GIS tutorial for health / Kristen S. Kurland, Wilpen L. Gorr.

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GIS Tutorial for Health, fifth edition, teahes GIS and analysis skills to health professionals and students. Using health-care scenarios, the book demonstrates how to process and visualize health data to better manage services and support health-care policy ... [and] includes lessons and exercises o...

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Main Authors: Kurland, Kristen Seamens, 1966- (Author)
Gorr, Wilpen L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Redlands, Calif. : Esri Press, [2014]
Edition:Fifth Edition.
Subjects:
Medical geography > Data processing.
Geographic information systems.
ArcGIS.
Physical Description:x, 449 pages : illustrations ( color), maps ( color) ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Geographic Information Systems tutorial for health.
Format: Book

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505 2 |a Part 1: GIS benefits and map basics: Chapter 1: Introducing GIS and health applications; Chapter 2: Visualizing health data -- Part 2: Preparation of map data: Chapter 3: Designing maps for a health study; Chapter 4: Projecting, downloading, and using spatial data; Chapter 5: Downloading and preparing spatial and tabular data; Chapter 6: Geocoding tabular data -- Part 3: Spatial analysis: Chapter 7: Processing and analyzing spatial data; Chapter 8: Transforming data using approximate methods; Chapter 9: Using ArcGIS spatial analyst for demand estimation -- Part 4: GIS case studies: Chapter 10: Studying food-borne-disease outbreaks; Chapter 11: Forming local chapters of ACHE. 
520 |a GIS Tutorial for Health, fifth edition, teahes GIS and analysis skills to health professionals and students. Using health-care scenarios, the book demonstrates how to process and visualize health data to better manage services and support health-care policy ... [and] includes lessons and exercises on mapping basics, including creating map layers, editing features, and using spatial data. The fifth edition is compatible with ArcGIS® 10.2 for Desktop. Exercise data is available for download. Instructor resources are available separately.- back cover. 
538 |a ArcGIS Desktop 10.2 requires installation of .NET Framework 3.5 SPI and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0. Some tutorials require access to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and an Internet connection. 
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