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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, Knoxville, TN
(2)USA-CERL, Champaign, IL
(3)ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL
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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