Web GIS and Cloud Computing for Defense Decision Making

The paper presents a workflow for managing and analyzing a national crisis through modern geospatial modeling techniques available in GIS. The transition of such a situation into reality leads to the planning of a complex operation, in which the mode of action must be coordinated and formed by a decision-making process based on truthful information and reflecting reality as best as possible. Modern techniques of geographic information systems support the decision-making act from the beginning of awareness of the situation, model possible actions and help to make the best decision. This modeling of reality can prevent disasters that can cause massive environmental damage, economic crises or direct threats to the population. The main goal of the work is to expose this modeled reality in a flexible way, accessible from anywhere, without having specialized knowledge based on a framework where all geospatial analysis runs independently in a centralized area, in cloud and the interaction is done through web GIS application.