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The Virtual Battle-space Management System (VBMS) is an analytical geographic viewer developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory for simulation management and analysis. Development on VBMS began in 1996 to support ongoing simulation work taking place at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. By using an open-source license, VBMS provides users with a cost effective solution for simulation that incorporates the capability for user code changes and additions.
VBMS currently supports a wide range of operating systems including Windows, Linux, and native UNIX solutions. It maintains a modular architecture to facilitate the integration of varied simulation interfaces. Out of the box, VBMS supports the DIS protocol as an external interface and provides support for full data logging and playback. The visualization capabilities of VBMS include whole-earth 3D visualization, 2D map and chart viewing, and space visualization from satellite visuals down to commando-on-the-ground scenes.
Latest Project News
Library and Project File update
Monday, January 9 2010 : Update has been posted to the downloads page to include new set of 3rdParty, Project Files for VS2005 and small source changes. This update includes fixed project files for debug. Check downloads page.
Initial Release
Monday, November 30 2009 : The initial release for OpenVBMS has been posted to source forge. This release if for windows, and is still considered beta. Source is included for recompile. Check downloads page.
General Status
Sunday, October 4 2009 : The release of OpenVBMS has been delayed due to a rearchitecture of the code base away from an in-house developed scenegraph library called Open Scene Environment (OSE) in favor of the more widely available OpenSceneGraph (OSG) framework. This should facilitate better support for the entire project in the future. Initial testing for a release is almost complete.
Web Site Creation
Friday, March 6 2009 : Web Site is posted in anticipation for first release of OpenVBMS. Download page will be activated when initial release testing is complete.
Public Domain Release
November 2008 : VBMS, a popular GIS visualization software developed to support a multitude of simulation activities was today approved for public release by the U.S. Air Force.