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Geographic Information Systems
Natalie StewartPublic Health Information Analyst
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Contents• What is MapInfo?• Historical Context• Geocoding• Thematic• Grid Mapping• How can the use of GIS inform policy & practice?• Limitations• Childhood Obesity• Questions?
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What is MapInfo?*MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software product and is used for mapping and location analytics. MapInfo allows users to visualise, analyse, edit, interpret, understand and output data to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends. MapInfo allows users to explore spatial data within a dataset, symbolize features, and create maps.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapInfo_Professional
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Dr John Snow’s Cholera Map
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Geocoded Maps
Map showing the location of all schools in Birmingham.
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Thematic Maps
Map showing deprivation levels in Birmingham on an LSOA basis.
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Grid Maps
Map shows counts of road traffic accidents by location in children aged 0-15 over a 4 year period (2008-12).
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How can the use of GIS inform policy & practice?• Research Tools and Planning
– Constructing mathematical models– Service planning and optimisation– Making predictions
• Spatial Decision Support Systems– Infrastructure – roads, towns, services– Census – population statistics– Medical resource (hospitals, clinics, available beds)
• Emergency Response Systems– disease registers systems
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Limitations of mapping• Stacking• Requires full postcodes• Expensive software– Licenses
• Training• Procuring geographic layers– PSMA
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Childhood Obesity
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Questions/ comments?
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Natalie StewartPublic [email protected] 0121 303 4808