Cross-Service Investigation of Geographical Information Systems

<p>The Department of Defense (DOD) has seen its mission change since the end of the Cold War. Now the DOD must respond quickly to smaller actions around the world from fewer permanent forward locations. As a result the planning phase of the forward deployment from home station becomes more important. To aid in this planning and execution the separate services have begun to invest in geographical information systems (GIS). This research investigated the armed services' current uses of GIS. It also asked the question whether or not a joint GIS program could benefit the DOD and an information technology implementation model was presented as a framework to implement a joint GIS program. It was found that all four armed services use GIS for forward deployments. The Army has its Combat Terrain Information System (CTIS). The Navy's digital nautical charts are a GIS.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>