TY - JOUR
T1 - Using google earth as an innovative tool for community mapping
AU - Lefer, Theodore B.
AU - Anderson, Matthew R.
AU - Fornari, Alice
AU - Lambert, Anastasia
AU - Fletcher, Jason
AU - Baquero, Maria
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - 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 of food and exercise sources around a residency training clinic and a student-run free clinic, using Google Earth to create maps with minimal assistance. Locations were identified using street addresses or simply by pointing to them on a map. Maps can be shared via e-mail, viewed online with Google Earth or Google Maps, and the data can be incorporated into other mapping software.
AB - 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 of food and exercise sources around a residency training clinic and a student-run free clinic, using Google Earth to create maps with minimal assistance. Locations were identified using street addresses or simply by pointing to them on a map. Maps can be shared via e-mail, viewed online with Google Earth or Google Maps, and the data can be incorporated into other mapping software.
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U2 - 10.1177/003335490812300408
DO - 10.1177/003335490812300408
M3 - Article
C2 - 18763409
AN - SCOPUS:53049092971
SN - 0033-3549
VL - 123
SP - 474
EP - 480
JO - Public Health Reports
JF - Public Health Reports
IS - 4
ER -