Jane's new Terrorism and Insurgency Centre Events Map has gone live today with a map using "up-to-the-minute interactive visual mapping of terrorist groups and events in order to reveal worldwide geographic patterns and trends". It says:
The database includes detailed profile assessments of over 240 terrorist groups across the world. It allows decision makers from multi-national companies and major political players to build up an intelligence picture of areas where they have business or political interests.
Also, it "builds an integrated intelligence picture by exporting events and geospatially fusing them to third party content."
It's not free -- it's for subscribers only. However, if you have staff operating in places where they risk being kidnapped or shot, it may be of interest.
There is already, of course, a free Global Incident Map that plots "Terrorism Events and Other Suspicious Activity" as a Google Maps mashup. However, it's more of a demo than something worth consulting for practical help.
