Updated for ArcGIS® 10.2 for Desktop , GIS Tutorial for Health, Fifth Edition supports GIS skill-building with exercises focusing on significant health care and health policy issues. From map basics to spatial analysis, this step-by-step workbook shows health professionals and students how to use ArcGIS software to analyze and manage health data. Exercise data can be downloaded. Instructor resources are available separately.
Preface Acknowledgments 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 Appendix A Task index Appendix B Data source credits Appendix C Data license agreement
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