The Army Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S) program provides a unified approach for the creation, maintenance and management of installation geospatial data. The program is established to consolidate and focus Army efforts in utilizing that information, including its associated systems and resources, to improve accountability and increase the level of credibility of geospatial information and its originating sources. The Army IGI&S program constitutes the Installations, Energy & Environment (IE&E) domain of the Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE).
Usage of both Geographic Information System (GIS) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) technologies are widespread across the Army and heavily relied upon in planning and installation, energy and environmental management. Geospatial information shows the precise relationship between the installation (for example, the natural, cultural, administrative, and infrastructure characteristics of an installation’s sites and their surrounding area) and management activities. Installations use GIS and geospatially-enabled CAD for integrated planning, command and control (for example, National Environmental Policy Act analysis, relocation and move management, space management, noise management, site selection, permitting, and environmental management). Other uses are operations and management, emergency management and operations (fire, police, medical), emergency preparedness planning, analysis and mapping support, communications and briefing support, dig permitting, military training, land navigation training, the daily maintenance of infrastructure, as well as integration with business (tabular data) systems. Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) uses GIS and geospatially-enabled CAD for re-stationing, asset lifecycle management, mapping analysis and support, integration efforts with business systems, and impact analysis of policies.