Esri Defense Mapping extension streamlines GIS data and map production for defense mapping agencies and contractors by providing tools that enable specialized data collection and attribution, geodatabase maintenance, data validation, and the production of standardized defense cartographic products. Defense Mapping provides the geodatabase models, topologies, business rules, cartographic representations, and map templates required for many defense mapping products, including Topographic Line Map (TLM), Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) Derived Graphic (MDG), Image City Map (ICM), and more.
The Esri Mapping and Charting solutions include industry-specific, standards-based templates, rules, and tools. Through configuration, the tools and processes can be adapted to meet maturing business needs, and therefore an API is not included for customization.
With Defense Mapping, you can:
- Reduce the time needed to compile and maintain military data and maps.
- Capture and distribute best management practices throughout the organization to ensure data consistency from site to site.
- Simplify the production and publication of your final map using the included library of cartographic symbols and map templates.
- Implement in-process quality assurance by leveraging relational geodatabase models, extended attribute validation rules, and automated geometry validation.
- Efficiently perform database maintenance, quality control, and high-quality cartographic output for defense-specific products.
- Standardize cartographic production with efficiency-focused map series design and layout tools, rule-based symbology, and cartographic editing tools.
Data specifications supported by Defense Mapping
Defense Mapping allows you to work with several data specifications. These specifications can be used solely for data production or have a hard-copy format associated with them.
| Data specification name | Description | Scale | Hard-copy product |
|---|---|---|---|
Foundation Feature Data (FFD) | Used for importing legacy FFD data | 1:250K | N/A |
Geobase | United States Air Force common installation picture database | N/A | N/A |
Geofidelis | United States Marine Corps common installation picture database | N/A | N/A |
Geonames | Geographic names | N/A | N/A |
GIFD | Allows production of data that is compatible with the NGA master database | 1:50K, 1:100K, and 1:250K | N/A |
Image City Map (ICM) | Used for production of ICMs | 1:5K, 1:12.5K, and 1:25K | ICMs |
Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) | Allows production of data that can be used for co-production with other nations for NGA | N/A | MGCP Derived Graphic (MDG) |
Stereo Airfield Collections (SAC) | Used to produce SDSFIE-compliant data | N/A | N/A |
Topographic Data Store (TDS): Global | Used to collect topographic features at different scales in accordance with the TDS Entity Catalog (EC) (The TDS EC is a subset of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence [NSG] Entity Catalog and contains primarily topographic features.) | 1:1,000,000 | N/A |
Topographic Data Store (TDS): Regional | Used to collect topographic features at different scales in accordance with the TDS Entity Catalog (EC) (The TDS EC is a subset of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence [NSG] Entity Catalog and contains primarily topographic features.) | 1:250K | N/A |
Topographic Data Store (TDS): Local | Used to collect topographic features at different scales in accordance with the TDS Entity Catalog (EC) (The TDS EC is a subset of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence [NSG] Entity Catalog and contains primarily topographic features.) | 1:50K and 1:100K | Local Derived Graphic (LDG) |
Topographic Data Store (TDS): Specialized Urban | Used to collect topographic features at different scales in accordance with the TDS Entity Catalog (EC) (The TDS EC is a subset of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence [NSG] Entity Catalog and contains primarily topographic features.) | 1:25K < | N/A |
Theatre Geospatial Database (TGD) - Global | Used by the Army for data collection at different scales. | 1:1,000,000 | N/A |
TGD - Strategic | Used by the Army for data collection. | 1:250K | N/A |
TGD - Tactical | Used by the Army for data collection. | 1:50K and 1:100K | N/A |
TGD - Urban | Used by the Army for data collection. | 1:25K < | N/A |
Urban Vector Map (UVMap) | Used for import of legacy UVMap data. | 1:25K < | City Graphics |
VPF Interim Terrain Data (VITD) | Used for import of VITD data | N/A | N/A |
Vector Map Level 0 (VMap0) | Used to import legacy data | 1:1,000,000 | Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) |
Vector Map Level 1 (VMap1) | Used for import of legacy VMap1 data | 1:250K | Joint Operation Graphics (JOG) |
Vector Map Level 2 (VMap2) | Used to create data | 1:50K and 1:100K | Topographic Line Maps (TLM) |