2017 USGIF Scholarship Recipients Offered ENVI+IDL Licenses
Herndon, Virginia, Sep 25, 2017 — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has partnered with USGIF Organizational Member Harris Geospatial Solutions to grant 12-month student ENVI+IDL licenses to the 2017 USGIF scholarship recipients.
The ENVI+IDL license allows students access to Harris imagery analysis software, supporting their academic coursework and research while preparing them for careers in commercial, government, and defense organizations.
“Harris has a long history of supporting the academic community, and we are thrilled to be contributing ENVI+IDL licenses to the USGIF Scholarship winners,” said Robert Laudati, managing director of Harris Geospatial Solutions. “Our industry needs more bright minds to help tackle today’s biggest geospatial challenges, and with ENVI+IDL these students gain hands-on experience with the industry’s leading image science software for geospatial analytics. They will be able to answer the most difficult GEOINT questions—whether they arise in the classroom, in the lab, or later on the job.”
The 2017 USGIF scholarship winners were announced last week. Twenty-six students were awarded a total of $117,000 in scholarship funds. The USGIF Scholarship Program recognizes the achievements of graduating high school seniors as well as undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and helps further the advancement of the GEOINT tradecraft. Since the USGIF Scholarship Program began in 2004, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 million in funds to students with aspirations in GEOINT.
Learn more about USGIF’s Scholarship Program.
About USGIF
USGIF is a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger GEOINT Community with government, industry, academia, professional organizations, and individuals who develop and apply geospatial intelligence to address national security challenges. USGIF achieves its mission via its strategic pillars: Build the Community | Advance the Tradecraft | Accelerate Innovation.
For more information, please visit www.USGIF.org and follow USGIF on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
About Harris Geospatial Solutions
Harris Geospatial Solutions has more than 30 years of experience developing scientifically proven solutions and today continues to be the industry’s leading provider of software products to extract meaningful information from all types of remotely sensed data. An in-depth knowledge of geospatial analytics and a highly tuned process for applying machine learning technologies allow Harris to deliver game-changing, enterprise-level solutions across industries. Harris Geospatial Solutions’ latest offerings provide a new level of visibility to enable even more-informed decision-making. These offerings include imagery, data, and data-derived products available off the shelf as well as made to order, high-resolution LiDAR data collected by Harris’ proprietary Geiger-mode sensor, and maritime data and solutions that provide real-time global vessel tracking.
Contacts:
Kristin Quinn
Editorial Director
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
703-350-6753
