GIS for Homeland Security provides general overviews on how GIS is used for gathering and analyzing intelligence, protecting critical infrastructure, responding to complex emergencies, preparing for disease outbreaks and bioterrorism, securing complex events, and simulating disasters. A final chapter looks ahead at the growing role of GIS in homeland security. Each chapter includes three case studies that illuminate the topic with specific real-world examples. Key GIS players are profiled.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Okay Collection of Case Studies, Nothing Too Special,
This review is from: GIS for Homeland Security (Case Studies in GIS) (Paperback)
I was not overly impressed by any feature of this book. It's relatively short (74 pages with a lot of reference pages, etc). It plugs ESRI's work and products more than some other ESRI publications I've read, which makes the reader feel as if he/she isn't getting an objective critique of the application of innovative GIS in homeland security. At $18 though, I'd say you get what you pay for. It's a collection of case studies for GIS in the realm of homeland security, with a brief introduction to the different facets of homeland security that can benefit from standard GIS. None of the GIS techniques presented were new to me (though I'm relatively experienced in the field of GIS), and their application within the case studies weren't necessarily innovative or unexpected. If you're familiar with and/or work in the field of emergency management (including homeland security), and are not really familiar with GIS, this is an appropriate quick primer with some specific examples of how basic GIS can been utilized. It does not address more advanced GIS techniques, is not a tutorial or workbook for performing any actual GIS analysis, and doesn't go beyond any basic emergency management/homeland security concepts.
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Department of Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, South Carolina, Geological Survey, San Diego, West Nile, Super Bowl, Gulf Coast, Salt Lake City, New York City, United States, International User Conference, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Towson University, Winter Olympics, Government Technology, Marie Lynn Miranda, Democratic National Convention, American Red Cross, Department of the Interior, The White House, Blue Grass Army Depot, Emergency Management Mapping Application, Environmental Protection Agency, Kansas Animal Health Department Browse Sample Pages:
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