Health Geomatics

• Part 1: Introduction - Setting the Scene: From Health Geographics to Health Geomatics
  • 1.1 Medical Geography and Geography of Disease
  • 1.2 Location in the Context of Health and Healthcare: Scope and Impact
  • 1.3 Geomatics: An Enabling Technology in Health and Healthcare
• Part 2: GIS Fundamentals
  • 2.1 Geomatics and GIS: Definitions and Scope
  • 2.2 Spatial Data Concepts and Issues
  • 2.3 Spatial Analysis and GIS Functions
  • 2.4 Types of GIS
  • 2.5 Maps and GIS for Information Visualisation: The Art and Science of Cartography
• Part 3: GIS-Related Technologies and Information Systems
  • 3.1 Overview of GIS-Related Technologies and Information Systems; DBMS and CAD
  • 3.2 Remote Sensing (RS)
  • 3.3 The Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Part 4: Some Applications of Geomatics in the Health Sector
  • 4.1 Overview of GIS for Health Organisations
  • 4.2 WHO HealthMap
  • 4.3 A Geographic Information System for Leprosy Elimination (WHO LEP)
  • 4.4 MARA/ARMA (Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa / Atlas du Risque de la Malaria en Afrique)
  • 4.5 GIS in Public Health (Chicago School of Public Health)
  • 4.6 GIS Brings Physicians and Patients Together (Avenir)
  • 4.7 The Field Medical Surveillance System (FMSS)
  • 4.8 Mapping to the Human Body (BodyViewer)
  • 4.9 The GIS for the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (HealthGIS-LIBCSP)
  • 4.10 The Maryland Electronic Reporting and Surveillance System (MERSS)
  • 4.11 GIS in the NHS; SAHSU; The UK Public Health Observatories
  • 4.12 The West Midlands Health GIS Service
  • 4.13 London Ambulance Service GIS Experience
  • 4.14 More Applications of Geographic Information Systems in the Health Sector
• Resources: Locally Cached Documents, Tutorials, Videos, Software and Other Resources
• References - Textbooks, Additional Web Links and Online Journals
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