RE: Mapping / GIS Applications
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- Subject: [mg47903] RE: [mg47866] Mapping / GIS Applications
- From: "Hobbs, Sylvia (DPH)" <Sylvia.Hobbs at state.ma.us>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:39:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In response to Eric's question on GIS applications for Mathematica, you can automate a raw data query to calculate disease rate maps and environmental toxin exposure rate maps by linking query to the background embedded data table of ESRI's Arcview Shapefile or a Mapinfo's interchange format (Mif/Mid file) of interest (environmental footprints, census entities, municipal boundaries, etc.). After linking data, you can proceed to use Mathematica as the front end for spatial analysis using Monte Carlo simulations to create mapped gradients statistical significance. For those of you in the United States Boston Area, just a quick reminder that the New England GIS Conference will be held on May 11th and 12th. See www.negis.org. Sylvia Hobbs Director of Research and Evaluation Massachusetts Department of Public Health 2 Boylston Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02116