Abstract

Mapping artificial scenarios in Support of NATO Exercises
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Authors: Ana Pinheiro

NATO conducts several exercises per year based on artificial scenarios. To provide the involved HQ staff with appropriate geospatial information, the NATO Command Control and Consultation Agency (NC3A) is responsible for producing customized topographic map series/nautical charts and image coverages at various scales according to military standards and in a variety of formats required by NATO's C2 systems.
To achieve this task, NC3A has been developing a dedicated state-of-the-art mapping production workflow. Each scenario represents different technical challenges. This paper describes the various processing steps, challenges and lessons learned in the production cycle of real world and artificial military exercise mapping.