Geospatial Analysis Production

Geo4i, a French geospatial intelligence company founded in 2014 and based in Creil, produces imagery intelligence (IMINT) and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analyses on behalf of its clients. The company says its team is made up mainly of former specialists from the military, and that the service combines image-analyst experience with geomatics skills.

The analyses draw on satellite imagery across the Earth-observation spectrum (optical, infrared and radar). The service covers image analyses, activity reports, change detection, damage assessment, subsidence studies, site and route studies, trafficability and vulnerability studies, risk assessment, strategic watch, security audits and direct support to operations. Results are delivered as decision-support products, 2D, 3D and 4D spatial analyses, dynamic interactive maps and on-demand digital and web geospatial products. Geo4i states that it runs its IMINT and GEOINT production on its own GeoSpace platform.

Published examples include a vulnerability study of the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, activity monitoring of oil sites in Iraq, an analysis of the 2015 attack on the Baiji refinery, coherence and subsidence maps, and an OSINT-supported identification of a Pantsir-S1 air-defence system on WorldView-3 imagery. Geo4i positions the service for defence, security, economic intelligence, surveillance and risk management. Its 2023 CNES capability sheet lists IMINT and GEOINT report production among its references and names customers across all of its activities, including CNES, the French Ministry of Defence, a foreign ministry of defence, Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space and Capgemini.