2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Using Tactical GPS Vehicle Tracking Data for Military Land Management.
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701-3 Using Tactical GPS Vehicle Tracking Data for Military Land Management.



Wednesday, 8 October 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E
Paul Ayers1, Heidi Howard2, Alan Anderson3, Naga Potteti1, Alex McLemore1, Adam Duncan1 and Rebecca Messer1, (1)Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
(2)USA-CERL, U.S. Army Eng Res & Dev Ctr. CERL, PO Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826
(3)ERDC-CERL, 2902 Newmark Drive, Champaign, IL 61822
Using GPS data with Dfirst technology for 100 daily datasets were used to predict the land management impacts during a 12 day military training exercise at Camp Atterbury in Indiana in July 2007.  Off-road vegetative impacts were determined utilizing vehicle-terrain impact models.  Quantity and location of off-road impacts were determined.  Training areas with severe impacts were determined.  This study shows the utility of using tactical GPS datasets to evaluate training area impacts.
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