Conceptual Methods for Generation of Urban Terrain Data for Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)
Abstract
Computer modeling and simulation (M&S) for military purposes has become more and more important with dwindling military budgets but more complex military equipment. M&S allows military weapons designers to test weapons systems under a variety of environmental conditions and under many varying terrains at a far lower cost than testing under real conditions. M&S also provides troops with intensive training on complex military systems without fuel costs, wear and tear on equipment, and risk of injury or death from training accidents. The OneSAF, JSAF, and ModSAF systems have all been developed to meet the needs of the M&S community. However, there has been one deficiency in all of the previous M&S work: all of the efforts have focused on rural environments. The Army M&S Office (AMSO) established the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Focus Area Collaborative Team (FACT) as part of an effort to expand M&S into the urban landscape. The Army realizes that as military operations become more frequent in the urban environment, it becomes even more important to train and test in that environment. This project was undertaken in an effort to develop a process to generate realistic urban terrain databases that may be used in M&S systems in a cost-effective and efficient manner. This report discusses the procedure developed to generate an urban landscape database and the application of that procedure to a real urban landscape.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA410988
Entities
People
- Charles D. Hahn
- Jerrell R. Ballard Jr.
- Laura S. Bunch
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center