Graphical Situation Display (GSD)
Graphical Situation Display (GSD) is
a Military Intelligence Board directed program to
address the commander's requirement for a timely,
accurate, synoptic overview of the battlefield and to
facilitate interoperability between the services in Joint
Operation/Coalition Warfare. GSD uses Department of
Defense Interface Standard Common Warfighting
Symbology (MIL STD-2525A) which includes FM
101-5-1 Operational Terms and Graphics. GSD is not
a system but a software package that can be integrated
into existing hardware and software architectures. Key
to this concept is the development of standard icon
identifiers which, when presented to the GSD package
on a user workstation, allow the creation of a standard
military symbol. The GSD graphical information can be
disseminated using the U.S. Message Text Format
(USMTF) Graphical Report (GRAPHREP).
GSD is currently in its 2.0 release
version and supports SUN, SOLARIS, and BP
operating systems. GSD is Defense Information
Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
(DII/COE), and Global Command Control System
(G-CCS) compliant. GSD is the symbology support
segment for the Joint Mapping Tool Kit (JMTK), Joint
Collection Management Tools (JCMT), Air Force
Combat Information System (CIS) and Mission
Planning System, Army All Source Analysis System
(ASAS) , Army Maneuver Control System Block III
(MCS), Army TENCAP systems, Defense Nuclear
Agency Mission System, Army Medical Department
Command and Control System, National Security
Agency (NSA) and commercial/government off the shelf
imagery electronic light table applications. GSD has
been provided to over 160 DOD and service system
acquisition programs, several Advance Concept
Technology Demonstrations (ACTD) and government
sponsored commercial programs for system
development and integration. ASPO's GSD
implementation of NIIL-STD-2525A symbology has
been endorsed by the Military Communication
Electronic Board (MCEB).
Sources and Methods
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/disseminate/gsd.htm
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated Friday, July 04, 1997 11:18:40 AM
