Introduction to Gridded Reference Graphic

Gridded Reference Graphic can be used to communicate discrete ground locations and coordinate real-world field or clearing operations.

Gridded Reference Graphics are used by special forces and conventional military organizations to coordinate real-world field operations. They include grids and markers that represent real-world entities, and the combination of features, overlays, and maps provides military planning staff and war fighters on the ground with a clear picture of how points of interest in an area of operations are related. Today, military analysts produce Gridded Reference Graphic products in several software systems. As a result, it is difficult to identify appropriate features and reassign designations. Streamlining the creation of Gridded Reference Graphics improves the quality and reliability of information provided to war fighters.

The Gridded Reference Graphic solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you identify discreet locations on the ground and develop mapping products that are used to systematically search or navigate through an area.

Deploy the solution

This solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.

Deploy the solution

See Deploying a solution for more information.

Requirements

Gridded Reference Graphic requires the following:

• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Pro 3.4 or later

Note:

To deploy this solution, you must have an ArcGIS organizational account. After deploying the solution, you can download it from your organization and begin using it in ArcGIS Pro.

Information products

Gridded Reference Graphic includes the following information products:

Item	Description	Minimum user type
Gridded Reference Graphic Project	A zipped file with an ArcGIS Pro project used by geospatial analysts to conduct Gridded Reference Graphic workflows	Creator

When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get a solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.

Release notes

The following are the release notes:

Version	Description
2.0 (Nov 2024)	The grid creation workflow has been updated to use new a new grid creation tool. The workflow for marking compounds and structures has been updated to include custom numbering functionality.
1.0 (Mar 2023)	First release of Gridded Reference Graphic