Common Ground: Advanced Geospatial Analytics

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Abstract:

It seems that mobile device applications exist for nearly everything now. The genius behind application development is in reducing a complex action to essential information. Geospatial terrain reasoning for military operations will transfer into mobile devices down to the platform level via a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program known as the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit CJMTK. The Army Geospatial Center at Alexandria, Virginia, is the technical manager for a joint capabilities technology demonstration called Common Ground CG. A joint technology demonstration is a program that the Office of the Secretary of Defense uses to manage technological solutions and concepts within a 2- to 3-year time frame. Participants in CG include representatives from government, academia, industry, and the military. The CJMTK integrates the best geospatial tools of government, academia, industry, and the military into a single architecture that is made available for programs of record. Geospatial tools continue to evolve at a breakneck pace. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency absorbs about 500 terabytes of data monthly. Computer processing times keep improving the volume of data keeps increasing software keeps growing in capability and complexity the Army keeps getting more networked and military organizations keep becoming more joint and multinational, involving more Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

Author(s):
Eastburg, Christopher I.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY ENGINEER SCHOOL FORT LEONARD WOOD MO
Descriptive Note:
Journal article
Supplementary Note:
Published in Engineer p16-19 Sep-Dec 2011.
Pagination:
0005

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAES
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.3.1_Analyze Problem; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.3_Processing and Exploitation; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_6.2.1_Information Sharing; JCA_6.2.2_Computing Services; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_6.2_Enterprise Services; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness
Communities of Interest:
Engineered Resilient Systems
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTER PROGRAMS, *MAPPING, *SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, ARMY, COMMERCE, DEFENSE SYSTEMS, MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, MOBILE, PLATFORMS, REASONING, TERRAIN, TOOLS, TRANSFER
Field(s)/Group(s):
Cartography and Aerial Photography
Keyword(s):
CJMTK(COMMERCIAL JOINT MAPPING TOOLKIT), GEOSPATIAL PROGRAMS
Report Date:
2011 Dec 01
Creation Date:
2012 Jun 18