I'm curious if there are military implications here. We've always had to match up historical data with topography and terrain analysis to come up with a general idea of when and where the enemy is most likely to attack with an IED or a rocket. But it's all labor intensive guesswork that creates a super broad patchwork of named areas of interest that greatly affect the freedom of maneuver of both coalition forces and host country security agencies.

Mission planning can be extremely time intensive because of these kinds of situations:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/policy/army/fm/100-12/appa.htm