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Source: Combat Camera<br />
CAF and RCMP personnel during Op NANOOK<br />
• Data about landmarks, cultural centres and historical points of interest can be obtained<br />
in the same manner as medical facilities data.<br />
• Strategic buildings present a challenge: there is no doctrinal definition of a “strategic<br />
building,” even though strategic buildings are included in level 1 of the NGA Data<br />
Hierarchy. 18 For that reason, there is no extant data within DND. A solution would, at<br />
a minimum, involve combining the mapping of medical and emergency response<br />
facilities with key landmarks, cultural centres and historical points of interest, plus<br />
specific classes of land use, to build a customized data list that would be task-tailored<br />
to support the commander’s planning and risk assessment requirements with other<br />
federal departments.<br />
CONCLUSION<br />
Domestic operations have the potential to be considerably improved through the use of HTM.<br />
As a specific subset of HTA, HTM provides a better product when employed within a<br />
deliberate and proactive planning cycle. Reactive operations may not result in the best HTM<br />
products, due to time limitations and rushed analysis. That said, the data available does indicate<br />
that HTM is beneficial when time permits its use. It should therefore be considered for<br />
inclusion within training and standing production tasks. Training in particular is critical for<br />
identifying what are largely non-traditional data sources. Operators require training in order<br />
128 THE CANADIAN ARMY JOURNAL VOLUME 16.2 2016
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