A geospatial strategy platform for NATO-scale decision-making
A layered geospatial visualization platform for NATO strategic data — engineered to stay fast and accurate at a scale where latency has real consequences.
NATO Communications and Information Agency
Jun 2024 – May 2025
The Hague, Netherlands
Defense & Government
The challenge
NCI Agency needed layered geospatial visualization of strategic data across NATO, without the latency and rendering overhead that typically comes with large, multi-source operational datasets.
The approach
Designed and implemented a Strategy Map platform leveraging ArcGIS SDKs, REST APIs, and feature services for layered geospatial visualization
Optimized ArcGIS workflows with spatial indexing, feature layer caching, and geometry services to handle large-scale datasets while minimizing latency
Integrated ArcGIS with a Java/Spring Boot backend orchestrating geospatial queries and data delivery into an Angular frontend
Connected ArcGIS services to Azure Data Lake pipelines for ingestion and normalization of multi-source geospatial and operational data
Implemented geospatial analytics — buffering, heatmaps, proximity analysis — to support mission-critical decision-making
Validated system functionality with TDD/BDD using JUnit and Cucumber, with CI/CD on Azure DevOps (AKS, Functions, Event Grid)
The impact
Reliable, low-latency geospatial intelligence available for mission-critical strategic decisions
Large-scale, multi-source datasets render and update without the overhead that typically slows ArcGIS deployments at this scale
Every geospatial transformation and business workflow is covered by automated test suites