A$20 million digital mapping system for Australian military
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Anew digital topographic mapping system
commissioned by the Australian Defence Acquisition Organisation last month will give military planners and commanders the edge in strategic planning and tactical execution of field operations.
The Director-General of Command and Support Systems Branch, Air Commodore David Schubert, said the new system installed in Bendigo will allow for the storage and tailored reproduction of topographic information for the Australian Defence
Force. Digital map products are beginning to replace traditional paper maps and the digital products - on storage devices such as CD ROMs - will be essential to the command and support systems used by Australian military field commanders. The commissioning ceremony marked the end of a 19-month acquisition phase in which the Melbourne-based prime contractor, RLM Systems, teamed with suppliers including ESRI Australia Defence, Leica Geosystems, Hewlett Packard, Bogong Technologies and Barco, to develop the Digital Topographic Production System. ■