Works Directorate for their continued support in the development and upgrading of GIS in Ministry of Interior-Kingdom of Bahrain. I would like to thank them for the opportunity and guidance that enabled me to study Masters of Science in Geographic Information System at University of Redlands-USA. I would to thank Jack Dangermondfounder and president of ESRI. To all ESRI and ESRINeA staff who help me to complete this project successfully. I would also like to thank the University of Redlands and

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... the professors for the opportunity, education, and guidance that enabled me to complete this project. In particular, I give my gratitude to my advisor, Douglas Flewelling, Ph.D., for his guidance and input. I would like to give many thanks for Joshua Tree National Park GIS Specialist Sean Murphy, whose timely support and enthusiasm with the project allowed me to ensure successful completion. I would like to additionally thank Debra Riley, Program Coordinator, for her words of encouragement and for keeping everyone organized. I also want to thank Ruben Ortiz, and Steve Paplanus for their excellent IT support. I am also grateful to Lynn Flewelling for her providing detailed edits of my report. I want to give a credit to Nathan Strout, Bjorn, and all the Redlands Institute staff for their assistance during critical stages of this project. To my parents, thank you for encouragement, prayer, and tremendous support. To Sara, thank you a lot for your big support, and encourage me to be patient. To my family, thank you for all your support. To my sister Noor, thank you for your support, and your delicious food. To Michelle and Renee, I would like to thank you a lot. To International Friendship connection (Especially for Nadean and Wayne), thank you for introducing me to American traditions and helping me a lot here in Redlands. To Cohort 17 -I cannot imagine a better group of people to have shared this experience with. The MS GIS faculty and my fellow cohort members have made this a very rewarding, fun, and intense year of learning. I would like to extend my deep appreciation to all my friends for supporting me all the times. Lastly, I would like to thank all the people (Especially Aseel and Ali) who have assisted me in spending this meaningful year in MS GIS program.