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Aon Publishes New Terrorism Threat Map (Aon.com)
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IBM Creates Interactive Map/Infographic Of CIA World Factbook (IBM.com)
�ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: SOURCES AND METHODS
29July2010 12:18pmPDT
AUTHOR: Kristan J. Wheaton
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:
Aon Publishes New Terrorism Threat Map (Aon.com)
Aon Corporation ("... the leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human capital and management consulting") has updated and republished their useful Terrorism Threat Map.�
You can see a static screen shot of the map to the right but to access the interactive version or get the full PDF in all its detailed glory, you don't have to pay but you do have to give Aon your email address and answer a few marketing questions.
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IBM Creates Interactive Map/Infographic Of CIA World Factbook (IBM.com)
IBM, in order to demonstrate some of their latest web based technologies, has taken the data from the CIA's World Factbook and re-mixed it in the form of a stunning, interactive infographic.� 
The final product allows the user to much more quickly engage and compare the data for the various countries in the world.� The screenshot to the right does not (as usual) do the product justice.� I have zoomed in on central Africa to show some of the detail but you can just as easily take a look at the whole world and can instantly get a sense of where various regions lie with respect to any of the data the World Factbook contains.��
I strongly recommend you go here to see the full product.� Play around with it; I think you will be impressed.
If you are interested in additional information about IBM's initiative, you can go to the cryptically named IBM ILOG Elixir Blog or to Information Aesthetics, where I first picked up on this product.
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Sources and Methods Author:
Kristan J. Wheaton is
an Associate Professor of Intelligence Studies
at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA
