Virtual globes and geospatial health: the potential of new tools in the management and control of vector-borne diseases

Virtual globes and geospatial health: the potential of new tools in the management and control of vector-borne diseases

The rapidly growing field of three-dimensional software modeling of the Earth holds promise for applications in the geospatial health sciences. Easy-to-use, intuitive virtual globe technologies such as Google Earth™ enable scientists around the world to share their data and research results in a vis...

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Main Authors: Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Christopher F.L. Saarnak, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou, Christopher Simoonga, Gabriel Mushinge, Carsten Rahbek, Flemming Møhlenberg, Thomas K. Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
Subjects:
geospatial health, virtual globes, Google Earth™, geographical information system, vector-borne disease, schistosomiasis, sub-Saharan Africa, CONTRAST.
Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/216

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