NVG and C2SIM, out and back
A plan exported as NVG and as C2SIM, with the files on screen, read back onto an empty map, then the whole sample sheet round tripped through both.
See it work
Recorded in the Zaes demo
Each clip was recorded in the Tactical Graphics demo with only the Exchange add-on loaded.
What it does
Capabilities
- Export the map as one NVG 2.0.2 document that validates against the schema, with the APP-6(D) or APP-06(E) codes and the shapes NATO's current NVG binding assigns.
- APP-6A and MIL-STD-2525C codes for older systems, each from its own NATO binding.
- Export the map as a C2SIM message that validates against the SISO standard's schema or the one used in NATO's CWIX exercises, with each graphic's symbol code, points and force side.
- Import NVG 1.4 to 2.0 and C2SIM from other systems. Graphics become editable tactical graphics; other shapes and symbols in an NVG file are kept and drawn underneath.
- Optionally embed each graphic's full description, so a round trip through either format loses nothing.
- A report for every exchange: how each graphic was written or read, and what the format has no field for.
- No map library needed: it runs in the browser beside any engine, in a Node batch job, and on the command line.
What it needs
Requirements
- @zaes/tactical-graphics 4.4 or later. No map library is required to read or write NVG or C2SIM.
Delivery and licensing
The add-on is delivered as an npm package file that you install next to the open source @zaes/tactical-graphics library. It is commercial software, licensed separately from the MIT library. Evaluation licenses and integration support are available.
Evaluating the Exchange add-on for a program?
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