India is one of the early adopters of this technology and has an edge over many other nations in effectively using this for operation planning, at a senior decision making level and for enhanced situational awareness, at a tactical level.

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, technology startup, VizExperts, has created a Digital Sand Model(DSM) – a solution for operation planning, mission briefing and training, for the Indian paramilitary, police and the armed forces. When compared to the traditional static model, the digital sand model offers improved situational awareness to the armed forces through integrated, true 3D visualization of terrain data and online data from field formations.

Explains Praveen Bhaniramka- Founder and CEO of VizExperts, “Informed decision making in the real world requires Praveen Bhaniramka- Founder and CEO of VizExperts agglomeration of as much contextual information, as possible, in real time. However, the historic development of domain specific applications, systems and formats, had rendered discrete data sources that are incompatible with each other. But, today, with the push to reduce uncertainty in critical decision making, there is a convergence of several technologies and this is breaking down a lot of information silos. The Digital Sand Model (DSM) is one such convergence platform borne out of the integration of 3D GIS, simulation and gaming technologies.”

This integrated solution is widely used by the Indian army, paramilitary, police organizations and special forces for operation planning, mission briefing and training. The digital model offers true 3D visualization of all terrains including urban, rural, mountainous and desert areas for operation planning. Integration of organization specific workflows for training and input data integration for geo-tagged incident management is also made possible. An option of 3D scenario creation for mission briefing with immersive fly-through and walkthrough of operational area and animated 3D models depicting events and unit movement is also possible.