Abstract

Geospatial BML: Bringing Actionable Geospatial Information to the Warfighter
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Author(s): Michael Case, Harland Yu

The Geospatial Battle Mangement Language (GeoBML) program provides a conceptual framework for tailoring actionable geospatial information (called tactical spatial objects) in order to support the Warfighter's mission and enhance the decision making process. GeoBML applies to several domains: military mission planning and operations, information exchange across the battlefield, and modeling and simulation. The implementation of GeoBML's concepts builds upon the U.S. Army/Topographic Engineering Center's Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness program and leverages several key technologies such as the Multilateral Interoperability Programme's (MIP) Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (C2IEDM) and the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK). This presentation will focus on the progress made in building a test/reference implementation to experiment with various aspects of GeoBML's employment in U.S. Army operations.

Michael Case
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - ERDC
PO Box 9005
CEERD-CV-T
Champaign , Illinois 61826
United States
Phone: 217-373-7259
E-mail: michael.p.case@usace.army.mil

Harland Yu
USACE - Topographic Engineering Center
CEERD-TR-R
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria , Virginia 22315
United States
Phone: 703-428-6798
E-mail: harland.yu@usace.army.mil