Active 1932;– present Allegiance Portuguese Army Part of Army Logistics Command | Country Portugal Branch Army | |
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Role Military geography, cartography, geospatial intelligence | ||
The Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército (Portuguese for "Army Geospatial Information Center") or CIGeoE is the military geographical, cartographical and geospatial intelligence agency of the Portuguese Army.
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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).
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 (present IGeoE) are the successor of former Portuguese Army geographical organizations, like the Royal Military Archives (created in 1802) and the Military Cartography Section of the Army Staff (created in 1911).
Organization
The Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército includes: