Gis Tutorial for Health - Couverture souple

Kurland, Kristen S.; Gorr, Wilpen L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1589481798 ISBN 13 : 9781589481794

Editeur : Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

"GIS Tutorial for Health, Second Edition" is an introduction to designing maps that will help students investigate patters of uninsured and poor populations, prepare spatial data to analyze environmental hazards, analyze youth pedestrian injuries, and much more. Kurland and Gorr help students learn and maintain new software skills while encouraging analytical thought and problem solving. Each chapter begins with a health issue or problem with a spatial component. Step-by-step tutorials show students how to solve the problem using ArcGIS 9.2 software. 'Your turn' exercises are designed specifically to benefit health management students and practitioners, computer specialists in the health field, and health-care managers and researchers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In its third edition, ""GIS Tutorial for Health"" is fully-revised and updated for ArcGIS 9.3 software compatibility. To better support skill-building and development, this workbook features extended introductions to eleven tutorials addressing significant issues of health care and policy-planning. Additionally, ""GIS Tutorial for Health, Third Edition"" contains a new tutorial that utilizes the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension to estimate the demand for automated defibrillators in public places. Complete with an ArcGIS, ArcView level trial DVD, and a CD containing new data, this step-by-step tutorial is a valuable resource for the classroom, as well as the individual user.

Biographie de l'auteur

Wilpen L. Gorr is a professor of public policy and management information systems at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and researches GIS applications. Kristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and School of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D Visualization, and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1589481798
• ISBN 13: 9781589481794
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible