text: Chapter 1
  GENERAL ENGINEERING
  General engineering are those engineering capabilities and activities, other than combat engineering,
  that provide infrastructure and modify, maintain, or protect the physical environment (JP 3-34). This engineer
  discipline is primarily focused on providing construction support. It is the most diverse of the three engineer
  disciplines and is typically the largest percentage of engineer support that is provided to maneuver units
  (except in the offense and defense) at the tactical level, when combat engineering is typically predominant.
  General engineering occurs throughout the area of operations (AO), at all levels of war, and during every
  type of military operation. It may include the employment of all engineer military occupational specialties.
  See ATP 3-34.40 for additional information on general engineering.
  General engineering is primarily focused on construction support. Tasks most frequently performed
  under general engineering include—
  * Restoring damaged areas.
  * Constructing and maintaining lines of communication (LOCs).
  * Establishing small base camps.
  * Repairing and restoring infrastructure.
  * Providing environmental assessments.
  * Providing master facility and design support.
  * Developing and maintaining facilities.
  * Providing power generation and distribution.
  * Acquisitioning real estate.
  GEOSPATIAL ENGINEERING
  Geospatial engineering is the engineering capabilities and activities that contribute to a clear
  understanding of the physical environment by providing geospatial information and services to commanders
  and staffs (JP 3-34). Geospatial engineers generate geospatial products and provide services to enable
  informed running estimates and decision making. It is the art and science of analyzing and visualizing
  geospatial information to enable an understanding of the effects of the physical environment (terrain) on
  military operations. The art is to understand mission variables, apply the relevant geospatial information, and
  describe the military significance of the terrain and the other spatial and temporal aspects of the OE to the
  commander. The science is the application and exploitation of relevant geospatial information and mission-
  specific variables, to include spatial and temporal aspects, through the use of a geospatial information system
  to produce geospatially precise measurements and modeling in support of the six warfighting functions.
  Geospatial engineers work with, and as part of, the Army Geospatial Enterprise to deliver a standard and
  sharable geospatial foundation (SSGF) to create a common operational picture (COP) for the warfighter. The
  Army Geospatial Enterprise allows geospatial data to be collected, stored, conflated, analyzed, and
  disseminated across echelons, networks, and network security domains. This geospatial data is comprised of
  the SSGF and functional geospatial data and information. See ATP 3-34.80, JP 2-03, and TC 3-34.80 for
  additional information on geospatial engineering.
  Geospatial engineers provide the following support, from the Army service component command
  (ASCC) to brigade combat team (BCT) levels:
  * Terrain analysis, management, and other tactical decision aids that support the operations process.
  * Terrain visualization, to include 3-D terrain mapping and fly-through representation.
  * Nonstandard, tailored map products, to include cross-country mobility, view shed, zone of entry,
  and hydrology.
  * SSGF data (maintaining, updating, managing, and disseminating) for the COP.
  * The theater geospatial database (TGD) (maintaining, updating, and managing).