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Activity Number:
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218
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Graphics
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| Abstract - #300231 |
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Title:
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Web-Based Geovisualization and Geocollaboration: Applications to Public Health
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Author(s):
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Alan M. MacEachren and Anthony Robinson and Robert Roth*+ and Etien Koua and Eugene J. Lengerich
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Companies:
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The Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Agency and The Pennsylvania State University
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Address:
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GeoVISTA Center, Dept. of Geography, University Park, PA, 16802,
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Keywords:
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geovisualization ; geocollaboration ; statistical graphics ; Web 2.0 ; public health ; epidemiology
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Abstract:
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This paper describes the design and implementation of three web-based geovisualization and geocollaboration applications developed for the domain of public health. Each was implemented using Web 2.0 architecture. First, the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas is a web-based geovisualization tool for the exploration of county-level cancer incidence rates using multiple interactive and live-linked statistical representations. Second, the Health GeoJunction is a web-based geovisualization and geocollaboration tool for geographic, temporal, and attribute filtering of articles from the PubMed medical research database. Finally, the Geo-Explication Web Portal is a web-based geocollaboration tool for the annotation and dissemination of geovisualization tools, training materials, and analysis artifacts collected from the application of geovisualization tools and techniques.
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