R 271820Z JAN 14
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 037/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/RELEASE OF NEW RMTK TOOLS//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 3570.1C//
REF/B/DOC/MCO 11000.25//
REF/C/DOC/MCO 3550.9//
NARR/REF A IS THE USMC RANGE SAFETY ORDER.  REF B IS MCO 11000.25 INSTALLATION GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES.  REF C IS MCO3550.9 GROUND RANGE CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION//
POC/MR CARLOS HATHCOCK III/RTAM BRANCH/UNIT: QUANTICO, VA/TEL:DSN 278-2841/EMAIL: CARLOS.N.HATHCOCK(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO IMPLEMENT THE MIGRATION OF THE RANGE MANAGERS TOOLKIT (RMTK) IMPLEMENTED IN REF A TO ARCGIS 10.1. STARTING 01 FEBRUARY 2014, FUTURE ITERATIONS OF RMTK WILL RUN IN VERSION 10.1 OF ARCGIS ON A WINDOWS 7 OPERATING SYSTEM.  WINDOWS 7, ARCGIS 10.1 IS THE ONLY CONFIGURATION THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY CG MCCDC (C465) AFTER THIS DATE.  THE SURFACE DANGER ZONE (SDZ), EXPLOSIVE TRAINING RANGE (ETR), ON RANGE AMMUNITION HANDLING, AND THE WEAPON DANGER ZONE (WDZ) RMTK TOOLS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSTALLATION USE ON THIS VERSION OF ARCGIS.
2.  BACKGROUND.A.  THE PREVIOUS SUPPORTED VERSION FOR THE RMTK SUITE OF TOOLS WAS ARCGIS 9.3.1 SERVICE PACK 2 (SP2).  PER REF B, CG MCCDC (C465) HAS ADOPTED VERSION 10.1 OF ARGIS AND UPGRADED ALL RMTK TOOLS TO OPERATE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.B.  PER REF A RMTK TOOLS ARE REQUIRED FOR USE ON ALL USMC RANGES TO ENSURE MAXIMUM RANGE UTILIZATION FOR AVIATION AND GROUND OPERATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY.  THE RMTK TOOLS ARE POSTED ON THE RANGE AND TRAINING AREA MANAGEMENT (RTAM) BRANCH WEB SITE: HTTPS:(SLASHSLASH)RTAM.TECOM.USMC.MIL FOR DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION.C.  THE RMTK WDZ TOOL HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO VERSION 10.1.0.1.3. D.  THE RMTK SDZ TOOL HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO VERSION 10.1.0.1.3. E.  THE RMTK ETR TOOL HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO VERSION 10.1.0.1.1. F.  THE MAP METADATA REPORT GENERATOR HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE SDZ TOOL. THE MAP METADATA REPORT GENERATOR CAN BE FOUND IN ANALYSIS MENU OF THE SDZ TOOLBAR.
3.  ACTION. A.  PRIOR TO UNINSTALLING 9.3.1 SP2, RANGE CONTROL PERSONNEL SHOULD COORDINATE WITH CG MCCDC (C465) POINT OF CONTACT (POC) TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE FOR THE SOFTWARE OR UPGRADE CURRENT LICENSES TO 10.1.B.  IF ARCGIS VERSION 9.3.1 SP2 WAS PROVIDED BY THE INSTALLATION OR REGIONAL GEOFIDELIS OFFICE, REQUEST AN ARCGIS 10.1 UPGRADE FROM THE INSTALLATION OR REGIONAL GEOFIDELIS OFFICE.C.  ONCE LICENSING AND AN ARCGIS 10.1 INSTALLATION DVD HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED, REQUEST THE NEWEST UPDATE OF THE RMTK SUITE FROM HTTPS:(SLASHSLASH)RTAM.TECOM.USMC.MIL/RM/. D.  IT IS CRITICAL TO UNINSTALL THE RMTK SUITE OF TOOLS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY CHANGES TO ANY ARCGIS SOFTWARE.  DO NOT UNINSTALL ARCGIS9.3.1 SP2 WITHOUT UNINSTALLING THE RMTK SUITE OF TOOLS.E.  INSTALLATION COMMANDERS WILL DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE LATEST RMTK BUILDS.F.  ONCE THE RMTK WDZ TOOL HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED OPEN THE WDZ MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL CURRENT WDZS ARE LISTED.  THEN RUN MAGNETIC DECLINATION (MAG DEC) UPDATE SO ALL PREVIOUS WDZS WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE NEW BUILD.  ALSO DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW THE ASSOCIATED RELEASE NOTES FOR SPECIFIC UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.G.  ONCE THE RMTK SDZ TOOL HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED OPEN THE SDZ MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL CURRENT SDZS ARE LISTED. THEN RUN THE REGENERATE SDZS PROCESS FOUND IN THE EDIT MENU SO ALL PREVIOUS SDZS WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE NEW BUILD.  ALSO REVIEW THE ASSOCIATED RELEASE NOTES INCLUDED WITH THE SDZ TOOL FOR SPECIFIC UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.H.  FOR ALL TECHNICAL SUPPORT REGARDING THIS MESSAGE AND THE ARCGIS10.1 MIGRATION SEND REQUESTS IN SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO TECOMRTAMSUPPORT(AT)USMC.MIL.I.  ONCE THE TOOL HAS BEEN INSTALLED, ADVISE RTAM POC OF SUCCESSFUL TOOL INSTALLATION.J.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF (A) AND (C), RANGE CONTROL OFFICERS WILL ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE RMTK TOOLS FOR DANGER ZONE CREATION AND INSTALLATION MAP DEPICTION.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJOR GENERAL MURRAY, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//