1. USSOCOM SOFPREP 3D Geospatial Modeling & Simulation Summit
100th OGC Technical Committee
Orlando, FL USA
USSOCOM SOFPREP – Earl Miller
19 September 2016

2. Agenda What our mission is What the CDB requirement is
How CDB is implemented
Merits in using CDB
Where we have CDB
Why the CDB is important to us
Future use/growth of CDB
Summary

3. SOFPREP‘s Mission

4. SOF CDB Requirement

5. CDB Implementation

6. Merits of CDB World-wide database (Fly anywhere in the world)
Better correlation due to one database to drive all systems
Provides for rapid database production
Provides for real time - on the fly - database updates
Database content is independent of visualization HW limitations
Increased scene fidelity without reprocessing the database when you upgrade the simulator image generator
Provides for publishing in real time
Can be off-lined compiled to support legacy systems

7. Where we have produced CDB
High-Resolution
Base-Resolution

8. Why CDB is important CDB meets our mission requirements
World-wide geospatialy accurate content
Correlated 3D scene simulation for DMO/T
Rapid production in support of real-world operations
CDB saves us resources
No more rebuilding same areas in disparate proprietary formats
No more rebuilding 3D databases because of IG change/upgrade
CDB provides us a better capability to share our data
No more translating data for CDB users
Open-Industry standard data layers aid in conversions
Maintaining CDB is easier than compiled databases
File based structure aids in data management of CDB
Problem resolution is more straightforward

9. CDB Future / Summary Summary
Be careful what you ask for because you might just get it!
We do not want to stagnate the growth of CDB
We do not want to destroy the underpinnings of CDB
We have concerns over loosing our investment in CDB
Summary
Our mission is to support SOF with 3D scene visualization databases in support of their mission preparation. CDB helps us meet our mission requirements; if it changes too much we run the risk of migrating away to maintain our capability or loosing our investment to stay current.