Product: INDIGIS (Indigenous Geographical Information System)


INDIGIS is a suite of GIS components developed by Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) to meet the specific GIS requirements of a collaborative defense environment. This can be customized to build military GIS applications to facilitate operation planning, execution and monitoring. It offers a common platform for display, analysis and decision support involving spatio-temporal data.
Salient Features :

  • Indigenous and Encumbrance free GIS Technology
  • Customizable, Scalable and Portable to various form factors
  • Spatial Data and Service Interoperability: Support for majority of commonly used map and image data formats, Geo-databases and OGC Services
  • Scale space visualization: Retrieval and rendering of spatial data based on Level of Details and view extent
  • On the fly projection of map data with map read outs (LLA, ENA, IMGR)
  • Integrated tools for military specific requirements like Satellite image processing and spatial decision support aids
  • Portable Military Symbol Library that caters the requirements of Tri- Services
  • Support for Linux and Windows Operating Systems
  • Architectural Variants: Server, Web based, Desktop

INDIGIS Functionalities:

  • Processing of geo-spatial data in various formats of interest to Indian Military
  • 2D and 3D visualization, Spatial analysis and decision support aids
  • Creation and Management of user created layers (overlays) with portable military symbol library
  • Geo-spatial data exchange, analysis and visualization with various Tactical Command Control Communication and Intelligence (TacC3I) Systems
  • Analysis and visualization of data from sensors like GPS, Digital Compass, RADAR, Echo-sounder and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Spatio Temporal Analysis and Visualization in INDIGIS:

  • Seamless Integrated Visualization of topographic maps, hydrographic and air navigation charts
  • Scale Space Visualization
  • Terrain Information
  • Hill Shade, Color Coded Relief Image
  • Terrain Profile and Visibility Analysis
  • Radio Coverage, Radar Coverage
  • Site Suitability, Route Planning

Application of the Product:
INDIGIS for Military Applications

  • Inducted into Missile, Naval, Aero and RADAR Systems
  • Import Substitute for COTS GIS
  • Transfer of Technology (ToT) to BEL, Microgenesis, MapMyIndia
  • Available for ToT to Indian Industries as Military and Commercial Technology

    • Users: Army, Navy, AirForce, IDS

    Operation/running and Air navigation charts.