<s>
FalconView	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mapping	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Georgia	O
Tech	O
Research	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
family	O
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
versions	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
mobile	O
operating	O
systems	O
are	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FalconView	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
overlay	O
types	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
over	O
any	O
map	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FalconView	B-Application
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Portable	O
Flight	O
Planning	O
Software	O
(	O
PFPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
suite	O
includes	O
FalconView	B-Application
,	O
Combat	O
Flight	O
Planning	O
Software	O
(	O
CFPS	O
)	O
,	O
Combat	O
Weapon	O
Delivery	O
Software	O
(	O
CWDS	O
)	O
,	O
Combat	O
Air	O
Drop	O
Planning	O
Software	O
(	O
CAPS	O
)	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
software	O
packages	O
built	O
by	O
various	O
software	O
contractors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
work	O
includes	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
XPlan	O
,	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
's	O
most	O
recent	O
mission	O
planning	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Joint	O
Mission	O
Planning	O
System	O
is	O
also	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
FalconView	B-Application
as	O
a	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
began	O
in	O
1993	O
by	O
the	O
Georgia	O
Tech	O
Research	O
Institute	O
after	O
they	O
were	O
contracted	O
by	O
the	O
Air	O
National	O
Guard	O
(	O
ANG	O
)	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
mapping	O
package	O
that	O
would	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
and	O
be	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
than	O
the	O
existing	O
UNIX-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
John	O
Pyles	O
,	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
FalconView	B-Application
development	O
team	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
came	O
from	O
then-Captain	O
Bobby	O
Sandford	O
,	O
a	O
fighter	O
pilot	O
in	O
the	O
Air	O
National	O
Guard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Combat	O
Flight	O
Planning	O
Software	O
(	O
CFPS	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
USAF	O
46th	O
Test	O
Squadron	O
and	O
TYBRIN	O
Corp	O
became	O
the	O
Portable	O
Flight	O
Planning	O
Software	O
(	O
PFPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
ran	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
released	O
not	O
long	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
versions	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
were	O
simply	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
routines	O
to	O
display	O
scanned	O
raster	O
maps	O
such	O
as	O
CADRG	O
(	O
compressed	O
arc	O
digital	O
raster	O
graphics	O
)	O
with	O
simple	O
stick	O
routes	O
drawn	O
on	O
top	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
software	O
was	O
popular	O
with	O
the	O
end	O
users	O
and	O
more	O
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
DoD	O
developed	O
applications	O
,	O
the	O
FalconView	B-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
given	O
very	O
general	O
requirements	O
by	O
the	O
ANG	O
which	O
were	O
fleshed	O
out	O
into	O
a	O
product	O
by	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
and	O
mission	O
planners	O
who	O
used	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
their	O
daily	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
and	O
improvement	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
features	O
is	O
still	O
strongly	O
driven	O
by	O
its	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
added	O
significant	O
third	O
party	O
programmer	O
support	O
to	O
FalconView	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
many	O
new	O
applications	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
other	O
government	O
program	O
offices	O
and	O
end	O
users	O
who	O
used	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
to	O
automate	O
tasks	O
for	O
their	O
specific	O
needs	O
FalconView	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
programmer	O
interfaces	O
which	O
allow	O
applications	O
to	O
fuse	O
their	O
information	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
picture	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
area	O
of	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
users	O
know	O
that	O
data	O
produced	O
on	O
FalconView	B-Application
can	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
other	O
branches	O
of	O
the	O
armed	O
services	O
and	O
coalition	O
partners	O
who	O
have	O
PFPS	O
through	O
the	O
Foreign	O
Military	O
Sales	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
federal	O
government	O
has	O
funded	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
nonproprietary	O
"	O
government	B-Application
off-the-shelf	I-Application
"	O
(	O
GOTS	O
)	O
application	O
and	O
is	O
free	O
of	O
any	O
license	O
fees	O
for	O
government	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
Georgia	O
Tech	O
was	O
funded	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
OSS	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OSS	O
version	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
includes	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
GOTS	O
system	O
,	O
excluding	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
overlays	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
exclusively	O
related	O
to	O
military	O
mission	O
planning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Georgia	O
Tech	O
posted	O
the	O
first	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
as	O
open	O
source	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
two	O
new	O
editions	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
,	O
FalconView	B-Application
3-D	O
and	O
FalconView	B-Application
Mobile	O
were	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FalconView	B-Application
3-D	O
improves	O
support	O
for	O
surface	O
missions	O
,	O
and	O
FalconView	B-Application
Mobile	O
brings	O
the	O
core	O
capabilities	O
of	O
FalconView	B-Application
2-D	O
and	O
3-D	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
also	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FalconView	B-Application
development	O
team	O
at	O
the	O
Georgia	O
Tech	O
Research	O
Institute	O
received	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Award	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
