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Arizona CTIC Use of Geographic Text Search for Counterterrorism
Track: Homeland Security/Homeland Defense
Author(s): Sharon Nicholson

Homeland Security is not just a Federal problem. The State of Arizona's Counter Terrorism Information Center (AcTIC) is using geographic text analysis and information retrieval as an essential tool within their Counter Terrorism Information Center (AcTIC). Adding MetaCarta's geographic text search within Esri's GIS software enables critical unstructured content to be fused directly with traditional GIS content in AcTIC's existing GIS systems. With counter terrorism's intense interest in the geographic information within their text content, search that is geographically aware is critical to their success. The AcTIC will present how they are using MetaCarta's geographic text search within their GIS solution to effectively see patterns of information and hotspots of activity streamlining their process so that they can arrive at an appropriate actionable decision faster.

Sharon Nicholson
AcTIC
AcTIC GIS
mail drop 3900
PO Box 6638
Phoenix , AZ 85005
US
Phone: 602 644-5830
E-mail: snicholson@azdps.gov

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