INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía) is a Mexican government agency responsible for statistics and geographic information. While not directly involved in space technology development, INEGI plays a crucial role in the space sector by producing and providing geospatial data, including high-resolution satellite imagery, to various government entities and organizations. This data supports informed decision-making in areas like disaster prevention, climate change monitoring, and urban planning, contributing to projects within the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE). INEGI partners with organizations like NASA, the USGS, and the European Space Agency (ESA) and provides data to entities like the Mexican Space Agency (AEM).
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The VLEO-DEF consortium includes INEGI, GEOSAT, and OMNIDEA from Portugal.
Portugal’s participants in the VLEO-DEF consortium include Inegi, Geosat, and Omnidea.
Paloma Merodio Gomez, Vice President of INEGI, served on the GWF 2024 Geospatial Leadership Awards jury panel.
According to Mexico’s National Statistics and Geography Institute (INEGI), 66.4% of households in Mexico had access to broadband in 2021.