HOMELAND SECURITY
15 May 08. Jane’s new Terrorism and Insurgency Centre Events Map goes live. Jane’s new system provides up-to-the-minute interactive visual mapping of terrorist groups and events in order to reveal worldwide geographic patterns and trends. A demonstration of the map can be accessed at www.janes.com/info/jtic . The Terrorism and Insurgency Centre Events Map is an online tool in order for it to have up-to-the-minute accuracy. This service can be subscribed to at www.janes.com/contact. Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre is the most comprehensive and authoritative source for the latest global terrorism-related news, analysis, reference and overview of worldwide terrorist activities as they happen. The database includes detailed profile assessments of over 240 terrorist groups across the world. It allows decision makers from multi-national companies and major political players to build up an intelligence picture of areas where they have business or political interests. The map operates using ESRI’s ArcIMS Geographical Information System (GIS), which is a software tool for delivering dynamic maps through the web.