{"id":1143103,"date":"2025-05-08T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/the-institute\/the-superior-school-of-geographic-sciences\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:53:59","slug":"the-superior-school-of-geographic-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/en\/the-institute\/the-superior-school-of-geographic-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Superior School of Geographic Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1143103\" class=\"elementor elementor-1143103 elementor-1187\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2c55a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d2c55a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The School<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0e4d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e0e4d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Superior School of Geographic Sciences (SSSG) of the Italian Military Geographic Institute provides training and continuing education for military and civilian personnel of the Italian Ministry of Defence in the field of cartography and related disciplines.<br>Established in 1872, same year as the founding of the Institute, it was appointed to the training of personnel in charge of national cartography production. Among the scientists who were involved in teaching geotopocartographic disciplines might be recalled: Giovanni Boaga, Antonio Marussi, father of modern mathematical geodesy, and Ermenegildo Santoni, inventor of aero-photogrammetry. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-993cbe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"993cbe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Several courses in advanced training, geographic culture dissemination and support for international security and stabilization missions, are conducted at the School. These courses are intended for:<\/p><p><strong>MILITARY PERSONNEL <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>advanced course in military geography to train military officers to realize military thematic cartography;<br><br><\/li><li>technical-application course in the area of IGMI cartographic production for newly assigned Officers of the Corps of Engineers;<\/li><li>course for student sergeants, specializing in cartography and litho-typography;<\/li><li>military personnel employed in military missions abroad;<\/li><li>refresher course for geo staff;<\/li><li>digital cartography course;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>CIVILIAN PERSONNEL<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>courses intended for civilian personnel of the Italian Ministry of Defence, specifically referring to<br>legal-administrative, IT, communications security and safety in the workplace.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>Seminars and conferences were also held in areas where technology is accelerating fastest (Cosmo SkyMed satellite system, new cartographic software, terrestrial navigation devices, rapid military mapping projects, drones etc.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf13a1 btn-open-modal-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6cf13a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contacts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAGE INDEX The School Contacts The School The Superior School of Geographic Sciences (SSSG) of the Italian Military Geographic Institute provides training and continuing education for military and civilian personnel of the Italian Ministry of Defence in the field of cartography and related disciplines.Established in 1872, same year as the founding of the Institute, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1137606,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1143103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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