Computer-Generated Images From the Study

Geographic Information System (GIS) tools were vital in generating the analysis necessary to estimate true risk from a violent class tornado. Communicating the results was also important, and the GIS tools provided opportunities for that. Visualization, particular in 3-D, added geographic perspectives to the numbers. The views could be animated, which provided a chance to watch the GIS perform its analysis as the tornado moved through the Urban landscape of Dallas-Fort Worth and the surrounding 16-County area.

Bridge Creek Portion of Moore Tornado Path through Downtown Dallas.
The area enclosed in this circulation contains $3 Billion of Property and 100,000 employees.

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