What is Defense Mapping Solution? (Defense Mapping)

Esri Defense Mapping 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.

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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)

Data specifications supported by Defense Mapping
12/22/2014