Geographic Information System (GIS) in Public Health
Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) are a potential enabling technolo-gy used in public health. With the precise geo-graphic location of the incident these technolo-gies are potentially useful for infectious dis-ease surveillance and control of vector borne diseases. GIS...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://jcbsonline.ac.in/articles/geographic-information-system-gis-in-public-health |
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| Summary: | Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) are a potential enabling technolo-gy used in public health. With the precise geo-graphic location of the incident these technolo-gies are potentially useful for infectious dis-ease surveillance and control of vector borne diseases. GIS is a computer system for captur-ing and displaying data related to positions on earth’s surface. Since many different kinds of data are shown on a map one can analyze their patterns and relationships |
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| ISSN: | 2231-4180 2319-2453 |