EPI 694 --- GIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH

HANDOUTS FOR CLASS #1
• COLOR BREWER IN PRINT: A CATALOG OF COLOR SCHEMES FOR MAP (AVAILABLE ON REQUEST: msz03@albany.edu)
• A TRANSITION IN IMPROVING MAPS: THE COLOR BREWER EXAMPLE (AVAILABLE ON REQUEST: msz03@albany.edu)

LAB #1
• NOTES FOR LAB ASSIGNMENT
• EXAMPLE SAS CODE TO CREATE MAPS
• SAS CODE TO CREATE LABELED COUNTY MAPS
• DEATHS SAS DATA SET (VIEW FROM VITAL_STATS ACCESS FILE)
• GUIDE TO PREVENTION QUALITY INDICATORS
• THE BASICS OF MAP CREATION WITH SAS/GRAPH (PAPER)
• EPI INFO/EPI MAP EXERCISES AT CDC WEB SITE (PDF AND/OR WORD FORMAT)

SOFTWARE
• DOWNLOAD ARC EXPLORER FOR WINDOWS (FROM ESRI WEB SITE)

LINKS
• GIS WEB SITE RESOURCES
• WEB SITES FOR BEGINNING GIS USERS
• CDC-RESOURCES FOR CREATING PUBLIC HEALTH MAPS

REFERENCES
• USING ARC EXPLORER (ON ESRI WEB SITE)