Spatial information management of Croatian Ministry of Defence

Biljecki, Zvonko ... [et al.]

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia, with the project "Military geoinformation system VoGIS" started with the building of the unique geoinformation system for the Ministry and the Armed Forces which is in accordance with the Croatian and international geoinformation standards and is fully conform to the NATO standards. According to the Preliminary design, the goal of the VoGIS is implementation of geoinformation system that will be the basis for development of all further activities in domain of military spatial data, with special emphasis on creation of military cartographic database and military maps, along with the fulfilment of the Partnership for Peace goals. The VoGIS system is based on the Topographic Information System of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia that is established according to the CROTIS standard. The SGA collects and controls spatial data in systematic way through the Government's Program of State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre. The precise spatial data (+/- 1m) are the basis for Croatian NSDI and have to serve the purposes of all other Governmental bodies, including military.

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