The Need for Open Geographical Information Systems in Medicine

H.-J. Appelrath; J. Friebe; M. Grawunder; I. Wellmann

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1634466

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2001; 40(02): 69-73
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634466

Original Article

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The Need for Open Geographical Information Systems in Medicine

Authors

H.-J. Appelrath

¹OFFIS Oldenburg, Germany
J. Friebe

¹OFFIS Oldenburg, Germany
M. Grawunder

¹OFFIS Oldenburg, Germany
I. Wellmann

¹OFFIS Oldenburg, Germany

Abstract

This paper presents a promising approach of using component-oriented geographical information systems (GIS) to facilitate improved medical and ecological applications. The integration of administrative geographical and medical data (map overlay) allows sophisticated and advanced analysis. This can serve as a basis to detect undiscovered relationships. We hope to increase the usage of geographical information by the creation of a general framework. This approach is mainly supported by two advances in recent years. Geographical data (e.g. administrative areas) is up-to-date, consistent and covers Germany completely. In addition, enormous technological improvements in the area of high-bandwidth networks and component-based software development have been made. These advances allowed to define our general framework for the integration of GIS functions into existing and already accepted applications.

Keywords

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) - Medical Studies - Framework - Component Ware

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