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Resources for Creating Public Health Maps
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Public Health and GIS Overviews
Geographic Boundaries
Data
Geostatistics/Spatial Analysis
Global Public Health GIS Projects
Conferences and Symposia
Software
Consultants
Public Health and GIS
Overviews
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Geographic Boundaries
Use these resources to locate shapefiles for use with any ESRI-compatible GIS
software, including Epi Info™.
Principal Repositories
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US State Geographic Data Sources
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Global Positioning System (GPS)
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Images
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Additional Sites
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Data
These sites provide data for characterizing populations to be mapped in your
public health projects.
Demographic Data
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Health Outcomes Data
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Environmental and Health Risk Exposure Data
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Geostatistics and Spatial Analysis
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Global Public Health GIS Projects
Use these resources to locate examples of use of GIS in public health projects. You may be inspired to create similar such maps with your own data.
Online Atlases
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Conferences and Symposia
- 1998
GIS in Public Health Conference, San Diego, August 18-20, 1998.
- GIS
and the Health Sector '98, University of Melbourne, Australia,
June 10, 1998
- GIS
and the Health Sector '97, University of Melbourne, Australia,
July 9, 1997
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Software
GIS software packages that you can either purchase or download
for free.
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GIS Consultants with
Experience in Public Health
CDC does not endorse or recommend
specific vendors. Commercial
firms experienced with public health GIS projects for certain clients (e.g.,
U.S. state health departments) are invited to submit links for placement
in this section.
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Windows version Epi Info™
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Web References
These links are provided as a guide to
exploring the dynamic field of health and geographic information science. Outside
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