Army Requirements for Digital Topographic Data,

Abstract

The Engineer Topographic Lab recently completed a study which assessed the digital topographic data (DTD) needs of the US Army, The overall objective was to define Army DTD requirements for the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) in order to allow them to consolidate their work efforts and to plan their future production requirements. Both subjective and analytical evaluations were performed using two DMA prototype data sets, with investigations focused on the data sets abilities to support tactical terrain analysis, the analysis community, and existing and emerging Army systems/programs covering tactical, combat modeling, simulation, training, testing, and developmental applications. In addition, the existing or anticipated DTD requirements of Army systems, or programs were documented, summarized and evaluated. These DTD requirements were defined and evaluated in terms of data content, accuracy, resolution, and format. A data base specification for DTD was prepared to provide a total Army requirement for DTD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA155644

Entities

People

  • R. A. Herrmann

Organizations

  • Geospatial Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Army
  • Combat Operations
  • Communities
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Systems Analysis
  • Topographic Maps
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Software Engineering