General Use of GIS in Public Health

These links show some general examples of applications of GIS technology to the field of public health.

• The Cancer e-Atlas - interactive web-based resource providing access to cancer statistics across England.
  
  
• AIDS Data Animation Project - animations for Weekly AIDS Mortality in the United States, January 1981 - December 1992.
  
  
• An Atlas of Cyberspace - mapping the internet using geographic metaphors.
  
  
• GIS and Public Health Mapping at the World Health Organization - a good overview of the topic, with examples.
  
  
• Local GIS projects in Montgomery County, MD.
  
  
• Syndromic Surveillance for Bioterrorism Following the Attacks on the World Trade Center -- New York City, 2001 - how spatial analysis was used to search for evidence of possible bioterrorism following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
  
  
• Hi-Tech Crime Predictor - CBS News article about GIS technology as applied to criminology.
  
  
• GIS in Public Health Research - a collection of information at the Harvard School of Public Health.