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GIS Technologies in Support of the NATO Recognized Environmental Picture
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Author(s): José Balsinhas, John Teufert

Modern military operations demand that military forces operate with integrated and coherent environmental support across the spectrum of military operations inside and outside NATO territory. The guiding principle is that GEO/METOC information, including meteorological data, will be required to support NATO forces and non-NATO nations participating in NATO-led operations. Currently, the available GEOMETOC information is very fragmented. NATO defines the Recognised Environmental Picture as the controlled information base for GEOMETOC data. The NATO REP proposes an architecture that is both flexible and open. The focus lies on enabling a networkcentric approach utilizing state-of-the-art GIS technology and open standards that apply to both the data exchange protocols and the data formats. REP architecture was tested during the NATO Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) 2005 in Lillehammer. The paper will present results of the REP architecture that has been deployed and successfully validated during the NATO NRF Steadfast live exercises in 2006.

José Balsinhas
NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency
NC3A Geo Team
Oude Waalsdorperweg 61
The Hague , null 2597 AK
NL
Phone: +31 70 374 3677
Fax: + 31 70 374 304
E-mail: jose.balsinhas@nc3a.nato.int

John Teufert
NATO Command Control and Consultabcy Agency
NC3A Geo Team
Oude Waalsdorpereg 61
The Hague 2597 AK
NL
Phone: + 31 70 374
Fax: +31 70 374 3049
E-mail: john.teufert@nc3a.nato.int