Those maps illustrate how GIS can effectively be used to design and plan security details for the safeguard of critical infrastructures and the safety of our citizens. For the creation of those maps we used 2D and 3D spatial tools to locate optimal surveillance positions around Memorial stadium in California. To control the Ingress and Egress from the Area of Interest (AOI), strategic locations for road blocks had to be identified and assembly points for evacuation outside of an impacted area were also sited. This project reinforced the vital role GIS can play in identifying the most likely targets for natural or men made disasters as well as who and what may be impacted by such events.

Once the DHS Urban Area was delineated, I added the boundary data to the Minimum Essential Data Sets database (MEDS). This exercise did accentuate on how meaningful it is to organize the processing and presentation of the data and it also emphasize on how useful and helpful it is to group each category of data according to its classification.

I learned quite a bit in this exercise. I polished my skills on how to download data from ESRI Census TIGER/Line data Web site; refreshed my memory on how to merge multiple shapefiles and became very familiar on how to define a shapefile coordinate system.

3353 crimes were committed in Lincoln Nebraska during the month of August 2006. This graph explores crime throughout a 24 hour period.
It shows that 5:00 AM is the time of the day when crime is at the lowest rate and 10:00 PM when related crime activities such as assault, burglary, shoplifting occurred the most.

This density map illustrates the level of crime in Lincoln, Nebraska. This map depicts how rampant crime is in this community regardless the proximity of a police station.