PLTS for ArcGIS—Defense Solution

Tools for Creating Military Specification-Compliant Data

Defense Solution is an extension to ArcGIS Desktop that allows you to produce and maintain high-quality topographic databases and cartographic products. It provides tools for efficiently creating and maintaining military specification-compliant data and managing the production flow. These tools enable you to do more with fewer resources and help you save time while performing large-scale database production and maintenance projects.

Defense Solution includes many geodatabase models specific to the defense industry:

• Vector Map Level 0 (VMap 0) data
• Vector Map Level 1 (VMap 1) data and 1:250,000 scale Joint Operations Graphic-Air (JOG-A) cartographic products
• Vector Map Level 2 (VMap 2) data and 1:50,000 scale Topographic Line Map (TLM) cartographic products
• Foundation Feature Data (FFD)
• Stereo Airfield Databases
• Theater Geospatial Databases (TGD) including Global, Strategic, Tactical, and Urban
• Image City Maps (ICMs)
• Geospatial Intelligence Feature Database (GIFD) Delivery 4
• Urban Vector Maps (UVMAP)
• VMap Level 2 Delivery 4
• Vector Interim Terrain Data (VITD)
• Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program (MGCP)

Why Use Defense Solution?

Defense Solution lets you efficiently perform database production, maintenance, quality control, and high-quality cartographic output for military specification-compliant products. The included object relational geodatabase models, knowledge base, and attribution tools enforce data integrity and allow you to quickly begin feature collection, database production, and populating the geodatabase. Cartographic production is facilitated with map series design and layout tools, map surround elements, symbology style sheets, and cartographic editing tools.

With Defense Solution you can

• Extract and attribute features more efficiently
• View the size of a feature that has been created or selected
• Populate the Area, Length, and ZV2 fields for a geodatabase
• Update angle values
• Add bridges to road features
• Create simple building features
• Verify relationships between different feature classes and geometry types

Who Uses Defense Solution?

Organizations within the defense mapping industry can use these commonly required tools to increase efficiency throughout all stages of production. These organizations need efficient production flow lines and tools to create and maintain quality spatial data for analysis and map production that meet military specifications.