Event Set: Deterministic Terrorism Details Window

This window enables you to view existing custom terrorism event sets, add custom terrorism event sets manually and import custom terrorism event sets. You can add event sets manually using United States or international geographic locations or, for the United States only, using AIR Landmarks. You can import custom terrorism events in comma-separated values (CSV) format.

  You can import up to 500 non-geocoded terrorism events (events with no latitude/longitude information) or 21,000 geocoded terrorism events. When creating the CSV file that you want to import, you must include the event name and weapon type. In addition, for each Large Plane Crash or Small Plane Crash event that you want to import, you must also include height (i.e., number of stories) data.

 

Fields & Buttons

Description

Event Set Name

Specifies the name for this custom terrorism event set.

Event Set Description

Specifies the description of this event set.

Last Modified Date

For an existing event set, displays the date on which this event set was last modified.

Last Modified By

For an existing event set, displays the user who last modified this event set.

Event Name

Specifies the name of an event that you want to add to this event set. Alternately, you can import a series of custom terrorism events from a CSV file.

Import CSV

Enables you to import a series of custom terrorism events from a CSV file.

If you import invalid events, a message appears at the bottom of the Number of events grid.

Country

Specifies the country for the event that you want to add.

Event Location Detail

AIR Landmarks

To specify an event using an AIR Landmark, select this check box. To specify an event using geographic information, such as latitude, clear this check box.

 

AIR Landmarks are available only for the United States.

Latitude

The latitude for an event added using geographic information.

 

Specify any combination of geographic information in the Latitude, Longitude, Street, Area (State), CRESTA, Subarea (County), City, and/or Postal Code fields. When you click Add, Touchstone geocodes the event location based on the combination of geographic information that you have supplied.

Longitude

The longitude for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

Street

The street address for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

Area (State)

The area (state) for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

CRESTA

The CRESTA value for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

Subarea (County)

The subarea (county) for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

City

The city for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

Postal Code

The postal code for an event added using geographic information. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is cleared.

Map View

Click any point on the map to capture the corresponding latitude and longitude. Touchstone inserts the information into the corresponding fields in the Event Location Details area.

State

The U.S. state for an event added using AIR Landmarks. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is selected.

Target Type

The target type for an event added using AIR Landmarks. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is selected.

Target

The target for an event added using AIR Landmarks. Appears only when the AIR Landmarks check box is selected.

Weapon

Conventional

Specifies whether the weapon category for the event is conventional. For events in the United States, select this option or one of the other weapon categories. For non-United States events, "Conventional" is the only supported weapon category. If you select Conventional, select the weapon type from the list. For Small Plane Crash and Large Plane Crash events, you must also specify the height.

Height

For Small Plane Crash and Large Plane Crash events, the height of the target building in number of stories.

Chemical

For events in the United States, specifies whether the weapon category for this event is chemical. For events in the United States, select this option or one of the other weapon categories and then select the weapon type from the list. Appears only when United States is the selected country for the event.

Biological

For events in the United States, specifies whether the weapon category for this event is biological. For events in the United States, select this option or one of the other weapon categories and then select the weapon type from the list. Appears only when United States is the selected country for the event.

Radiological

For events in the United States, specifies whether the weapon category for this event is radiological. For events in the United States, select this option or one of the other weapon categories and then select the weapon type from the list. Appears only when United States is the selected country for the event.

Nuclear

For events in the United States, specifies whether the weapon category for this event is nuclear. For events in the United States, select this option or one of the other weapon categories and then select the weapon type from the list. Appears only when United States is the selected country for the event.

Add

Creates a new custom terrorism event using the specified information.

Number of events

The number of events in the custom terrorism event set.

Number of invalid events

The number of invalid events in the custom terrorism event set. Appears only if there are invalid events.

Delete

Enables you to delete one or more custom terrorism events.

In the Number of events grid, select the events that you want to delete and click Delete.

Refresh

Refreshes the list of events in the event set.

Indicates whether there are invalid events. Appears in the header of the event list only if there are invalid events.

Click the icon to display invalid events at the top of the event list.

Event Name

The name of each event in the event set.

Target

The target for each event in the event set.

Street

The street address for each event in the event set.

Area (State)

The area (state) for each event in the event set.

CRESTA

The CRESTA code for each event in the event set.

Subarea (County)

The subarea (county) for each event in the event set.

Country

The country for each event in the event set.

City

The city for each event in the event set.

Postal Code

The postal code for each event in th event set.

Latitude

The latitude for each event in the event set.

Longitude

The longitude for each event in the event set.

Weapon Type

The weapon type for each event in the event set.

Height

The height (in number of stories) for each Small Plane Crash or Large Plane Crash event in the event set.

Save

Saves the event set.

Save As

Saves the event set using a new name, which creates a modified copy of the event set.

Close

Close the window.

Imported n events

The number of events imported. The message appears after the Import process is completed.

Invalid n events

The number of invalid imported events. The message appears if there are invalid events in the last import.

Related topics

       Create a Custom Terrorism Event Set and Add Events Manually

       Create a Custom Terrorism Event Set and Import Events from a CSV File

       Using Map Controls with a Deterministic Terrorism Event Set.

 


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Touchstone 7.0 Updated September 03, 2020