GIS Tutorial for Health: Third Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589482247 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorKristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Shool of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D visualization, and computer aided facilities management (CAFM).
To better support skill-building and development, this workbook features extended introductions to eleven tutorials addressing significant health care and policy-planning issues. Complete with a new tutorial that utilizes the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension, a 180-day trial DVD of ArcView 9.3, and a data CD to complete the exercises, this step-by-step tutorial is a valuable resource for the classroom, as well as the individual user.. In its third edition, GIS Tutorial for Health is fully-revised and updated for ArcGIS 9.3 software compatibility
Epiman said a very good introduction. This book is a workbook that guides the user through the functionality of Arcgis. The examples are clear. The only thing that I suggest is that in order to use this workbook for a course, there should be some time devoted by the instructor to lecturing about other aspects of GIS.. The combination makes it a top pick for college-level health profession GIS course assignments. College-level collections strong in GIS mapping and health will want GIS Tutorial for Health: one of the few texts to apply GIS software to health profession research and objectives. Health care policy and planning within the GIS system leads students to design maps to investigate and analyze patterns of health, injuries, environmental hazards and more. The workbook helps students learn and maintain GIS software skills with specific application for the health sciences, going beyond your usual GIS f. A Useful Tutorial for those New to the Subject and ArcGIS Software Mark R. Jorgensen To those of us who buy and use ESRI Press books Kurland and Gorr are a familiar duo of authors. This book follows the template for other such tutorials on various subjects. I have worked through some of the other books and find that this one follows the same pattern. It has abundant step-by-step instructions and screen shots which will be helpful to those new to mapping and the ArcGIS software. The more advanced users will also find good ideas for their own health-related projects and maps.The othe
Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Shool of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D visualization, and computer aided facilities management (CAFM).. Kristen S