Generation of environmental information for public health applications using GRASS GIS

This paper describes the chain of data acquisition and procedures implemented in order to develop value-added products, in raster and vector formats, and its incorporation into the Web-GIS system for the epidemiological management of Chagas desease. The operational implementation is detailed using o...

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Published in2017 XVII Workshop on Information Processing and Control (RPIC) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Hoyos, Diana Marcela Brito, Scavuzzo, Carlos Marcelo, Provensal, Maria Cecilia, Lanfri, Mario Alberto
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Comisión Permanente RPIC 01.09.2017
Subjects
Biology
Chagas
Data acquisition
Geographic information systems
Geoserver
GRASS-GIS
landscape epidemiology
MODIS
Public healthcare
Software
Visualization
Web-GIS
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Summary:This paper describes the chain of data acquisition and procedures implemented in order to develop value-added products, in raster and vector formats, and its incorporation into the Web-GIS system for the epidemiological management of Chagas desease. The operational implementation is detailed using open source technologies such as GRASS-GIS. Thus, the steps required to incorporate environmental layers with biological significance for the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi into the system are detailed. This work attemp to be a technological advance in the area of landscape epidemiology, its main objective is to share the methods used in this study, so that they can be adjusted in similar developments, both in public health and in other applications.
DOI:10.23919/RPIC.2017.8214336