About Us
GEOHuntsville
Our Mission
Our mission is to enhance our community’s ability to identify, innovate, and expand its geospatial expertise and resources, advance economic and workforce development, and facilitate geospatial solutions to address natural and human-caused threats to our community and nation.
Bo Brown
A Note from Our Board President
For more than 70 years, Huntsville has driven national innovation, from the Space Race to today’s convergence of geospatial, space, cyber, and AI technologies. Anchored by Redstone Arsenal and strengthened by the arrival of U.S. Space Command and the FBI, the region uniquely blends research, development, and operational mission impact.
GEOHuntsville unites government, industry, and academia, including partners like NGA and USGIF, to advance geospatial excellence, collaboration, and growth. Together, we’re helping shape Huntsville’s role as a global leader in geospatial innovation.
- Bo Brown, GEOHuntsville Board President
Who We Are
Our History
GeoHuntsville was launched in 2012 by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle as part of the Exemplar City initiative to advance the city’s geospatial, energy, and cyber ecosystems. Following its inaugural Cyber Location Nexus conference, GeoHuntsville was established in 2013 as Geospatial Huntsville Corp., a 501(c)(6) nonprofit dedicated to collaboration, education, public safety, and economic development through geospatial technologies.
Key initiatives have included Blueprint for Safety (2014), the NGA-sponsored Huntsville Hackathon (2016), and the UAS Rodeo with AUVSI (2018). After COVID, GeoHuntsville re-engaged the community through major convenings such as the Geospatial Advantage Conference (2022), the Open Geospatial Consortium international meeting (2023), and the GeoResilience Summit with NGA (2024).
Today, GeoHuntsville connects government, industry, and academia to advance geospatial innovation, strengthen public safety, and grow the region’s geospatial ecosystem.
What is Geospatial?
Geospatial technology answers the question “why where matters”, by integrating precise location (latitude, longitude, elevation), GPS-based timing, navigation, and high-resolution imagery with rich attribute data. It enables analysis of transportation networks, terrain, weather, soil, and other environmental and built features to support predictive modeling, operational decision-making, and strategic planning.
From local planning to national defense and commercial applications, geospatial insights turn complex datasets into actionable intelligence.
Executive Committee
Board Members
Focus Areas
Big Data Analytics
Geospatial and Biotech Convergence
Emergency Responders
Military and Intelligence Community
NASA
Law Enforcement
Unmanned Aerial Systems (e.g., Drones)
Commercial Space
Education and Workforce Development