Mapping the Human Terrain (MAP-HT)
Abstract
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated the capability need for MAP-HT as a new start in FY 2007. The MAP-HT JCTD demonstrates technologies, concepts, and architecture paths to integrate a multimodal human computer interface (entity navigators, timeline, link charts); allows link chart web clients to view entities in correlated database; adds Human Terrain reporting formats and C/JMTK compliant geospatial visualization tool; integrates to an entity extraction tool; adds export utilities to support interoperability between Human Domain Workstation (HDWS) and Human Terrain System (HTS). Products from MAP-HT have been requested for operational use in OIF and are currently operational by Civil Affairs personnel in the Horn of Africa and planned for Afghanistan. The user sponsor is U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM). The MAP-HT JCTD is targeting the DCGS-A Human Domain Workstation as the Program of Record. There are currently 50+ HDWS currently fielded in support of OIF thus accelerating fielding to a Program of Record is based on the pre-JCTD foundation, built using CTTF, JIEDDO, and Rapid Fielding Directorate (RFD) funds. MAP-HT is currently deployed with six Human terrain teams under the Human Terrain System (HTS) project. In 2008, during the project demonstration phase the MAP-HT JCTD integrated capabilities into the Human Domain Workstation (HDWS) and field capability in support of OIF. Funds initiated the collapsing of the two systems: HTS and HDWS. Human Terrain Teams (HTT) generated structured reports using the HDWS Reporting Tool. Additionally, integration of a multi-modal analytical interface from the HTS into the HDWS was accomplished. The combination of structured reporting from HTTs and a significantly improved analytical interface improved the analytical capabilities of both the Human Terrain System and intelligence analysts. Human Domain Users within the theater benefited from this early transition and implementation within OIF.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 44991b1c55b846f0061dfd6c07045cfa