One of the AGC’s primary goals is to enable an Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE), which addresses geospatial capability gaps preventing systems from achieving a true common operating picture. The AGE enables horizontal and vertical dissemination and the exchange and synchronization of geospatial feature data between echelons. It improves continuity of operations during unit Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority, and enhances and extends the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s data holdings with Army-produced operational and tactically relevant geospatial information. The AGE enhances Soldier situational awareness and leads to information superiority and improves commanders’ military decision-making process, ultimately improving the probability of mission success. n
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A U.S. Army surveyor at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, training to use AGC's next-generation Survey Global Position Systems that are embedded with spoofing and jamming detection provided by the product director, Combat Terrain Information Systems.
BY THE NUMBERS • Civil Works: AGC is engaged in the management of various civil works projects, dam safety management, inland waterways navigation, and civilian disaster relief efforts both in the continental United States and outside of it. AGC is the USACE Survey Engineering and Mapping Technical Center of Expertise. • Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENCs): The U.S. inland navigation system consists of 8,200 miles of rivers maintained by USACE in 22 states, and includes 276 lock chambers with a total lift of 6,100 feet. To support efficient, effective, and safe navigation, AGC develops, updates, and publishes electronic charts for the inland waterways. This highly structured data format is commonly used for electronic chart applications and will be used to support all inland navigation. • Geospatial Library Services: - The Common Map Background (CMB) provides digital map and image data to the warfighter. CMB utilizes a comprehensive digital data library and custom ArcGIS toolset designed to dramatically reduce the time and expense required to acquire, manage, and distribute geospatial information. - The Geospatial Information Library focuses on physical geography, terrain analysis, and military hydrology, and provides support to all authorized Army, Department of Defense (DOD), and other government organizations. - The AGC Imagery Office (AIO) functions as the U.S. Army’s commercial imagery acquisition agent and monitor. This action is designed to prevent Army agencies and organizations from duplicating imagery acquisition/data purchases. The AIO is also designated as the repository of selected commercial satellite/aerial imagery and AGI data pertaining to terrain analysis and water resources operations. The AIO repository is accessible to DOD users via an online search-and-discovery application requiring user registration. • T he High Resolution 3-D (HR3D) Data Collection program is composed of geospatial sensors, airborne platforms, processing systems, and dissemination capabilities of the BuckEye collection systems. The goal is to rapidly collect, process, and disseminate high-resolution, high-accuracy geospatial data in support of tactical operations. The resulting unclassified color imagery and LIDAR elevation data support improved battlefield visualization and operations planning. • T he Warfighter Products and Support: - The Urban Tactical Planner (UTP) assists with the planning and visualization of military operations in the world’s urban areas. The urban environment is displayed as an aggregate of features that affect urban area operations, such as building form and function (broken out as polygons of like building types), building height, vertical obstructions, terrain features, bridges, lines of communication, key cultural features, landmarks, etc. - The Engineering Route Study (ERS) is designed to provide basic information on the major surface transportation systems in conjunction with terrain and climate data. The ERS is intended to provide data at the country or operational level to assist the warfighter in planning a variety of missions including military operations, humanitarian relief, transportation studies, and drug enforcement. - The Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (common name: ENFIRE) is a tactical engineering tool set designed to modernize the collection and dissemination of engineer information to support construction management and survey units. It enables the user to auto-populate bridge, road, hasty minefield, IED, and other engineering data on standard Army forms in a digital format, manage construction projects (to include design/build), and support route clearance.
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