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Gistutorial for Health Lecture 2 Visualizing Health Data

Gistutorial for Health Lecture 2 Visualizing Health Data. Lecture 2 Outline. Tools for a GIS GIS Data Visualizing Data GIS Data Sources Review Assignment 1 Results. Tools for a GIS. Hardware Computer Printer / Plotter Digitizer Scanner GIS Desktop Software (ESRI, Inc. – ArcView)

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Gistutorial for Health Lecture 2 Visualizing Health Data

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  1. Gistutorial for Health Lecture 2 Visualizing Health Data

  2. Lecture 2 Outline • Tools for a GIS • GIS Data • Visualizing Data • GIS Data Sources • Review Assignment 1 Results

  3. Tools for a GIS • Hardware • Computer • Printer / Plotter • Digitizer • Scanner • GIS Desktop Software (ESRI, Inc. – ArcView) • CAD Software (AutoDesk - AutoCAD) • Multimedia (Photos, Video, 3D Models) • World Wide Web (ESRI, Inc. – ARCIMS)

  4. GIS Data • Location DataHow Many? – What Kind? – Where? • Scale of DataGlobal to Local • Data Presentation Words, Charts, Graphs, Tables, Maps, Photos

  5. GIS Data • Raster Images - grids • “pixels” • satellite images • aerial photos • Vector - grids • features: points, lines & polygons • attributes: size, type, length, etc.

  6. Databases • Not easy to interpret

  7. Visualizing Data A picture is worth a thousand words

  8. “Layers” of GIS Information Municipalities

  9. “Layers” of GIS Information Census Tracts

  10. “Layers” of GIS Information Lakes and Rivers

  11. “Layers” of GIS Information Polluting Companies

  12. “Layers” of GIS Information Schools

  13. Maps and Databases are Interactive

  14. GIS Connects Graphics to Data

  15. Queries and Restrictions

  16. GIS Turns Data Into Information

  17. GIS Data Sources • Digitized and Scanned Maps • purchased, donated, free (Internet) • created by user • Data Bases – Tables of data • GPS (Global Positioning Systems) • Field Sampling of Attributes • Remote Sensing & Aerial Photography

  18. Review Assignment 1 Results • Student Health GIS Web sites (replace with your student’s examples) • Georgia’s Public Health Division • http://health.state.ga.us/ • South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control • http://www.scdhec.net/ • Kaiser Family FoundationState Health Facts • http://www.statehealthfacts.org • American Hospital Association • http://www.hospitalconnect.com/ahapolicyforum/trendwatch

  19. Review Assignment 1 Results • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Envirofacts Data Warehouse • http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ • Global Health Council • http://www.globalhealth.org • http://atlas.globalhealth.org • California Nutrition Network • http://www.calnutritionnetworkgis.org • New Zealand’s Ministry of Health • http://www.phionline.moh.govt.nz • South Carolina Division of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) • http://web05.dhec.sc.gov/gis

  20. Review Assignment 1 Results • Medical Research Council of South Africa • http://www.mrc.ac.za/services/giscentre.htm • USAID(U.S. Agency for International Development) • http://www.usaid.gov/gn/infotechnology/gis/index.htm • Tracking the spread of the West Nile virus in Illinois • http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm • Colorado Department Public Health and the Environment - Public Health GIS Group • http://emaps.dphe.state.co.us/website/cheis_gis/maps.html

  21. Lecture 2 Summary • Tools for a GIS • GIS Data • Visualizing Data • GIS Data Sources • Review Assignment 1 Results

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