In what way does ESRI respond to public health? I am at a loss - I have seen
their presentations, etc but not ONE deals with anything that has anything
to do with public health (surveillance, assessment, program evaluation) .
Perhaps I am wrong, show me the way.
Dick Hoskins
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GIS uses in public health summer course:
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Lackow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Marjorie Roswell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: MI AND AV in the same office?
> Margie, we linked to your public health GIS site from ours at
> http://www.rpmconsulting.com/PublicHealth.html
>
> As for the map server question, ArcIMS is the latest and greatest, but if
> all the geodata are in MapInfo format and I was used to the MapInfo
> programming environment I might stick with that.
>
> As for ESRI out-doing MapInfo on marketing, I think ESRI simply
understands
> the needs of the educational user better and addresses them better. There
> are also other segments where ESRI excels (e.g. public health, government,
> transportation). But though my firm works predominantly with ESRI
products,
> I've always felt MapInfo had far superior marketing to business users,
and
> that ArcView is still not as productive as MapInfo or Atlas GIS for
business
> use. But this is changing.
>
> To me, it's all good. It would be nice if we had one GIS format already,
> though -- or if at least the major products were all thoroughly
> interoperable on format. Atlas 4.0 is actually closest to this, as it can
> import and export MIF, SHP, BNA and AGF.
>
> -- Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marjorie Roswell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Portolan Geomatics Inc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: MI AND AV in the same office?
>
>
> > On Wed, 3 May 2000, Portolan Geomatics Inc wrote:
> >
> > > Hello listers, hope I won't offend the hardcore MI users here...anyone
> > > seen Ms. Roswell lately? :)
> >
> >
> > Yikes. I am missed. Cool.
> >
> > Some things I've been thinking about lately, while not managing to
> > correspond with mapinfo-l:
> >
> > - Whether to ask MapInfo for a copy of MapXtreme, or ESRI for a copy of
> > ArcIMS, or MapOjectsIMS. I intend to create a non-profit web site of
> > bicycle routes. I was already turned down by DeLorme. They have a
> > speedy-gonzales Eartha web mapping product, but apparently they use such
> > optimized data (like RouteIMS) that you can't import custom data.
> >
> > I want whichever solution is easier for the programmer to implement, and
> > whichever is faster, in that order of priority, I guess, but both would
be
> > nice.
> >
> > Which is a better product?
> >
> > - I'm planning to use Flash with MAPublisher and Illustrator to
implement
> > some web mapping. I was very impressed by the Baltimore Sun's look at
> > Handgun legislation. Click on the United States graphic on the
right-hand
> > lower side of http://www.sunspot.net/news/special/guns/
> >
> > I think this is beautifully implemented, and faster, and more responsive
> > than ANY GIS-on-the-web solution I've ever seen before. I intend to
create
> > an animation of the spread of Lyme Disease.
> >
> > - A couple of months ago I created http://hello.to/healthgeo, a web site
> > of links devoted to Health Geographics
> >
> > Well, that's what's up with me on the mapping, and maps-on-the-web
front.
> > Thanks for noticing my "absence."
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Margie "Still-a-MapInfo-User-after-all-these-years" Roswell
> >
> >
> > P.S. My campus has a site license for ESRI products. I do feel a tidal
> > wave push in that direction, especially because of effective marketing
by
> > ESRI. I mean, at the local GIS conference last week, I was carrying a
bag
> > with ESRI's name on it. MapInfo should, indeed, take a few tips from
ESRI,
> > on both user-interface, and marketing fronts.
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Marjorie Roswell, Spatial Analyst
> > UMBC Center for Health Program Development and Management
> > 1000 Hilltop Circle Fx: (410)455-6850
> > Baltimore, MD 21250 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Ph: (410)455-6802 http://umbc.edu/~roswell/mipage.html
> > _________________________________________________________
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