This document provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) used at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. It discusses the GIS stack including the National Outreach Mapping Center and its users. It covers analytical uses of GIS including clustering, regression, and visualization techniques. The document concludes with recommendations for trends in GIS and why mapping is important.
2. • GIS
• What, When, How, Where
• GIS Stack
• National Outreach Mapping Center
• Users, Constraints, Research, Choices, Data
• People, Languages, Types
• Analytical
• What, Where, What + Where
• Cluster, Regression
• Visual
• Cartography
• Other Prototypes
• GeoQuiz
• Post Upgrade
• Services, Servers, Mashup, Reprojection, Big GeoData, Accessibility
• GIS Stack
• Demonstration
• Conclusion
• Trends, Recommendations, Why Map, Take-Away
Agenda
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3. GIS What
Geographic Information System
• Used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information. - NOAA
• Lets us visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data to reveal relationships, patterns, and
trends. - ESRI
• For capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface. - National
Geographic
• Not just points on Google Maps. – Nearly Everyone
IT
GIS
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8. GIS Stack NOMC
National Outreach Mapping Center
• To provide tools to identify, track, and map the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine outreach.
• To enhance NLM’s ability to equitably distribute its services and resources.
HHS Environmental Justice Strategy
2012: III – 1
NLM Health Disparities Strategic Plan & Budget
FY09 - FY13: 3.1.2 - 2
go.usa.gov/ByZw go.usa.gov/ByZe
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9. GIS Stack NOMC Users
University and Government Users
8 Regional Medical Libraries
creighton.edu
iupui.edu
kumc.edu
nyu.edu
tmc.edu
ucla.edu
uic.edu
umassmed.edu
umh.edu
unmc.edu
utah.edu
uwyo.edu
washington.edu
nih.gov
$ cat access*log | egrep "/2009|/2010|/2011|/2012/2013" | grep "/nomc/" | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | nslookup | grep "name" | sort -u
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10. GIS Stack NOMC Constraints
Password Protected
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11. GIS Stack NOMC Constraints
Password Protected
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13. GIS Stack NOMC Research
Requirement Weight: 3 = Required, 2 = Good to Have, 1 = Not Required
Point Range: 0 - 5
Requirements and Comparison Matrix
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23. Analytical What
From MedlinePlus
Health Topics
From
QR
Service
From
Vivisimo
SQLite
Search
Logs
To NLM
Main Web
Top 100 User Search Terms
daily
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24. Analytical Where
From Webtrends
Apache Logs
Over 2 Million Page Views
From
Graph Service
daily
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25. Analytical What + Where From Webtrends
Apache Referral Logs
Top 20 User Search Terms
for
Top 20 Cities
daily
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33. By Per Capita
(Funding)
By Average
(Funding)
By Total
(Project)
By Total
(Funding)
Visual Cartography
Outreach Projects, FY11 - 13
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34. Visual Cartography
Texas
Washington
California
Illinois
New
York
Utah
Cartogram
By Total (Funding) Outreach Projects, FY11 - 13
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35. Visual Other Prototypes
3D Model 3D Hologram
Zebra Imaging
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36. Visual Other Prototypes
Intro App
for
Windows 8
and
iPad
(HTML5)
Reading Room Kiosk
for the
Touch Screen
(Flash)
Health Topics
Browser
for the
Touch Screen
(Flash)
Video Search
for the
iPad
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45. Google Maps/Google Earth
APIs Terms of Service
8.3 Content License.
9. License Requirements.
9.1 Free, Public Accessibility to
Your Maps API Implementation.
9.1.1 General Rules.
(b) Public Access (No Firewall).
Post Upgrade Mapping Mashup
If mapping mashup,
• Get approval.
• Use maps API (on private public
website to avoid violation).
If WMS/WFS,
• Get approval.
• Create data API.
• Use GIS Stack API.
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48. “..access to and use of information and data,
comparable to that of the employees and
members of the public without disabilities–unless
it is an undue burden to do so.”
access-board.gov/508.htm
Post Upgrade Accessibility
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49. Mobile
Full Text Search
WMS, WFS
Server, Client
(GML, GeoJSON)
Post Upgrade GIS Stack
OpenLayers,
Leaflet
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50. Post Upgrade Demonstration
NOMC DHMC
CT
HMFAC
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