CCTK Option - GIS Display Environment

Major Features:

• Unlimited targets for visual tracking
• Can be embedded as a widget in CCTK visual dynamic displays
• User definable target tracking icons
• Support for the Open GIS standard (www.opengis.org) for map visualization
• Integrates user defined overlays with the GIS Canvas
• Overlay visibility control
• Dynamic panning and zoom
• Configurable look and feel
• Dynamic labels and annotations
• The GLG GIS object supports optimized rendering of millions of points:
• Both raster, vector and text dat
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• Rectangular and orthographic projections
• Unlimited layering
• Full alpha-blending
• Transparency and dynamic attribute thresholding
• To optimize for whole globe and small region maps, the server supports hierarchical tiling, and fallback layers.
• User-defined filters invoked dynamically
• Default GIS database consists of detailed global shorelines and selected US Census topological data

Reference Material:

• Product Option Spec Sheet
• Product Manuals
• Example Applications
• Image gallery
• GLG Toolkit & Map Server
• Product Customization Services
• Turnkey Systems Services
• Training

Accurate and timely spatial information is critical for command and control decision-focused situation awareness for defense, law enforcement, emergency response, and business intelligence. The GDE option meets this need by providing the ability to project complex real-time unit/target position, health & status, sensor coverage models, and blue/red force relationships with application specific or user-defined overlays, onto a configurable data-rich GIS map canvas.

The GDE is implemented as an extension to the modular CCTK client architecture, which means it can operate on a stand alone graphical workstation or network distributed client/server environment. The GDE can be deployed as a stand alone map display or as a widget that is integrated with other graphical decision support tools (graphs, dials, gauges, digital text, etc.) via CCTK's interactive point-and-click graphical builder, all without programming. Map displays can also be optionally deployed as Java applets, which can be accessed locally, or remotely across the Internet in a web browser.

The power of the GDE is its adaptability to a broad range of applications. Combined with the open real-time CCTK architecture, it is a robust foundation for multi-source data fusion and command and control situation awareness.

The GDE is based on the GLG Map Server. The Map Server is available as an additional option for those who wish to create their own custom GIS application or integrate the GDE with legacy systems or 3rd party tools.