Journal Article

·2022 OPEN ACCESS

Geographical information systems and health

Kadir ŞAHBAZ YTU , Abuzer Özkan

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Abstract

GIS is an information system that performs the functions of collecting, storing, analyzing, and presenting graphical and non-graphical data obtained through location-based processes in an integrity. It is a set of hardware, software, personnel, geographic data, and methods developed to assist users in location-based decision-making processes for solving complex social, economic, and environmental problems around the world.

Keywords

Geographic information system Computer science Set (abstract data type) Data science Software Graphical display Information system Data set Data mining Geography Cartography Artificial intelligence Engineering Computer graphics (images)

Subject Areas

Data-Driven Disease Surveillance ·Epidemiology ·Health Sciences

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