Visualizing Military Operations: Extended Geospatial-Temporal Survey

This paper serves as an extension of our prior work titled ‘A Survey of Geospatial-Temporal Visualizations for Military Operations’, by delving deeper into the temporal aspects resulting in a broadening of our design space. In addition to this, we undertake an extended examination of an expanded range of military products that encompass diverse operational domains, including sub-sea, naval, ground, air, space, and cyber operations. The primary objective of this extended survey paper is to explore cutting-edge methods of integrating geospatial-temporal visualizations into military decision-support systems, thereby fostering potential advancements in the capabilities of these systems. Through a systematic approach, we identify, investigate, and discuss suitable visualization solutions and their potential benefits to military command and control systems through the lens of the Military Operations Process. This extended survey identifies gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing military products where identified geospatial-temporal visualizations can enhance military commanders’ decision-making capabilities and consequently, their ability to act.