1. 3D Geospatial M&S Follow On Meeting
Hosted by ARA
Orlando, FL
13 April 2017

2. Agenda Time Item POC Introductions Review Results of the Summit
9:00-9:30
Introductions
M. Reichardt, D Maxwell
9:30-10:00
Review Results of the Summit
M. Reichardt
10:00-10:30
Program Interoperability Update - SECORE
W. Reese
10:30-11:00
Program Interoperability Update - CDB
D. Graham
11:00-11:30
Update on OGC Interoperability Activities
S. Simmons
11:30- 1:00
Lunch on your own
1:00-1:30
Update on Joint SDO Coordination
1:30-2:30
Open Discussion – Opportunities and Challenges
All
2:30-3:30
Roadmap Development
3:30-4:00
GEOINT 2017 M&S Working Group Discussion
D. Maxwell
4:00-4:15
Wrap Up
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3. 3D Geospatial M&S Summit Follow On Meeting
Goals:
Continue dialog on progressing higher order interoperability for the community
Establish a persistent platform for stakeholders and SDOs to identify and better coordinate standards and best practice work going forward
Some discussion topics for today:
Common Vision
Affirm stakeholders
White Paper to inventory major efforts, document current interoperability state, articulate interoperability vision
Road map of activities, milestones to bootstrap process
Gain commitment to continue
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4. The Need for “Automated Interoperability” is growing
The Amount of Geospatial and Georeferenced
data being
collected is skyrocketing
The pace of change is accelerating
The Class of question is changing
Activity Based Intelligence
Human Geography
Disaster & Catastrophe Response
…….
Cost is skyrocketing
To maintain the data
To share the data
To design for interoperability
Operational Effectiveness Suffers
Due to latency
Lack of consistency among systems
All of this implies a need to think differently about the data challenge
Source: Dan Maxwell, USGIF M&S WG
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit

5. GEOINT M&S Demo Conceptual Diagram
Envitia
Discovery
Service
CAE
Web Services
VTMak
Web Service
ExactEarth
AIS
NOAA
Buoy Info
Digital Earth
Image Service
Internet
Envitia Discovery
CSW
WMS
OWS Context
CompuSult Discovery
WMS/WFS
Hawaii Simulation
CompuSult
Discovery Service
Weather Service
CSW
WFS
WMS
OWS Context
Mobile
Mobile
CAE
Yemen Simulation

7. A Vision: M&S Standards-based Framework For Distributed Simulation
Improve Data Management
Improve Efficiency
Improve End-User Experience
Spatial Data Framework
WMS, WMTS, WFS, WPS, FPS, WCS, CityGML,Gazetteer etc.
Web Services
Application
Services
Data & Services
Management
Thick Client C2 or GIS Applications
Web & 3rd Party Applications
(OpenSource GeoServer)
M&S Applications
CSW Data Catalog
& Metadata
SECore
JTDS
Access to many Native Data Formats
CADRG
Source Data
AFCD
KML/GML
NPSI
NPSI – Navy portable source initiative
AFCD – Air Force Common Data
JTDS – Joint Training Data Services
Standards Based
Geospatial Registry
CDB
Virtual World Framework
Discover
Exploit
Fuse/Manage
Enabling integration of virtual and real-world spatial information management, for more effective training and simulation through open standards.
Slide Source: Robin Parrish, Envitia

8. Future “GEOINT” Workflow
Data Correlation &
Enhancement Process
Consistent Data Foundation
Source: Dan Maxwell, USGIF M&S WG
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit

9. 2016 Summit Topics and Outcomes
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10. 3D Geospatial M&S Summit
Goals
Understand current M&S programs and direction
Engage community in discussion on the needs and approach for higher order interoperability for M&S
Discuss “model of the world” vision
Discuss possible next steps
100+ in attendance from across DOD - services, agencies; UK MOD, industry, SDOs
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11. General Outcomes
A greater level of standards based interoperability is needed
Cooperation between relevant SDOs and associations is critical
Must support today’s capabilities and modernization now underway
Desire to prototype and demonstrate new levels of interoperability to help drive change
The vision of a single 3D Geospatial M&S model of the world has support by many, but not by all
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12. Actions Since Summit
A draft MOU between SISO and OGC has been written and is in coordination for formalization
Wiki established to house 3D Geospatial M&S Summit presentations, event summaries and related documentation
Follow on meeting events to formalize a process
Today Orlando
June 6, USGIF M&S Working Group (San Antonio)
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13. Some Excerpts from the 2016 Summit

14. Synthetic Natural Environments (SNE)
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Synthetic Natural Environments (SNE)
DISTANCE HALL
Purpose:
Research, tools and methods to improve the speed and fidelity of environment (data) information delivered to the trainee in support of Training Aid Devices (TAD).
Products:
High fidelity and dynamic SNE products (i.e. terrain) available where and when needed to conduct training, simulation and mission planning operations
Data exploitation capabilities
Terrain Generation / Runtime
Terrain Storage and Generation
SNE Tools and Algorithms
SNE Integration Testbed
Payoff:
Advanced tools and methodologies to support future model development for run-time generation of dynamic environments.
Innovative methods to support high-fidelity synthetic environment representation of the real battlefield
Improved standards, interfaces and protocols to support rapid, common data transfer.
Program Schedule
Elements 18 19 20 21 22
Data Exploitation
Terrain Generation / Runtime
Terrain Storage and Distribution
SNE Services and Algorithms 2 4 2 5 3 5 3 6
Source: Julio de la Cruz, ARL
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

15. Map of the world? Ref: www.sedris.org
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Map of the world?
Map of the world must have containers representing all datum types to support All environmental domains..air, land and sea.
Source: Julio de la Cruz, ARL
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit
Ref:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

16. - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Feasible?
Must preserve real world properties critical to producer and consumer per use case
Data Must be realistic and be
A best-approximation of specific or typical place and time
Physically consistent:
Rivers: flow downhill
Roads: consistently model and attributed
Terrain, atmosphere, ocean and space: content agree
Structures: constantly model and attributed for underground and above ground data
Support all environmental domains
In compliance with data representation model(s)
Correlation with other “runtime” application dataset formats produced from the same datasets
Efficient interchange model must exist
Sharing and re-use
Tools and applications
Open Standards, Software and API must exist.
Source: Julio de la Cruz, ARL
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

17. Achievable? ---Though Problem Community buy in and requirements ?
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Achievable?
---Though Problem
Community buy in and requirements ?
Set requirements from DoD
The Services has spent >>$1B on generating terrain databases for various games, sims and training systems
On average, it still takes 13 months to manually create the average terrain dataset for M&S (1km x 1km)- specific to the army
The fidelity & correctness of the databases are nowhere close to rendering /simulation capabilities available today
Set requirements/interest from Business
Commercial processes and proprietary products
Profit, market share and quick return in investment are the drivers
Extensibility and customization from a business perspective
Source: Julio de la Cruz, ARL
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

18. What does the Joint Staff J7 need from the OGC moving forward?
Evolve and expand CDB to meet the future JS J7 needs while maintaining:
Determinism (e.g. defined spatial reference frames, structure, schemas, etc.)
Geospatial data breadth and depth (e.g. ability to support virtual, constructive, and gaming simulations)
Simulation performances (e.g. 60 Hertz rendering, levels of details, tiling, etc.)
Evolve CDB to:
Modernize and alignment with other OGC standards (e.g. GML, GeoPackage, CityGML, etc.)
Update to Best of Breed metadata and feature data dictionaries
Expand CDB to:
Include human geography, pattern of life, and weather & environmental effects
Fully enable crowd sourcing for all data layers
The JS J7 vision is to adopt OGC standards when possible, evolve OGC standards to meet the mission needs when necessary, and create new standards as a last resort
US DoD Users can connect to TGS running within the Joint Staff J7 Joint Training Data Services (JTDS) in the 4th Quarter of 2016.
Source: Sam Chanbers, J7
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit

19. USSOCOM: CDB Future / 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 losing 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 losing our investment to stay current.
Source: Earl Miller, USSOCOM
Sept D Geospatial M&S Summit

20. Agenda Time Item POC Introductions Review Results of the Summit
9:00-9:30
Introductions
M. Reichardt, D Maxwell
9:30-10:00
Review Results of the Summit
M. Reichardt
10:00-10:30
Program Interoperability Update - SECORE
W. Reese
10:30-11:00
Program Interoperability Update - CDB
D. Graham
11:00-11:30
Update on OGC Interoperability Activities
S. Simmons
11:30- 1:00
Lunch on your own
1:00-1:30
Update on Joint SDO Coordination
1:30-2:30
Open Discussion – Opportunities and Challenges
All
2:30-3:30
Roadmap Development
3:30-4:00
GEOINT 2017 M&S Working Group Discussion
D. Maxwell
4:00-4:15
Wrap Up
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