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CEAH SET Services

CEAH Spatial Epidemiology Team (SET) provides assistance in processing and analyzing geodata for inclusion in spatial analyses, risk analyses, resource planning, disease surveillance, and emergency management. Requests for SET services can be ad hoc, quick-turnaround tasks or long-term, indepth collaborations.

The following represent some of the services provided by CEAH SET:

Technical support

• USDA's Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) enterprise license agreement for GIS software
• USDA Imagery Library

• USDA's Tele Atlas enterprise license agreement for geocoding and transportation data
• APHIS GIS QuickPlace

Program Support

• Caribbean Amblyomma Project - technical advice and support
• Chronic Wasting Disease - maps for national website and other reports
• Developing standards for geospatial data collection, data entry, and retrieval

Training Support

• Geospatial Methods in Epidemiology and Incident Management course
• Geospatial Methods for Non-GIS Specialists
• GPS training materials and user guides

Online Map Request System for VS Management
This on-line system provides a web-based form for VS management to submit requests for basic maps to enhance their daily work. The user lists desired input data and output format specifications. Besides maps, this system offers tabular reports of spatial data, results from spatial analyses, satellite imagery, geocoding services, and related geodata.

Interactive Internet Map Services

Internet-based map services allow APHIS-internal users to interact with spatial data and create customized mapping products. Access via a familiar web browser eliminates the need for specialized GIS knowledge or training. VS' mission is currently supported with two map services: (1) Equine Infectious Anemia Testing 1972 - Present and (2) National Tick Survey. Several more map services are in development. These map services incorporate ESRI's ArcSDE spatial database management product with the ArcIMS map client product.