| dc.description.abstract | Geographic Information Systems(GIS)
could be identified as a leading application
mechanism that grows beyond in each and
every aspect of the world. The GIS applications
in decision making in the military field was
gradually increasing in nowadays.This study
oriented to compare the application of GIS in
foreign armies and find a suitable GIS
application for Sri Lanka Army. The design of
this research was accomplished in three stages
as reviewing the existing GIS application of
foreign armies, and developing the terrain
trafficability model using model builder
application of GIS. Therefore by reviewing
existing applications of other armies in foreign
countries clearly identified some of the
applicable GIS applications for Sri Lanka. And
then by using questionnaire survey including Sri
Lankan army officers figure out the appropriate
application for the country. As the results of the
questionnaire survey, it has found terrain
trafficabiliy analysis method is the most suitable
method for the country. Then Kalutara district
was selected as the study area and land use, soil,
elevation, used as raw data. In present, the Sri
Lankan army doing terrain analysis using the
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield(IPB).
Terrain overlay is the part of IPB which identify
go, no go, slow go areas of the terrain. This
research focused on the identification of GIS
mechanism for this manual process using GIS
accurately compared to the manual process.
Therefore suggest utilizing this analysis in the
future for the terrain analysis in Sri Lanka Army. | en_US |
