Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html This summer I am offering a week long course at the University of Washington through the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, 8am-5pm June 11-15th on using GIS in Public Health. There will be a lot on GIS, but even more on public health. Check out http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/ the link to check is "Summer Institute 2001." and then "Geographic Information Systems." Includes a fully functional version of Maptitude (www.caliper.com) You can be a beginner or further along. Its a good idea to have had an epidemiology course and a statistics course as this year I will be teaching some basic spatial statistics and some spatial modeling. Last year we did two three day sessions accommodating a total of ~45 students. This year I will offer only 1 session but it will run for 5 days so that a greater depth of material can be covered at a higher level for a class size of about 20. We will use Maptitude (www.caliper.com ) as the GIS software. Easy to use and with functions we need for this course that other packages do not have. If you have to use other software when you go home, you will find the transition pretty easy. I have not developed a detailed syllabus yet but topics will include: A through introduction to using the GIS software, but more importantly - to public health GIS - you will be at an intermediate level when you leave. Using GIS files from other packages (a snap in Maptitude), map projections (even easier), Thematic mapping, building your own layers from vital statistics data or disease registries, using census data, Geocoding using street files and using GPS data, building a GIS database, SQL and spatial queries, making pretty maps to please your boss and yourself, finding and using free GIS data, descriptive spatial statistics using SPLUS, CrimeStat. Cluster investigations, spatial scan statistics, spatial regression modeling, spatial autocorrelation, profiling neighborhoods around toxic waste sites (environmental equity), empirical Bayesian smoothing, small area studies, web mapping. I am open to additional topics. Send me a note. You can bring your own data. If you are interested in coming, please let me know what you are looking for. For issues concerning cost, logistics, housing, contact: Crystal Tetrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northwest Center for Public Health Practice University of Washington Box 354809 Seattle, WA 98195-4809 206-685-2147 For issues concerning the content or to make suggestions about the content contact me (I am away until April 9 - but the mailbox is open) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course since you are going to be very busy I won't tell you about the incredible venue - sea, mountains, great food, world class music (rock and classical), so forth. I suggest you tack on a few days on the end. Richard E. Hoskins, PhD MPH WA State Public Health Geographer & Senior Epidemiologist Office of the Assistant Secretary Epidemiology, Public Health Labs and Health Statistics WA State Department of Health 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 tel: (360) 236 - 4270 fax: (360) 236 - 4245 ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
