THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMY
1775
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMY
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
15 July 2024
*Army Regulation 115–13
Effective 15 August 2024

Climatic, Hydrological, and Topographic Services

Installation Geospatial Information and Services

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

MARK F. AVERILL
Administrative Assistant to the
Secretary of the Army

History. This publication is a major revision. The portions affected by this major revision are listed in the summary of change.

Authorities. The authorities are Executive Order 12906, Office of Management and Budget Circular A–16, and DoDI 8130.01 for this regulation. It provides policies, procedures, responsibilities, and guidance for the Installation Geospatial Information and Services program within the Department of the Army.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, the U.S. Army Reserve, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, unless otherwise stated.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–9. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the rank of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25–30 for specific requirements.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11–2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see app B).

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments or suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–9 (DAIN-OD), usarmy.pentagon.hqda-dcs-g-9.mbx.publication-management@mail.mil.

Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This regulation supersedes AR 115–13, dated 24 March 2017.

AR 115–13 • 15 July 2024

UNCLASSIFIED

Adaptation A formalized (approved) alteration of the SDSFIE logical data model resulting in another logical data model which is tailored to the particular business requirements of an implementing organization.

Army adaptation The Army adaptation is the complete set of geospatial feature types based on the latest published Army service-level SDSFIE physical data model.

Army Common Installation Picture The Army CIP is the distinct minimum set of geospatial features and imagery necessary to provide a foun- dational map depicting Army installations and sites.

Army non–Common Installation Picture The Army non-CIP is the set of geospatial feature types not categorized as CIP or Army CIP, in the IGI&S Proponency Matrix on the Army Installation Geospatial Platform, that comprises the rest of the Army ad- aptation.

Army Portfolio Management Solution APMS is the Army’s single authoritative registry for geospatial IT investments, capabilities, and systems. Geospatial IT investments, for which the Army is a funding source (see AR 25 – 1).

Authoritative Data Source A recognized or official data production source with a designated mission statement or source, or product to publish reliable and accurate data for subsequent use by customers. An authoritative data source may be the functional combination of multiple, separate data sources (see DoDI 8320.03).

Common Installation Picture The distinct, minimum set of geospatial features and imagery necessary to provide a foundational map depicting DoD installations and sites as defined in DoD Instruction 4165.14.

Computer aided design CAD is a type of computer application that creates digital drawing in two or three dimensions.

Data A subset of information in an electronic format that allows it to be retrieved or transmitted.

Data layer A data layer is a group of spatial elements which together represent a real-world entity or administrative entity, such as an installation boundary. A complex data layer is made up of more than one group of spa- tial elements, for example, a set of line elements with the common theme of roads representing a road network.

Element Any individual item of the SDSFIE logical data model including feature types, feature geometries, attrib- utes, enumeration or domain values, and associations or relationships.

Feature type A feature type is another name for a data layer. It is a group of spatial elements which together represent a real-world entity or administrative entity, such as a boundary.

Geographic Information System A computer system for the input, editing, storage, retrieval, analysis, synthesis, and output of location- based information. GIS may refer to hardware and software, or include data.

Geospatial Data Information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the Earth. This information may be derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies; and mapping, charting, geodetic data and related products.

Geospatial information Information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the Earth, including statistical data and information derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies; and mapping, charting, geodetic data and related products.

Geospatial information and services The collection, information extraction, storage, dissemination, and exploitation of geodetic, geomagnetic, imagery , gravimetric, aeronautical, topographic, hydrographic, littoral, cultural, and toponymic data accu- rately referenced to a precise location on the Earth’s surface.

Installation A base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdic- tion of the Army, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the States, the District of Co- lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam. This term does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects. In the case of an activity in a foreign country, an installation is any property under the operational control of the Secretary of the Army, without regard to the duration of operational control. For real property accountability, an installation must consist of one or more real property sites.

Installation Geospatial Information and Services The subset of geospatial information and services activities that apply to the management of installations and environment to support military readiness in the Regular, Guard, and Reserve Components with re- gard to facility construction, sustainment, and modernization, including: housing; base closures and re- use, including economic assistance for affected communities; privatization and competitive sourcing; base operations; energy use and conservation; real property management; property accountability and valuation; managing Army compliance with national environmental, natural resource, and historic preser- vations laws; environmental management systems, natural infrastructure capabilities and sustainment; safety; occupational health; fire protection; pest management; explosive safety; encroachment manage- ment; and the operation and sustainment of military test and training ranges.

Quality assurance plans QAPs are documents stating required specifications for creating and managing geospatial data feature types. QAPs define geospatial and metadata content specifications, validation methodology, acceptable data sources, internal handling controls and how GIS data is aligned with Army business systems.

Site A site is a physically defined location that can be supported by a legal boundary survey that closes a poly- gon. It can be owned, leased or otherwise possessed or used. A site may exist in one of three forms: land only, facilities only or land and all the facilities on it. A site is the sum of all real property at a specific site. By definition real property facilities belong to one and only one site, and a site belongs to one and only one installation. The association of real property sites into management entities such as bases, enclaves or complexes does not alter the fundamental relationship between installation and sites.