Jurisdiction Australia | ||
Formed 28 November 1982 (1982-11-28) Dissolved Australian Imagery Organisation;
Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information;
Defence Topographic Agency Headquarters Russell Offices, Russell, Canberra, ACT Minister responsible Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Defence Agency executive Maria Fernandez, Director | ||
The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) is an Australian government intelligence agency that is part of the Department of Defence responsible for the collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT).
History
The Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) was created on 28 November 1982, by amalgamating the Canberra-based Australian Imagery Organisation and Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information, and the Bendigo-based Defence Topographic Agency (now called the Geospatial Analysis Centre). DIGO was part of the Australian Department of Defence.
DIGO was renamed Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation on 3 May 2013.
References
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA