As is true with any discipline of intelligence, one must work to establish a full picture of the information being gathered. With GEOINT, the use of fusion and synthesis from different sources of information is essential. The idea of imagery deception is when one source of information limits the total picture that can be seen. Utilizing varying sources to gather a total picture will attempt to eliminate deception. Another effective tool to eliminating a skewed view of information is by utilizing outside expertise. The vast amount of open source information in the GEOINT discipline allows for the effective use of outside experts to help analyze certain aspects of geospatial intelligence.
There are many different tools that can be utilized to analyze geospatial intelligence
1. Geomatics
o Collecting, manipulating, and presenting spatial and geographic information
2. Geographic Information System
o A software and hardware combination that is capable of capturing, storing and displaying geographic information in different layers to show multiple inputs of information on one source
3. Geovisualization
o Displaying maps and images together
4. Big data
o Data that shows complex features
o 5 V’s
§ Volume-amount of information
§ Velocity-speed it is being created
§ Variety-type of information being examined
§ Value-how useful the information is
§ Veracity-trustworthiness of the information