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Public Health and GIS Overviews

Geographic Boundaries

• Principal Repositories
• US State Geographic Data Sources
• Global Positioning System
• Images
• Additional Sites

Data

• Demographic
• Health Outcomes
• Environmental and Health Risk Exposure

Geostatistics/Spatial Analysis
Global Public Health GIS Projects
Conferences and Symposia
Software
Consultants

Public Health and GIS Overviews

• Geographic Information Systems in Public Health and Epidemiology, Pan American Health Organization Health Analysis and Information Systems.
• Geographic Information Systems in Public Health, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry.
• GIS and Public Health, CDC National Center for Health Statistics.
• Improving Public Health Through Geographical Information Systems An Instructional Guide to Major Concepts and Their Implementation, Web Version 1.0, December 1997.  By Gerard Rushton at the University of Iowa.
• Public health geographic information systems (GIS) news and information: 1994-1997, by Charles Croner (January 1998). CDC National Center for Health Statistics Cognitive Methods Working Paper Series Number 23.  Can be ordered online.
• Visualizing Health Statistics, CDC National Center for Health Statistics and the Pennsylvania State University.

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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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• Federal Geographic Data Committee
• Geography Network
• GIS.com
• GISDATA Map Studio
• National Atlas of the United States
• National Geodetic Survey Products and Services
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• US Census Bureau TIGER Mapping Service
• US Geological Survey Geography

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US State Geographic Data Sources

• Alabama  Geological Survey of Alabama
• Alaska  Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• Arizona  Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
• Arkansas  Arkansas GeoLibrary
• California  Environmental Resources Evaluation System
• Connecticut  Map and Geographic Information Center
• Colorado  Geographic Information Portal
• Delaware  Spatial Data Clearinghouse
• Florida  Geographic Data Library
• Georgia  Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Hawaii  Statewide GIS Program
• Idaho  Inside
• Illinois  Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• Indiana  Geographic Information Council
• Iowa  Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• Kansas  Geospatial Community
• Kentucky  Division of Geographic Information
• Louisiana  Statewide GIS
• Maine  Office of GIS
• Maryland  Department of Planning
• Massachusetts  Geographic Information System: MassGIS
• Michigan  Center for Geographic Information
• Minnesota  Geographic Data Clearinghouse
• Mississippi  Automated Resource Information System
• Missouri  Geospatial Information Portal
• Montana  Geographic Information Clearinghouse
• Nebraska  Geospatial Data Center
• Nevada  Geographic Information Virtual Clearinghouse
• New Hampshire  GRANITNet
• New Jersey  Department of Environmental Protection GIS
• New Mexico  Resource Geographic Information System Program
• New York  State GIS Clearinghouse
• North Carolina  Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• North Dakota  GIS
• Ohio  Geographically Referenced Information Program
• Oklahoma  Center for Geospatial Information
• Oregon  Geospatial Enterprise Office (GEO)
• Pennsylvania  Spatial Data Access
• South Carolina  GIS Data Clearinghouse
• Rhode Island  Georgraphic Information System Data
• South Dakota  Geological Survey Program
• Tennessee  GiSource
• Texas  Natural Resources Information System
• Utah  GIS Portal
• Vermont  Geographic Information System
• Virginia  ITA Geospatial Services
• West Virginia  State GIS Technical Center
• Washington  State Geospatial Clearinghouse
• Wisconsin  Land Information Clearinghouse
• Wyoming  GIS Coordination Center

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

• SwopNet GPS Waypoint DataBank
• Trimble - All About GPS
• Trimble Reference Stations  This list provides information on over 2000 base stations throughout the world.
• USDA Forest Service GPS Page

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Images

• Microsoft TerraServer World Imagery Database
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
• Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure 
• USGS Earth Explorer 
• NASA Visible Earth 

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Additional Sites

• Alexandria  Digital Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
• UNIGIS Resource Centre
• Harvard Map Collection
• MAGIC:  Map and Geographic Information Center
• Maponics
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California at Santa Barbara
• Terra Data  Links to Mapping Related Sites
• Universiteit Utrecht Faculty of Geographical Sciences GLOBIS: Nice Geography Sites
• Universiteit Utrecht Oddens' Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
• University of Arkansas Libraries — Maps and Geographic Information Systems
• University of Virginia Geostat: Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
• US Fish & Wildlife Service — GIS and Spatial Data Home Page
• US Geological Survey Map-It: Form-based Simple Map Generator
• Geospatial One Stop — U.S., Federal, State & Local GIS Data
• The U.S. National Map
• Russian Federation GIS Data — University of Washington Libraries
• Geoscience Australia
• Natural Resources Canada —GeoGratis
• GIS Data Depot
• US Department of the Interior — Bureau of Land Management
• Stanford University Geographic Information Systems
• WebGIS
• University of Virginia Library Digital Resources

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Data

These sites provide data for characterizing populations to be mapped in your public health projects.

Demographic Data

• EUROSTAT: Statistical Office of the European Communities
• FEDSTATS
• FERRET: Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool
• Population Council
• Population Reference Bureau
• United Nations Population Division
• United Nations Statistics Division
• Social Statistics Briefing Room at the White House
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Census State Data Centers
• U.S. Census Bureau International Programs Center
• World Bank Group Development Data

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Health Outcomes Data

• Atlas of US Mortality
• CDC WONDER
• National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
• Pan American Health Organization
• Public Health Laboratory Service — United Kingdom
• Statistical Export and Tabulation System
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data & Statistics
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• US National Center for Health Statistics Data Warehouse
• US National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System
• WISQARS: Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
• World Health Organization

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Environmental and Health Risk Exposure Data

• Ocean Conservancy
• Environmental Measurements Laboratory Databases
• Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
• InfoRAIN: Bioregional Information System for the North American Rainforest Coast
• Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice
• National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
• National Center for Environmental Assessment
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• RAY MINE PILOT STUDY: Advanced Monitoring of Hazardous Waste Sites: Discrimination and Screening of Problem Mine and Extractive Industry Wastes
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Environmental Protection Agency AIRData
• US Fish & WildlifeService Division of Environmental Quality
• US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center

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Geostatistics and Spatial Analysis

• Center for Geographic Information Systems Research, Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture
• Center for Spatial Analysis Technologies (Georgia Tech and USGS)
• Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) Medical Geography, University of Leicester, UK
• Geovariances: The Universe of Geostatistics
• Institut für Geographie Department of Geography Salzburg, Austria
• University of Edinburgh Department of Geography

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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

• American FactFinder, U.S. Bureau of the Census
• Atlas of United States Mortality.  A CDC NCHS Website with downloadable Acrobat (*.pdf) files with various causes of death.  Also, some maps available for online viewing through your browser.
• GATHER Internet Map Servers at CDC, The Geographic Analysis Tool for Health and Environmental Research
• Mortality Atlas of Cancer and Other Causes, Spain 1975-1986
• UCLA John Snow
• WHO Public Health Mapping and GIS Programme
• Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality, CDC Cardiovascular Health Branch and Office for Social Environment and Health Research at West Virginia University

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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.

• CaveTools for ArcView GIS
• Claritas
• Community 2020 HUD Community Planning Software
• CrimeStat
• EpiAnalyst
• Epi Info™, freeware developed at CDC.
• ESRI
• GAEA: Geoscience and Engineering Applications
• Lakes Environmental Software: Air Modeling & Risk Assessment
• MapInfo
• Map Maker Pro Map Processor for Windows
• ResearchAnalyst

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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.

• Applied Geographics, Inc.
• Public Health Research Laboratories
• Scientific Technologies Corporation
• Silent Spring Institute

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