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The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

On August 28, 1854, working-class Londoner Sarah Lewis tossed a bucket of soiled water into the cesspool of her squalid apartment building and triggered the deadliest outbreak of cholera in the...More

Crime Mapping Case Studies: Practice and Research

Crime Mapping Case Studies: From Research to Practice provides a series of key examples from practice and research that demonstrate applications of crime mapping and its effect in many areas of...More

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby...More

Geographic Information Systems and Public Health: Eliminating Perinatal Disparity (Hardcover)

This book is designed to introduce a community health group to the potential of using a geographic information system to improve birth outcomes. The book is aimed at novice to intermediate level...More

Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine

A comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease, this look at medical mapping advances a radical argument that maps are not merely...More

GIS and Public Health

This clearly written text provides a comprehensive introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in analyzing and addressing public health problems. The book lays a solid...More

Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook

A hands-on manual for helping communities face the threat of large-scale disasters, wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and terrorist incidents.

Geographic Information Systems & Health Applications

The book consists of the following topical sections, chosen for their timeliness and relevance to the field:

Health Disparities & Community Health Issues
Infectious Disease & International...More

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Seven Principles for Creating a Successful GIS Internship Program

In an economy where job openings remain limited and new, unemployed college graduates are piling up, the prospect of bringing on qualified, low-to-no-cost intern labor has never been better. Matt Lamborn of Pacific Geodata provides seven tips for companies who need qualified labor but who are on a tight budget.