What is ArcGIS Defence Solutions?
GIS technology creates an integrated platform for military planners, intelligence analysts, and decision makers to gain spatial understanding of operational and tactical situations. Data from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance is integrated to create geodatabases that can be used to analyse the spatial context and relationships between sensors and other battlespace entities and actions.
ArcGIS Defense Solutions are free, downloadable solutions that create workflows, processes, and symbology that allow decisions to be executed more precisely and rapidly than ever before.
ArcGIS Defense Solutions Are Used by:
- Military planners and commanders
- Intelligence analysts
- Defense mapping agencies
- Terrain analysts
- Facility, environmental, and infrastructure managers
- System integrators
ArcGIS Defense Solutions Are a Key Component of:
- Command and control
- Battlefield management
- Intelligence gathering
- Mission planning
- Incident planning and response
- Search and rescue
- Defense and intelligence geospatial analysis
ArcGIS Defense Solutions consist of three downloadable products that drive faster, more informed decision making and response.
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ArcGIS Military Analyst - ArcGIS Military Analyst provides display and analysis tools to support defense and intelligence planning. |
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Military Overlay Editor (MOLE) - MOLE provides MIL-STD-2525B symbology for defense and intelligence mapping and visualisation. |
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Grid Manager - The Grid Manager is a suite of tools for creating multiple grids, graticules, and borders for a variety of map products. |






