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Range GIS WG Overview

Lisa Greenfeld / SFIM-AEC-TSS / 410-436-2245 / DSN 584-2245 / [email protected] 1 of 26 1700 26 S FEB 2006

DoD Range Geospatial Capabilities: Supporting Cross-Service Range Use

CADD-GIS SymposiumDenver, CO

22 March 2006Lisa Greenfeld

US Army Environmental Center410-436-2245



Intent of Range GIS Sub WG

Research and develop recommendations for the Range Use Standardization Working Group (RUSWG) under the DoDTraining Transformation initiative on the ability of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to be employed for the enabling of cross-service utilization of ranges



Members of the Group

• Army• John Phillips• Lisa Greenfeld• Jason Walters

• USAF• Jim Sample

• USMC• Ed Sobieranski• Mitch Casar

• Navy• Robin O’Connell

• OSD• Ryan Heitz

• DISDI• Dan Feinberg



General Conclusion of Group

• GIS may be exploited to enable the cross-Service utilization of ranges

• Several multi-service programs already exist to support this effort



Common Themes of Interest

• Data storage, retrieval and management• Range management (including safety)• Encroachment• Access to information• GIS training



Data Storage, Retrieval and Management



Data Storage, Retrieval and Management

• Navy: The Tactical Training Theater Assessment and Planning Repository (TAPR) is an electronic data repository for the storage of information and products generated or collected as part of the TAP program activities• Provides archive and retrieval functions as well query function• Includes documents, attribute tables and spatial information

• USMC: Range GIS Database is an organized set of GIS data layers that describe the location, extent, and properties of Marine Corps ranges and training areas

• Army: GISR and Regional Support Centers’ (RSC) data repositories are two SDSFIE compliant geodatabases• The RSC data repository stores Sustainable Range Program (SRP)

specific data and will feed GISR, the Army’s geospatial database of record



Army’s Operational RangeInventory Sustainment (ORIS)

• In response to increasing environmental and regulatory pressures on Army ranges and training areas, and numerous Congressional and DoD reporting requirements the Army undertook a comprehensive standardized inventory of all operational (active and inactive) ranges under Army ownership or control.

• Worked with CADD-GIS center to update SDSFIE to hold operational ranges



Range Management (Including Safety)



Range Managers Tool Kit (RMTK)

• Tool to support range management and planning • In 2004 the Army’s ITAM GIS program jointly

developed the Range Manager’s Toolkit (RMTK) with digital Surface Danger Zone (SDZ) generation capabilities with the USMC

• RMTK was approved by Army and USMC safety offices as a valid tool for SDZ generation before the tool was fielded

• Current capabilities include automated generation of surface danger zones (SDZs) and laser hazard areas



RFMSS

• Army and USMC• A tool that simplifies scheduling• Provides the capability for a unit to electronically submit

requests for reservations• Authorized USERS are be able to

• View available and scheduled facilities for approval, disapproval, and rescheduling of request

• Create two dimensional and three dimensional (increment update) Safety Danger Zones

• Detect scheduling, environmental, and safety conflicts• RFMSS tracks, collects, monitors, and displays range specific

information• RFMSS Graphic Fire Desk – ArcGIS GUI for visualization of

installation range status based on RFMSS scheduling tool



SAFE-RANGE

• Air Force and Navy• SAFE-Range - The SAFE-RANGE program is a

software tool that provides the user the capability to • Develop• Display• Manipulate

Weapons Safety Footprint Area's (WSFA's) on range maps that contain Geographic Information System (GIS) overlays

• The SAFE-RANGE program has the capacity to integrate the output of numerous other DoD programs to provide the user a single tool to display and manage range related issues



Naval Aviation SimulationModel (NASMOD)

• The Naval Aviation Simulation Model (NASMOD), is based on the FAA-validated SIMMOD™ airport and airspace simulation. NASMOD PRO! Is an enhanced system, which provides a flexible, PC-based tool for analyzing a wide range of military aviation operational alternatives.



Encroachment



Encroachment Condition Module (ECM)

• Data collection effort to collect standardized geospatial data at Army’s large training sites to represent actual impacts to training due to encroachment constraints



Environmental InformationManagement System (EIMS)

• EIMS is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based tool designed to provide the Navy with a more effective and efficient means of fulfilling its regulatory compliance obligations by leveraging existing technologies and geospatial data. EIMS addresses environmental planning, natural resources management, and encroachment issues for its ranges and training operations.



Training and Range EncroachmentInformation System (TREIS-T)

• An encroachment management tool that will:• archive and analyze encroachment data• inform Marine Corps decision makers about range and training area

encroachment• recommend mitigation strategies

• TREIS-T will be interoperable with and supplement existing systems that support the management, planning and use of Marine Corps installations, facilities, and ranges. These systems include:

• Range Management System (RMS)• Range Managers Toolkit (RMTK)• Range GIS Database • TREIS-T is required to integrate into the RMS database and server

environment. TREIS-T will physically reside on TECOM servers in Quantico, Virginia. TREIS-T will use the GIS database available from within the RMS. RTAM is coordinating the RMS GIS database with the GEOFidelis initiative



Access to Information



Range Management System (RMS)

• Developed by Training and Education Command (TECOM), Range and Training Area Management (RTAM) Division

• Web-based institutional-level system for managing and providing centralized access to range information



Navy Marine Corps RangeInformation System (NMRIS)

• NMRIS is a web-enabled database and map publishing system developed to house text and geographical data pertinent to Navy/Marine Corps air-to-ground range planning and the development of RAICUZ . in coordination with N44’s Air-to-Ground Range Needs Assessment in September 2000. That Needs Assessment became the template for the follow-on Ranges-to-Readiness (R2R) efforts of CLF and CPF. RAICUZs will become part of the Theater Assessment Plan (TAP).



Army’s Sustainable Range Program SRP Mapper and SRP Web Portal

• Mapper in beta-test now • Web Portal provides single point of

entry for all Army SRP related information on the web

• AKO login



MIMT

• In 2004 the SRP RSCs developed the Military Installation Map Toolkit (MIMT) for developing standard Installation Special Maps, and developed 64 Army installation specials and 11 USMC installation specials and standardized databases



GIS Training



Army Range GIS Training

• The training focus for Sustainable Range GIS Program personnel at the installation level is on technical knowledge development for geospatial data requirements: creation, manipulation and analysis, documentation, and product development. The Sustainable Range GIS Program centrally funds this type of training through resident and non-resident (virtual) courses, making it free to the Sustainable Range Program installation personnel.

• GIS for Range Control Staff. This course is a four day course co developed and taught by Army and USMC staff that introduces participants to the concepts of geospatial data, geospatial technology, and provides hands-on instruction on integrating geospatial tools into range operations and planning. Participants learn how geospatial tools are integrated with ESRIsoftware packages and explore how this application works to provide a complete geospatial software solution.



Navy Range GIS Training

• Most Navy range GIS training is accomplished through ad-hoc instruction, but is mostly performed on the Warfighter/Operations elements under a secure environment (SiPRNET).



Recommendations of Group

• Utilize a standard GIS data model • Establish a minimum set of GIS data layers which all Services must maintain

to support Ranges• Issue DoD Policy establishing the Range GIS Group as the Functional Area

Manager (FAM) for Range GIS• Establish a DoD Range Operations and Safety Group

• defines GIS requirements• performs validation for GIS range safety tools

• Develop a DoD range GIS training program for using range operations and safety GIS tools for:

• range users• range managers• geospatial support personnel• planners

• Ensure Service-level GIS Programs support sharing and access to Range GIS data to facilitate cross-service range use

• Geospatial tools to support cross-service range utilization need to be open, flexible and interoperable

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