A Survey for Cartography in Military Geography

Abstract

Geospatial Information is an important asset in military operations. Valuable geospatial data can provide decision makers with prominent mission planning as well as command and control. Modern geospatial information is distributed in digital format allowing interactive map to be delivered to the audience. In modern warfare, many entities are involved in the battlefield. These large number of entities could confuse the audience. The environment could greatly effect military operations. Such effects must be understandable to the military personnels, who read the map. Hence, the problem of representing geospatial information is very crucial in military operations. The challenge is how to represent geospatial information in the format that meets the cognitive capability of the military personnels. An effective cartography must be employed in order to convey geospatial information that meets the reader’s capability. This article explores researches in cartography in the aspect of cognitive capability of the military personnels, which could be a guideline for producing tactical maps.