AR 115-13 — Installation Geospatial Information And Services
AR 115-13 governs Army installation geospatial information and services supporting the installations, energy, and environment domain.
- Publication number: AR 115-13
- Title: INSTALLATION GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES
- Date: 07/15/2024
- Proponent: G-4
- Status: ACTIVE
View AR 115-13 on armypubs.army.mil
AR 115-13 establishes the Army Installation Geospatial Information and Services Program and its quality control, reporting, and distribution processes. It requires geospatial information to be standardized, consolidated in an authoritative data source, and accessible through a common database.
Topics covered
- Installation geospatial information and services
- Geospatial data quality assurance plans
- Army installation geospatial data repository
- Geographic information systems and computer-aided design
- Spatial data standards
- Installation geospatial data security
Questions and answers
What does AR 115-13 require for installation geospatial information?
Geospatial information such as globally-referenced digital representations of installation features, including road networks, building footprints, as-built drawings, utilities, cultural and natural resources, military training land features, and constraints, and surrounding areas must be available in standardized formats, consolidated in an authoritative data source (ADS), and accessible to interested stakeholders in a common database. (paragraph 1-6)
What is the Army Installation Geospatial Information and Services Program required to do?
The Army IGI&S Program unifies the creation, maintenance, management, and dissemination of Army installation geospatial data and consolidates Army efforts to improve accountability and credibility. (paragraph 1-6)
How should derived geospatial information be handled?
The rebuilding or recreation of existing geospatial datasets originating from other DoD offices can introduce inaccuracies and errors if done incorrectly, therefore the use of derived geospatial information is discouraged. (paragraph 1-6)
What is the status of all Army geospatial data?
All Army geospatial data is a Department of Defense (DoD) asset. (paragraph 1-6)
What does the HQDA geospatial data repository serve as?
The HQDA geospatial data repository is certified by the Army Data Board as the ADS for Army installation geospatial information within the Army IE&E domain. (paragraph 1-6)