RE: [Maptitude] usefulness of old version of Maptitude (4.2)

[Hoskins, Richard E.]

I hope you will upgrade to 4.7. There is significant 
additional capability that I would imagine you can use. I use Maptitude as my 
main GIS here at the WA State department of health. I also have ArcGIS and 
Mapinfo but I find Maptitude to be a better prduct throughout. I do not recomend 
getting a "lite" GIS as you will quickly run out of capability in a hurry. 

 
Also I teach a summer course in Maptitude and its uses in 
public heath every year for the NW Center of Public Health 
Practice
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/edu/si/gis.html  
for a past course   See http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/edu/si/index.html#courses for 
the whole summer institute.   I do not think they have this years 
courses yet on the web. But it is pretty much the same every year. Although the 
Institute is bioterrorism, etc based my GIS course is not. BT is a subset of 
needed GIS skills. We do better than that in my course. We do a total imersion 
for a week and usually most folks come out of it with an intermediatre level of 
skill.  In the past the course is $1300 which includes a copy of Maptitude. 

 

Richard E. Hoskins PhD MPHSpatial 
Epidemiology UnitOffice of the Assistant SecretaryEpidemiology, Health 
Statistics &Public Health Labs
WA State Dept of 
HealthGeographic location: 
Town Center 1101 Israel Road SE 
Tumwater, WA  98501-6535
Mailing 
address: 
PO Box 7812 
Olympia, WA 98504-7812(360) 
236-4270 voice(360) 236-4245 fax[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
Northwest Center for Public 
HealthPractice 2004 Summer Institute
 
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/niphp/
 


From: kdoagdugger 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 
2005 2:01 PMTo: Maptitude@yahoogroups.comSubject: 
[Maptitude] usefulness of old version of Maptitude (4.2)
Our agency has one copy of Maptitude 4.2 with which one staff 
member has limited knowledge. We need to develop a better GIS capability. 
Considering that we are a cash strapped state agency, should we stick 
with 4.2 or jump to the current version?Also considering that we do 
not need a full blown GIS capability and cannot afford to wait months to 
climb the learning curve, should we be considering some kind of GIS lite 
software instead?Lost in Kansas







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