Geospatial engineering is one of three engineering disciplines. It supports all staff sections and warfighting functions across every echelon of Army forces and plays a significant role in supporting the combat and general engineering disciplines within the Engineer Regiment. This discipline is essential and considered foundational to all four lines of engineering support (assure mobility, enhance protection, enable force projection and logistics, build partner capacity, and develop infrastructure). Geospatial engineering is an art and a science pertaining to generating, managing, analyzing, and disseminating geospatial information that is accurately referenced to a precise location on earth and used in offense, defense, stability, or Defense Support of Civil Authorities' tasks.
DesignationATP 3-34.80
EditionMar 2024
StatusActive
ProponentTRADOC
Pages94
FunctionEngineering
EchelonRegiment
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ATP 3-34.80 dated 22 February 2017