MapLink Pro 11: For Air, Land and Sea

MapLink Pro is the global leader in dynamic mapping visualisation software. It is a cross-platform suite of geospatial Software Development Toolkits (SDK) utilised by some of the most well-known applications from leading international systems integrators.

MapLink Pro can significantly support operations across all domains. It provides the foundations for robust mapping, real-time data integration and advanced analytics capabilities. With the launch of MapLink Pro 11 planned for February 2025, Envitia revisits the flexibility of the product, and how it will continue to support over 1000’s of global clients in live operations and training and simulation environments.

Air Operations

MapLink Pro enhances air operations by integrating real-time navigation, tracking, and 3D terrain modelling for mission planning and situational awareness. Its interoperability with allied systems allows for the integrated display of all types of airborne sensors, and secure offline capabilities assure resilience in contested environments.

As air dominance intersects with space and cyber domains, MapLink Pro supports emerging technologies like hypersonic vehicles and autonomous systems, empowering defence forces to adapt to evolving threats and maintain strategic advantage.

Mission Planning and Execution:

– MapLink Pro can integrate aerial navigation charts, no-fly zones, restricted airspace and flight corridors to assist in mission planning in both 2D and 3D views. MapLink Pro allows for the real-time generation of these areas at the tactical edge.
– Supports real-time monitoring of aircraft positions using Link 16, Link 22 and ADS-B or other tracking systems.

Situational Awareness:

– MapLink Pro enables visualisation of air traffic, weather patterns and radar coverage areas.
– The SDK offers 3D terrain modelling to assess elevation, line of sight and viewshed for potential obstructions, visibility and threats.

Airstrike and Surveillance Planning:

– The geospatial SDK facilitates the selection of optimal flight paths and approach angles for aerial missions.
– Allows geospatial data to be combined with reconnaissance imagery for precise targeting and surveillance.

An example of a MapLink Pro application that support air operations, includes its use in a command and control system (C2) to protect airspace by providing real-time situational awareness. The client needed a system that could seamlessly integrate radar and radio communications across Allied assets, ensuring a cohesive operational real-time air picture and enabling swift decision-making. Envitia provided MapLink Pro to the System Integrator, supporting them to make this solution a reality.

Maritime Operations

By combining advanced analytics with robust data integration, MapLink Pro is vital for maritime security and strategic planning in a dynamic world. Geopolitically, it strengthens domain awareness, counters evolving threats, such as piracy, and ensures interoperability for allied operations.

Maritime operations are enhanced through providing real-time navigation, fleet coordination and surveillance through AIS integration, geofencing and weather data.

Facilitates Maritime Navigation:

– MapLink Pro allows for integration with nautical charts, tide data and sea traffic information for safe navigation.
– Supports collision avoidance by overlaying vessel positions, shipping lanes and exclusion zones.
– It supports sub-surface navigation by utilising military terrain data such as DBDBV.

Supports Fleet Coordination:

– It allows for the display of real-time location of naval assets, ensuring effective coordination between vessels.
– It supports solutions that conduct route optimisation based on weather conditions, currents, and maritime hazards.

MapLink Pro is used extensively by international Coast Guard organisations for Maritime Patrol and Search and Rescue. Deployed with several Coastguards across Europe, MapLink Pro proves the situational awareness picture that allows for the integration of multiple onboard sensors such as LiDAR, Video and Radar.

Land Operations

MapLink Pro adapts to dynamic environments, offering precise data and decision support in conflict zones, resource disputes and migration crises. MapLink fits seamlessly into the end-user application’s infrastructure and ecosystem ensuring readiness for current needs and future demands in an evolving geopolitical landscape.

MapLink Pro enhances land operations by providing real-time situational awareness, terrain analysis and logistics optimisation for effective mission planning and execution. It integrates intelligence, geofencing and surveillance tools to support counter-terrorism, border security and troop mobility.

Tactical and Strategic Planning:

– MapLink Pro facilitates the display of topographic maps, infrastructure and points of interest for mission planning.
– The SDK supports terrain analysis for identifying advantageous positions, chokepoints and cover areas.

Border Security and Surveillance:

– MapLink Pro provides tools for geofencing borders and tracking intrusions in real time.
– Its open architecture supports integration with surveillance feeds, UAV reconnaissance and sensors.

MapLink Pro enables dynamic updates for situational awareness across air, sea and land in silo, and can bridge the gap between domain data-sharing and mission planning.

Throughout 2025, MapLink will undergo a series of updates to become more extensible and efficient, helping developers work more effectively. Early enhancements will include new releases of third-party libraries to mitigate cyber vulnerabilities.

Upcoming releases will also feature support for new geospatial formats and symbology, improved data loading capabilities, map preparation and optimisation capabilities, and enhanced 3D views.

These improvements will benefit end users by enabling rapid iterative development, ensuring mission readiness of applications and providing value-for-money in their solutions.