The future of geospatial intelligence is endless. As the continued development of new sources of gathering intelligence continues to improve, the implementation of this intelligence will change as well. Not only will the use of GEOINT change for strategic implementations, but it will also grow its use in the civilian realm as well. There have been more and more explorations of GEOINT sources for automating and increasing the efficiency of everyday day tasks for civilian use. With this, comes the possibility of more avenues for enemies to exploit.
Businesses will continue to utilize information collected from sources to improve their product. This is seen vastly through demographic data collection by sources to improve strategic marketing strategies. Also, the utilization of GEOINT as means of providing a healthier climate and society will continue to gain strength and improve.
As with anything, improvements to a discipline of intelligence will show increases in ways to attempt to exploit the information. Continued use of counter-surveillance will be essential to protecting national security. The ever-increasing amount of information openly available about society will allow an enemy to plan and execute strategic attacks and exploits. The idea of privacy also comes into question with the increasing use of GEOINT. Surveillance technologies have increased not only in the government sector but in civilians as well. The wide use of drones and other video resources has allowed ease of access to monitoring with little to no notice of the prospective target. An increase in encryption and deception will be essential in countering these measures.
While the discipline of GEOINT continues to improve quality of life and strategic planning, the use of GEOINT for nonbeneficial reasons will increase as well. To establish a good defense against this, the field must understand any and all vulnerabilities and attempt to limit exploitable measures.