Vehicle Terrain Impact Prediction using Tactical GPS Tracking during Military Exercises.

Using GPS with Dfirst technology, military vehicles were tracked during a 12 day military training exercise at Camp Atterbury in Indiana in July 2007.  Approximately 80 vehicles were tracked each day.  One hundred vehicle GPS datasets that consisted of the most data per day were selected for analysis.  Vehicle movement patterns (distance traveled, off-road percentages) were determined for each vehicle.  The GPS data was used to estimate the site-specific environmental impacts during the maneuvers.  Training areas with significant off-road impacts were determined.