Many military and intelligence analysts have a need to search for targets of a particular type. Often, broad area search reduction can be accomplished more rapidly by applying spatial operators on specific site-factor data. A generic tool that would allow a user to flexibly define the search parameters based on personal experience and current intelligence would be of great benefit. This paper will discuss a generalized approach to developing a multi-purpose search tool within the ArcView environment. Topics to be included: the use of a development environment such as Galaxy to build a custom window, the implementation of an ArcInfo server to perform GRID analysis; and the use of Remote Procedure Calls to accomplish interprocess application communication (IAC) between Galaxy, ArcView, and ArcInfo.
The Multi-Source Intelligence Integration and Analysis system (MSIIA) is a prototype system developed to explore a broad range of technologies related to multi-sensor/source, multi-media information expolitation and fusion. The MSIIA system represents all intelligence source information in a common infrastructure by representing the information's spatial, temporal and attribute qualities. Based on this representation, a large amount of diverse intelligence products from a multitude of reporting systems can be integrated and analyzed with respect to each other and in the context of space and time. The prototype has explored and exploited a broad range of emerging technologies including spatio-temporal data bases, constraint based fusion reasoning, user modeling for analyst fusion strategy capture and multi-media integration. MSIIA has also been used to prototype advanced analytic capabilities for highly focused tasks (e.g., reactive TEL tracking) to investigate the ability to dynamically integrate new information sources and rapidly provide analytic tools to the analyst. This briefing will present an overview of the MSIIA architecture, discuss specific technical advances and challenges and finally discuss several focused applications of the system and the lessons learned from these efforts.
Efficient Terrain Reconnaissance requires a field mapping system which can rapidly capture large volumes of field data in a user-defined format, such as FACC, for translation into multiple GIS formats. This presentation outlines the GeoLink GPS/GIS Field Mapping and Vehicle Tracking System's proven capabilities in the integration of military-standard GPS receivers with multiple data collection tools, such as raster images, laser rangefinders or binoculars, electronic sensor readings, digital cameras, and videologging. Years of field-tested GeoLink QA/QC features also ensure continuous data integrity. GeoLink's 'open systems' architecture is compatible with leading GPS products and GIS environments including ArcInfo, GRASS, and ERDAS formats, guaranteeing a mapping program which will integrate with new GPS and GIS technologies as they evolve.
The Bosnian Peace Talks held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just outside Dayton, Ohio successfully ended in an agreement initialed by Franjo Tudjman of Croatia, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, and Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia on Tuesday, November 21 after three weeks of negotiating. The agreement, signed at a formal ceremony held in December 1995 in Paris, marked the end of 43 months of civil war in the former Yugoslavia. Crucial factors in the success of the peace talks were the agreement to a 51%-49% territorial split between the Bosnian Federation and the Serbian Republic and the production of maps showing the exact alignment of the line dividing the territories. Camber Corporation personnel were called upon to provide ArcInfo support to a mapping team consisting of personnel from the Defense Mapping Agency, Defense Mapping School, Topographic Engineering Center, ERDAS, Cambridge Research, and 3M Corporation. The intent of this paper is to inform others about the efforts of the mapping team, with specific emphasis on the role played by ArcInfo software and the Camber personnel using it.