Using Google Earth as an Innovative Tool for Community Mapping
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Using Google Earth as an innovative tool for community mapping.
Maps are used to track diseases and illustrate the social context of health problems. However, commercial mapping software requires special training. This article illustrates how nonspecialists used Google Earth, a free program, to create community maps. The Bronx, New York, is characterized by high levels of obesity and diabetes. Residents and medical students measured the variety and quality ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300408