Event Detail
GIS 3.0: Geospatial Intelligence, Social Data, and the Future of Public Health Preparedness and Response |
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| Industries | Public Health,Geocoding,Business GIS,Applied Geography & Spatial Sciences,Geographic Data,GIS Software Products,Topographic/Elevation Data,Homeland Security,Internet/Web Mapping/Web Services,Interoperability and Data Integration,Open Source GIS,Disaster Management & Response,Geospatial Technology,Location Intelligence,Geospatial Techology Sector-Sizing, Valuation and Economic Impact,Cloud Computing |
| Dates | November 16, 2009 |
| Location |
Low Library Rotunda, Columbia University, 535 West 116th Street New York NYUSA |
| Sponsor | National Center for Disaster Preparedness |
| URL | Click Here |
| ncdp@columbia.edu | |
| Phone | 646-845-2300 |
| Description | |
| GIS 1.0 may be characterized as the development of the technological backbone for mapping. GIS 2.0 incorporates user interactions directly into these mapping platforms. This conference will explore GIS 3.0, in which a great range of social and geographic data can be employed in novel ways. Public health agencies make decisions that have far reaching consequences, and geography affects these decisions on a daily basis. Geographic information systems (GIS) are powerful digital tools that can enable staff to visualize spatial information in new ways, so that they can become better problem solvers, particularly in the areas of disaster preparedness and response. Sessions will focus on (1) the emerging uses of geospatial intelligence and social data (2) frontiers of public health GIS practice with technologies being used or developed for public health preparedness and response, and (3) a capstone session which ties together these conceptual and technical themes. This one-day conference will be held at Columbia University's historic Low Library Rotunda. Registration is free. This conference is supported by the CDC's Center for Public Health Preparedness grant to Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness. | |
