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GIS Tutorial for Homeland Security
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In the wake of catastrophic events such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina, much attention has been focused on learning from national tragedies. GIS Tutorial for Homeland Security is the perfect start to building and examining different strategies of defense. Public safety officers, government officials, and students in the fields of criminal justice and public administration will find the lessons in the tutorial particularly useful.
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GIS Tutorial for Homeland Security
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This book uses actual data and real-world scenarios to show how GIS can help prevent, plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters and threats. Chapters include tutorials on preparing a Minimum Essential Data Set (MEDS) database; information sharing and collaboration; disseminating indications and warnings; critical infrastructure protection program; citizen protection; search and rescue; restoration of lifelines; structural damage assessment and mitigation; and more. GIS Tutorial for Homeland Security presents a key ingredient to the recovery and improvement of national security with exercises that integrate the best practices of GIS and public safety to safeguard the nation in times of deliberate attacks and natural disasters.
Please Note:
Trial Software: Included with the book is a fully functioning 180-day trial version of ArcView 9.2 software on DVD-ROM, as well as a CD of data for working through the book's exercises. Once installed and registered, the single-use software cannot be reinstalled, and the time limit cannot be extended.
Operating System(OS): The single-use ArcGIS Demo Edition software on the DVD in this edition requires the Microsoft Windows Vista, XP or Windows 2000 operating system.
Hardware requirements: A minimum 1.6GHz processing speed; 1 GB RAM; 1+ GB free hard disk space, including 50 MB on the operating system drive; an additional 285+ MB hard disk space is required for the exercise data. DVD Drive.
About the Authors:
Susan Lindell Radke is founder and president of Berkeley Geo-Research Group, an Orinda, California, GIS company.
Eddie Hanebuth is founder and president of Digital Quest, a Mississippi-based development and training-oriented company that produces GIS instructional material for educational institutions.
2008 - 450 Pages
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