Homeland Security- More than meets the eye

this is the end of a two part series on Homeland Security.  We have been learning about the requirements set out in the National Preparedness Guidelines established by the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8) from 2003.   There are many uses for GIS, however, there are an amazing number of applications just in the realm of HLS.

Did you know that there are 1600 unique tasks on the Universal Task List and 37 specific capabilities that communities need to have established for effective disaster response?

We learned there are eight basic base sets of information needed which are GIS based for effective response.  Instead of spending our time downloading the base maps, we were graciously provided base maps to work with in a surveillance setup for Norad, Cheyenne Mountain,  Colorado.

Here's a map or two show casing part of our study.   A powerpoint presentation is at the end.

 This one is good because it focuses on the
need to know the populated zones for
protected areas.  Who can be affected?


It also shows cool colors for the elevation of
Cheyenne Mountian.

 AhHHH   Ohhh, the adventures of using 3D
stuff.   It took 5 startups to get these results.
Flying in 3d is not as easy as it looks on TV.

This bird looking thing is all I could get
out of the 3d part for setting up my projected
line of sight points.







Enjoy the powerpoint presentation.   It pulls together our work for these two sessions.

Ok  gotta figure out how to attach it to work.  Back soon.

Back here with a pdf version of the powerpoint.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=1C4BF7367A63292!117&authkey=!AHVA5RVom4pfAvs