Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

The Oklahoma City Bombing would be considered the worst terrorist attack on America prior to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Just outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, on April 19th, 1995 a truck exploded, killing 168 people. 19 of those 168 being children. The explosion caused damage to 300 surrounding buildings. Oklahoma City was going through a tragedy and needed guidance from a leader.

At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a 5,000-pound bomb, hidden inside a Ryder truck, exploded just outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children (Rosenburg, 2011). On April 23, four days after the bombing, President Bill Clinton addressed the public and gave an effective, excellent speech.

___GIS allows for increased interconnectedness of people across the globe by allowing people to observe and understand life in another country and can help them incase

On April 19, 1995, a man by the name of Timothy McVeigh carried out an attack that would leave the United States, along with other countries, devastated. At 9:02 A.M, a truck bomb explosion outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, left 168 people dead and hundreds more injured. Many people apprehend that McVeigh carried out this attack because he was mentally unstable. He was actually thinking logically. McVeigh planned out the attack based on his life experiences and by what he read in books. He retaliated against the government because of his personal beliefs and he wanted to be recognized for the bombing.

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a very special event in American history, it was the biggest act of domestic terrorism until 9/11. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was an office complex in Oklahoma City, was bombed and 168 people were killed. Timothy McVeigh, the subject of my paper, was behind the bombings, and later executed.

On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States government.

The RFP states that the purpose of the GIS project is to have a consultant to assess what GIS services are working for the city and what sorts of recommendations can help improve GIS services for the city’s departments. In addition, the City of Wellington has an Enterprise GIS system and conducting a needs assessment can help provide recommendations on how to share and create databases and GIS data among other city departments. Also, it is important to note that the RFP states that the consultant must bring in people who can help with outside developing outside services and products for the needs assessment. For example, the consultant might need one of his team members to create an application for providing open GIS data for all citizens in the city. Overall, this GIS project can help all the city departments to conduct a GIS analysis efficiently and thus the needs assessment can help the city improve on its six focus

The most prominent incident during 9/11 is the demolition of the World Trade Centers. On September 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center filled with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel. After impact, hundreds of innocent civilians and workers died instantly (statisticbrain.com). 18 minutes later, another Boeing pierced the 60th floor of the south tower (statisticbrain.com). Massive explosions took place within the towers due to the burning jet fuel. Shortly after, both towers collapsed one by one within small time spans of each other. The aftermath left 10,000 people injured and 2,763 casualties (statisticbrain.com). Notably, an additional 10 terrorist hijackers aboard the two planes that hit the towers fulfilled one of the tactics of fourth Generation warfare-- suicide. In honor of al-Qaeda, the 10 hijackers sacrificed their life to execute their group’s motive and send a message to the United States of America.

On April 19 1995, domestic terrorism hit Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 9:02am , which would quickly become the deadliest domestic terrorist attack on American soil. This attack claimed the life of 168 people including nineteen children. Only 15 of the children killed were in the America’s Kids Daycare Center at the time of this attack . 19 people died on the 2nd floor including 4 adults who were employed

The 9/11 terrorist attacks caused a great panic in the United States. They threatened the safety of everyone as a nation. On September 11th, 2001 19 men associated with the Islamic extremist group named al-Qaeda, hijacked four airplanes and they carried out suicide attacks against the United States. Two of the airplanes were flown into both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third airplane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth airplane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 innocent people lost their lives that day (Soma).

Given to difficulty of carrying out water quality studies as well as inaccessibility of some areas, hydrogeologists began to use Geographic Information System (GIS) to allow a better understanding of the water quality parameters (Selvam et al., 2013). Babiker et al., 2007 proposed a GIS-based

The heart of the country was broken into shambles on April 19th, 1995. On this day, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was attacked, and the bombing caused the building to be completely destroyed. Not only Oklahomans, but people around the world were left speechless and fearful of what was yet to come. The leader of this attack was Timothy James McVeigh, a very anti-government individual. He sought out a detailed plan on how this bombing was going to unfold. Step by step, he created a plan that he believed he could pursue. It all began at 9:01 A.M. in downtown Oklahoma City, and the blast not only affected those who were inside the building, but also those who were in the surrounding areas. “As a result, 169 persons, including 19

Geographic Information Systems pose many benefits to mankind. For instance, it has helped farms adequately provide the food we need for nourishment. GIS helps farmers make informed decisions on the best locations to farm and what benefits the lands can provide them, hence increasing their food production. The GIS software can be used to map land digitally while collecting important information needed to grow crops such as the topography or lay of the land combined with other statistical data allowing for easier analysis of the soil. In turn, this makes it easier for farmers to not only decide what and where to plant but also how to improve their methods of crop production so that they can earn more and better feed the world.

Remote sensing and GIS technologies were initially developed for different purposes. However, both these resources can provide information about the earth 's natural resources. Advancements in computer hardware and software technology now make it possible for data from these sources to be easily integrated. Most GIS software packages allow remotely sensed data to be imported, or at least viewed, within the software application. This ability allows the analyst to overlay remote sensing data layers with other 5 spatial data layers. Analysts use remotely sensed imagery with GIS data sets for a variety of reasons, including providing a continuous regional view of the areas and extracting GIS data layers, such as contours or building footprints

Besides distribution map, GIS was also used by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to draw a series of maps (Populus & Lantieri, 1991) that reflected land use types of intertidal zones and seabed, coastal lines and the depth contour lines.