GIS Tutorial for Health: Third Edition - Softcover

In its third edition, "GIS Tutorial for Health" is fully revised and updated for ArcGIS 9.3 software compatibility. To better support skill building and development, this workbook features extended introductions to 11 tutorials addressing significant issues of health care and policy planning. Additionally, "GIS Tutorial for Health, Third Edition", contains a new tutorial that utilizes the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension to estimate the demand for automated defibrillators in public places. Complete with an ArcGIS ArcView 180-day trial DVD and a CD containing new data, this step-by-step tutorial is a valuable resource for the classroom, as well as the individual user.

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, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and researches GIS applications. Kristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and School of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D Visualization, and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM).