services nonprofit will launch a geospatial careers program to increase the number of women, particularly women of color, in the industry.

By studying bedrock river erosion, researchers at Wash U hope to develop a better understanding of how rivers may react to future flooding events.

Developed by Lindenwood University and the St. Louis Zoo, the GeoZoo curriculum received a grant.

The 2021 GEOINT Symposium is taking place in downtown St. Louis this week, and local leaders say it’s an opportunity to showcase the region's emerging geospatial industry.

St. Louis is the site of another key operation for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. It is opening an unclassified innovation center in a downtown tech business incubator.

Gateway Global American Youth and Business Alliance Academies is partnering with engineering company Leidos. They aim to add more students to Gateway Global’s “Entry to Executive” program, which prepares students for entry-level geospatial jobs.