Does anyone know of any type of GIS mapping tool that is already available for use (low side)? I'm currently assigned to a FIST and this would be of great use in more than a couple of areas for us (i.e. CompStat, area fam stuff, etc.).
Rgr, Master Chief, I'm aware of MISLE GIS. I was thinking of some type of software that we could take ownership of locally that would allow us to enter information that we're tracking specific to our AOR.
Not sure what you mean by 'take ownership of localy,' but a lot of what you are doing on the low side COULD be put in there. Getting software on a WS that isn't already approved is a bear. Also, stuff within MISLE can be both seen locally and your CG-2 chain above you. It also allows you to filter or layer other info that already exists within C2PC.
Now, using GCCS or C2PC would have other benifits that would allow you to vreate overlays for the info you want to put in and also display the COP.
There have been multiple looks at Google Earth as a base GIS and it has literally millions if not billions of data feeds that may be of interest that can be put on overlays. If I were king for a day, I would probably choose Goolge Earth as the primary GIS for the CG. It cold be set up as a hybrid between a thin and thick client. (computer talk stuff)
I saw a great demo by the staff at OSC Marts who developed the code to display the COP Feed (securely) with Google Earth. The only thing that was bad about it was that when we zoomed into a specific port, all of the Captains in the room would ask "Well, I see a ship right there in the channel, how come we don't have track data on it?" It was a riot trying to explain to them that the Sat feed is not live and could have been taken up to several years ago!
Thanks for the response on this, MC! We don't so much need COP info as we do the ability to identify and track past incidents, problem areas, and "bad actors". Additionally, it'd be great to have something available to generate maps pertaining to a specific Op.
I'm going to do some cross talks w/other FISTs and see what they are currently using for interactive mapping. Then I'll get w/the local IT's and see what I can get up-and-running for us. Thanks again!
What percentage of 'past incidents' would not have a MISLE Case file?
I would think that in order to SUPPORT the OPS side, just about every incident should be in MISLE and properly connected to either a vessel or a person (assuming a connection to one of the two was made) so that when a future MISLE case was opened, the connection would be there in the history.......
Get your EDU/ESD to allow you have an "engineering build" SW3. You can (at least could as of this previos summer) load Google Earth and ArcGIS. Problem with ArcGIS is that it's an overly complicated ESRI product.
MISLE GIS may be the enterprise standard...but it's still horrible, slow, and prone to lock up.
Originally posted by rd1sean: Get your EDU/ESD to allow you have an "engineering build" SW3. You can (at least could as of this previos summer) load Google Earth and ArcGIS. Problem with ArcGIS is that it's an overly complicated ESRI product.
MISLE GIS may be the enterprise standard...but it's still horrible, slow, and prone to lock up.
Send me an e-mail on CGDN, I have a good one for you.
Depending what your blue filters are like lowside, you can try wikimapia.org for now; it's a Google-based product. Otherwise, PM me and I will give you my contact info at CENTCOM. I also use mapping tools, and I'd be happy to share some insight on this.
You can access ARC GIS on any standard workstation via Remote Desktop. Ask any SAR controller how to connect to SAROPS. SAROPS uses ARC GIS for mapping.
ArcGIS and Falcolnview are two great GIS's...depending on what you exactly want to do. ArcGIS is a more powerful tool and you can do alot of manipulation of maps in addition to creating shapefiles. Falcolnview is good; however, you can not do any manipulation of maps (more of a reference). For a web-based reference of locations all of the world...www.wikimapia.org is an excellent reference. It provide commercial imagery and has millions of locations not on google Earth, plus since its web-based, you can access it from any workstation.
