UrbanScape (US)

Program Manager: Dr. Brian Leininger

Mission:

The goal of the UrbanScape program is to provide the warfighters patrolling an urban environment with an up-to-date, high resolution model of the urban terrain that can be viewed, manipulated and analyzed. The overall objective of the program is to make the foreign city as "familiar as the soldier's backyard".

UrbanScape is directed at the lowest echelon warfighter and his immediate commanders. These are the individuals who must deal with the urban environment at its greatest level of detail and who require the absolute latest information. UrbanScape will allow the dismounted warfighter to view the city from any ground perspective. This will be particularly useful to aid in the identification of visual landmarks for navigation and to cue normal activity and movement.

UrbanScape collects its data in the normal course of patrol operations. This provides the warfighter with a detailed record of where they have been in a fashion that is geographically accessible and can be shared and viewed at any echelon.

UrbanScape will also provide data that supports automatic analysis to help locate potential sniper locations, predict current mobility corridors and plan operations for UGSs, OAVs, and UGVs.