GIS IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER RESPONSE: 10 YEARS AFTER
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Gis in the World Trade Center Response: 10 Years After
The World Trade Center attack of 9/11/01 and the response brought major attention to GIS as a valuable tool for supporting emergency management and response. That attention led to the allocation of considerable resources to the enhancement of GIS. This paper is intended to provide a look back at the events prior to and immediately following the attack, review of GIS in the response and recovery...
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2194-9034
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-xxxviii-4-c21-137-2011