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GIS Tutorial for Health

Kurland, Kristen S.; Gorr, Wilpen L.

 
9781589481480: GIS Tutorial for Health

Synopsis

A textbook for teaching GIS to healthcare professionals, this book imbeds learning GIS software in the context of carrying out cases for visualizing and analyzing health-related data. Students are shown a hands-on approach that simulates how a GIS project would be developed in the real world. Exercises included throughout set the student loose on real data with a tangible, clearly-defined end product as the goal. A companion CD includes additional exercises for each tutorial chapter and integrated cases that cut across chapters.

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About the Author

Kristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at the H. John Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture. Her focus at includes GIS, computer aided design, 3D visualization, and Computer Aided Facilities Management. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches GIS and information technology. He is the founder of the Heinz School's InfoLink program for inner city high school students, a summer program based on GIS and computer aided design. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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9781589482241: GIS Tutorial for Health: Third Edition

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ISBN 10:  1589482247 ISBN 13:  9781589482241
Publisher: ESRI Press, 2009
Softcover