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Jonah Adkins, GISP – GIS Engineer, BAE Systems Valerie Plyler – Lead Terrain Engineer, Alion Science and Technology UNCLASSIFIED
Jonah Adkins, GISP – GIS Engineer, BAE SystemsValerie Plyler – Lead Terrain Engineer, Alion Science and Technology
UNCLASSIFIED
Background
JTCOIC
Joint Training IED Operations Integration Center
JIEDDO / US Army TRADOC
SIMS
Systems Integration Modeling and Simulations
Started in 2007
UNCLASSIFIED
Primary Mission
Enable Full Spectrum Training and Education
Replicating Battlefield Events
Model Development
Scenarios Scripting for Gaming Application
Terrain Development
UNCLASSIFIED
Lifecycle of Terrain Request
Scope of Request
GIS Exploitation
Terrain Generation
Product Distribution
UNCLASSIFIED
Scope of Request
UNCLASSIFIED
Priorities and Directives
Direction comes down from TRADOC
Customer Requirements
VBS2, OneSAF, JSAF, Open Flight, etc..
Area of Coverage
Intended Use
Models, Scripts,& Scenarios
GIS Exploitation
Vector and Raster Data Acquisition
Post Processing & Feature Extraction
UNCLASSIFIED
GIS Exploitation
Building Footprints
Roads, Paths
Walls, Fences
UNCLASSIFIED
Vegetation
Hydrography
Points of Interest
1 inch = 50 meters
Terrain Generation Tools
UNCLASSIFIED
Two major software packages used
Bohemia Interactive Terrain Tool Set (Visitor,
Landbuilder, MapConfigEditor)
TerraSim TerraTools
Ingest imagery and elevation data
Associate 3D models with feature data
Rotate, scale, adjust height of 3D objects
Visitor Terrain Software
Visual Landbuilder
Surface Mesh
Manipulate surface mesh to
smooth or flatten areas for 3D
building models and water
features
TerraSim TerraTools
GIS Products
Processed Vector and Raster Datasets
ESRI Community Base Map Program
Digital Maps
Map Graphics
Battlefield Geometry
Paper Maps
Map of Each Terrain
Further Geo‐Capabilities
Line of Sight Analysis
Traffic Analysis
UNCLASSIFIED
Product Distribution
UNCLASSIFIED
Contact Information
Mark Covey, Director, SIMS
Terrain Team
