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Overview

Drop Zone Suitability

A drop zone (DZ) is a specific area upon which airborne troops, equipment, or supplies are airdropped. The Drop Zone Suitability template provides a tool to identify suitable areas for drop zones. The DZ Suitable Areas tool analyzes obstacle, slope, and vegetation data within a designated area.

Requirements

Drop Zone Suitability requires specific technical experience and software. Minimum system requirements for the ArcGIS Platform can be found on the Support website.

Requirement Description
Experience
  • Using geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS for Desktop
Software
Map Authoring
  • ArcGIS 10.0 SP2 for Desktop Advanced
  • ArcGIS 10.0 SP2 Spatial Analyst

What you get

When you download the Drop Zone Suitability template, the download includes the following:

Directory Folder Item Description
data N/A DZSuitability.gdb Contains the example input data.
Results.gdb Used to store the output datasets.
Scratch.gdb Used to store intermediate datasets.
documentation N/A Using the DZ Suitability Template 10sp2.pdf PDF Document with instructions on how to get started with the template.
toolboxes Layers Drop Zones.lyr This layer file is used to apply the desired symbology to the output from the DZ Suitable Areas tool.
Scripts dropzones.py Generates a DZ suitability analysis product based on obstacles, slope, and vegetation.
DZ Suitable Areas.tbx Drop Zones Generates a DZ suitability analysis product based on obstacles, slope, and vegetation.
DZ Suitable Areas Generates a a DZ suitability analysis product based on obstacles, slope, and vegetation.
N/A N/A DZ Suitability (ArcGIS 10).pdf PDF Document with an overview of the template.
DZSuitability.mxd A Map Document used to create the DZ Suitability analysis product.

What's new

Below are the release notes for Drop Zone Suitability. If you'd like to get help from other military and intelligence community members, post your question on GeoNet.

Version Description
December 2016
  • This solution is in mature support.
1.0.0
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.0 SP2 for Desktop

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