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  	(4,'  Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program  ','news-article','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/sharp_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology logo\" title=\"Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology logo\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=4:news-article&amp;catid=4:news&amp;Itemid=6\"> Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">$60 Million Awarded for the SHARP Program</p>\r\n<p>The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology  (ONC) has awarded $60 million in cooperative agreements for the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program. The SHARP program seeks to support improvements in the quality, safety, and  efficiency of healthcare, through advanced information  technology. The research projects supported by the SHARP program will focus on solving  current and expected future challenges that represent barriers to adoption and  meaningful use of health IT. These projects will focus on areas where \"breakthrough\" advances are needed to realize the full potential of health  IT.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Each awardee in the SHARP Program will implement a focused research project in one of the following four areas where breakthrough advances are needed to address barriers to the adoption of health IT to meet the goal of making electronic health records (EHRs) available for all Americans by 2014.</p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum33\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Security of Health Information Technology: This research area addresses the challenges of developing security and risk mitigation policies and the technologies necessary to build and preserve the public trust as health IT systems become ubiquitous. <br /><em>Awardee: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (#10510624) </em></li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Patient-Centered Cognitive Support: This research area addresses the challenge of harnessing the power of health IT to integrate with, enhance, and support clinicians‚Äô reasoning and decision-making, rather than forcing them into a mode of thinking that is natural to machines but not to people. <br /><em>Awardee: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (#10510592)</em></li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Healthcare Application and Network Platform Architectures: This research area focuses on the development of new and improved architectures that are necessary to achieve electronic exchange and use of health information in a secure, private, and accurate manner. <br /><em>Awardee: Harvard University (#10510924)</em></li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Secondary Use of EHR Data: This research area focuses on strategies to make use of data that will be stored in EHRs for improving the overall quality of health care, while maintaining privacy and security of the data. <br /><em>Awardee: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (#10510949)</em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p><br /><br />Projects will be guided by a two-part mission:</p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum33\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Implementing a collaborative, interdisciplinary program of research addressing short- and long-term challenges in their respective focus area;</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Developing and implementing a cooperative program between health IT stakeholders, researchers, industry, health care providers, and others, to transition the research findings into practice.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p><br />All results of research will be transitioned into practice as soon as possible. Projects will develop technology solutions in their selected area of research and make information solutions available to the health IT market, in addition to making research results available through publication.</p>\r\n<p><br />Each cooperative agreement has a four-year project period. Progress of each project will be evaluated regularly. Additional information is available at <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://HealthIT.HHS.Gov/Programs/SHARP\" target=\"_blank\">http://HealthIT.HHS.Gov/Programs/SHARP</a></p>\r\n<p> </p>',1,2,0,4,'2010-11-30 20:39:38',62,'','2011-05-10 14:56:51',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-30 20:39:38','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',31,0,4,'','',0,114,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(5,'  ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform  ','-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/atsdr_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ATSDR icon\" title=\"ATSDR icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5:-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/15/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Toxic Substance Quick Reference Guides for the iPhone</p>\r\n<p>The ATSDR ToxGuides<sup>TM</sup> are quick reference guides providing information such as chemical and physical properties, sources of exposure, routes of exposure, minimal risk levels, children\'s health, and health effects. The ToxGuides also discuss how the substance might interact in the environment. The ToxGuides were developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine. Information is excerpted from the corresponding toxicological profiles.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Currently ToxGuides are available in both the standard HTML or PDF format, and can be found at: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/index.asp</a>. This project examined the preliminary design and layout of a prototype ToxGuide as an app for the Apple iPhone.</p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_1screen.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_1thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_2screen.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_2thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" /></a><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_3screen.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ATSDR_3thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">ToxGuides on CDC.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,1,'2010-07-06 01:19:00',62,'','2011-12-01 17:20:16',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 14:19:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',40,0,6,'','',0,156,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(6,'WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform','wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/wisquars_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WISQARS icon\" title=\"WISQARS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6:wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\"> WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/29/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Easy to understand, catchy tagline</p>\r\n<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip aute irure dolornostrud exercitation.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris  nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in  reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum. Ut enim ad minim veniam,  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip aute irure  dolornostrud exercitation.</p>\r\n<p><br />Duis aute irure dolor in   reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum. Ut enim ad minim veniam,   quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip aute irure   dolornostrud exercitation. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris  nisi  ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>\r\n<p class=\"lead\"><br /><br />View screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below:</p>\r\n<p class=\"lead\"><img src=\"images/stories/thumbnails_template.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Screenshots\" title=\"Screenshots\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project Resources icon\" title=\"Project Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> Project Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"#\">Sample Resource 1 PDF</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"#\">Sample Resource 2</a></li>\r\n</ul>',0,1,0,1,'2010-12-08 15:01:37',62,'','2011-01-20 22:17:59',62,62,'2011-05-23 15:58:57','2010-12-08 15:01:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',103,0,11,'','',0,305,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(7,'Android Inventor','android-inventor','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/app_inventor_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Android Inventor icon\" title=\"Android Inventor icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=7:android-inventor&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\"> Android Inventor</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Structured Evaluation | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/26/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Mobile | <strong>Version:</strong> Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Create Android Applications Easily</p>\r\n<p>One of the challenges in creating mobile applications for public health  consumers is learning the specific programming languages and conventions  associated with each platform. For example, in order to develop for the iPhone a  developer needs to learn <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Introduction/introObjectiveC.html\" target=\"_blank\">Objective-C</a> and install the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/whats-new.html\" target=\"_blank\">XCode</a> integrated  development environment on a Mac OS X computer.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Google has created a tool called <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Android App Inventor</a> that is targeted towards non-programmers and uses a visual approach to creating mobile platforms for smartphones and other Android devices. App Inventor allows non-programmers to drag and drop lego-block style components and compose them into a useful application that is targeted for mobile devices.</p>\r\n<p><br />We will evaluate this tool to determine how helpful it may be to public health programs and organizations to allow for routine and emergency response mobile applications to be developed for such purposes as in the field surveillance, information dissemination, ad hoc communication and other potential uses.</p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\"> (view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/structured_evaluations/android1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Android Inventor Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/structured_evaluations/android1_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Android Inventor  Screenshot\" title=\"Android Inventor Screenshot\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/structured_evaluations/android2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Android Inventor Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/structured_evaluations/android2_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Android Inventor Screenshot\" title=\"Android Inventor Screenshot\" align=\"top\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADwPLSFeY8&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">Google\'s App Inventor Demo YouTube Video</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:07:20',62,'','2011-05-23 15:35:06',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:07:20','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',24,0,8,'','',0,108,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(8,'  Open Source Data Mining Tools  ','-open-source-data-mining-tools-','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/data_mining_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"data mining icon\" title=\"data mining icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=8:-open-source-data-mining-tools-&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\"> Open Source Data Mining Tools</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Structured Evaluation | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 6/01/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version:</strong> Final</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Data Mining Tools for the Public Health Community</p>\r\n<p>This evaluation focused on the evaluation of general purpose open source data  mining software product for the public health community. Data mining tools  which were developed for a specific domain (e.g. text mining, image mining,  microarray data mining, etc.) were not included in this evaluation.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />The data mining software products in this evaluation include: RapidMiner, Weka, Orange, Rattle, and Knime.</p>\r\n<p><br /><strong>Weka</strong> has been selected to undergo agency approval process.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Note</strong>: This evaluation was performed, prior to the development of the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=67:-epi-collect-&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">Structured Evaluation Tool</a>.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/OpenSourceDataMining.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evaluation Report</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,2,'2010-12-08 15:11:30',62,'','2011-05-23 15:44:04',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:11:30','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',21,0,3,'','',0,142,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(9,'UUorld','uuorld','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/uuorld_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"UUorld icon\" title=\"Uuorld icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=9:uuorld&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> UUorld</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">A Set of 3D Geovisualization and Mapping Tools</p>\r\n<p>The UUorld are 3D geovisualization and mapping tools that include a Pro-version and a free version. The non-commercial version is not intended for commercial use and includes the UUorld logo on all non-commercial version maps.  The software has core functionality to easily build 3D extruded map visualizations in a relatively simple manner.  The UUorld website also includes a data portal with access to thousands of datasets with minimal metadata documentation that can be used with the system.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />The free-version of the software only allows 25 downloads at a time from the Data Portal site.  The software allows some integration with Google maps and Google Earth and the company offers services that would include more robust development for specific use cases for a fee (not specified).</p>\r\n<p><br />The UUorld is somewhat limited in out-of-the-box functionality but does provide some interesting 3D perspectives and 3D views of geospatial data.  This software might have some limited potential use for public health, but would be even better with expanded functionality to meet specific use-cases of public health.  The UUorld data portal does contain some disease datasets from Kaiser Permanente and WHO that they have published for use with the system.</p>\r\n<h2>Background:</h2>\r\n<p>UUorld is not open-source software but does offer a non-commercial software version (free) as well as a commercial version of the software. The UUorld was formed by a core group of geospatial defense developers in DC that have since relocated their offices to San Francisco have have incorporated as UUorld.com.</p>\r\n<h2>Results:</h2>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: general information,  system features, and functionality.</p>\r\n<h4>General Information:</h4>\r\n<p>The UUorld website includes a gallery of user create maps that gives an idea of the types of map products produced (Source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/gallery/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/gallery</a>).</p>\r\n<h4>System Features:</h4>\r\n<p>The UUorld website includes a Download section with links to purchase the commercial version of the product and a link for a free (non-commercial version).  There are versions of UUorld for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems.</p>\r\n<p><br />The website also includes gallery of maps (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/gallery\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/gallery</a>), and a Data Portal (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/portal/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/portal</a>) with thousands of datasets that can be utilized within the system. This data portal also contains some minimal metadata to describe the data source(s), geographic unit of analysis, and year in which the data were produced.</p>\r\n<p><br />The website includes a help section: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/help\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/help</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Four tutorials are included on the website:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Tutorial on custom stats: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=7\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=7</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Tutorial on custom borders: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=6\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=6</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Tutorial on Naming Conventions: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=5\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=5</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Tutorial on Region Lists:  <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=11\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/help?page_id=11</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Functionality:</h4>\r\n<p>Services: (Source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/services\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/services</a> )</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Advanced mapping</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Google Maps integration</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">KML and Google Earth platform</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Web traffic visualization</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Custom data operations</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Version Comparison:</h2>\r\n<p>(Source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com/download/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.uuorld.com/download</a>)</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/uuworld_table.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"UUorld version comparison table\" title=\"UUorld version comparison table\" /></p>\r\n<h2>Alternatives:</h2>\r\n<p>The 3D extrusion maps that are created by UUorld may also be constructed with other commercial GIS software such as ArcGIS 10 with the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension.</p>\r\n<h2>Recommendation:</h2>\r\n<p>The UUorld software may have some potential for 3D visualization of public health data. The pricing of the software and licensing structure for an enterprise organization is not clear. The non-commercial use version of the software will not suffice for public health use and it is likely that agencies would need to purchase the commercial version to have success with the software. CDC and other agencies can build similar 3D Visualizations with existing ArcGIS 10 / 3D Analyst extensions that they may have already purchased for other GIS tasks. This software does include access to a data portal with Kaiser Permanente public health datasets but has limited track record with public health.</p>\r\n<h2>Conclusion:</h2>\r\n<p>The UUorld software has potential for public health use but has limited functionality in terms of the out-of-the-box functionality. The software does provide some compelling 3D extrusion maps but the limited functionality does not allow the public health user to fully customize for their specific use-cases.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"References icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References <br /><br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.uuorld.com\" target=\"_blank\">UUorld Website</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://datavisualization.ch/showcase/uuorld\" target=\"_blank\">Data Visualization Channel, Dynamically Mapping Your Data with UUorld</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.researchpipeline.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Research Pipleline Wiki Pages</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-05-10 14:43:18',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',12,0,25,'','',0,54,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(10,'Appcelerator Titanium','appcelerator-titanium','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/appcelerator_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Appcelerator Titanium icon\" title=\"Appcelerator Titanium icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=10:appcelerator-titanium&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Appcelerator Titanium</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/19/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 7/22/2010 <br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Cross Platform | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Accelerates Development of Multi-Platform Native Mobile Applications</p>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.appcelerator.com/\" title=\"Appcelerator\">Appcelerator</a> is a four-year-old company that launched the Titanium suite of products in March 2010. Titamiun accelerates the development of native applications on mobile and desktop platforms. Titanium Mobile, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://github.com/appcelerator\" title=\"Appcelerator open source project\">open-sourced</a> under the Apache Public License v2.0, currently supports development on iPad, iPhone, and Android devices with an April beta version supporting Blackberry.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br /> Appcelerator reports over 50,000 developers using its products to create applications and over 22 Titanium developed apps in the iTunes App Store and/or Android Marketplace. Titanium Community is their free edition, while paying $199-499/month/developer for the Professional and Enterprise editions gives you professional support, app analytics and online training. Appcelerator provides a JavaScript API that is used to develop rich-feature applications that are then built into native applications that deploy and run on both iPhone and Android devices. This is an important distinction as the actual application will be compiled from Objective-C for iPhone/iPad and Java for Android. Producing native applications means that Appcelerator-developed apps will be more responsive and have greater access to device functions than similar application development frameworks that produce only HTML5 / web applications.</p>\r\n<p><br />I installed Titanium Developer 1.2.1 within the lab to test functionality and features. The documentation for Titanium is extensive and includes a community site, video tutorials and robust example projects. Within an hour I was able to compile, build and run a simple project within a emulator for iPhone. With additional time, I was able to get the same Titanium project to compile, build and run within the Android emulator. A single code base in JavaScript results in similar-functioning apps on both iPhone and Android. I did have a small snag with Android in that Titanium requires the 1.6 Android SDK installed even if you are only developing Android 2.2 apps. Initially I only had the 2.2 Android SDK installed and Titanium errored out with cryptic messages until I googled and found that Titanium looks for directories that only exist with the 1.6 Android SDK.</p>\r\n<p><br />Titanium uses a simple directory and file structure to manage JavaScript (.js) files that are used by the Titanium Developer product to generate the native projects for Objective C and Java. In theory this means that a developer using Titanium will never have to see or know Objective-C nor Java. However, in practice knowledge of these languages is useful for configuration and debugging.</p>\r\n<p><br />The positive aspects of this tool are: programming language simplicity, cross-platform, and simplified deployment.  Developers using Titanium need only know JavaScript and the Titanium API to develop rich, full-featured applications on the iPhone, iPad, Android and- eventually- Blackberry. This dependence on JavaScript enables the key value of cross-platform compatibility of coding once (in JavaScript) and deploying onto multiple mobile platforms using their native languages and APIs. Appcelerator\'s committment to additional platforms is shown by their Blackberry beta. The Titanium Developer tool simplifies application compilation, build and deployment to individual devices, the iTunes app store or the Android Marketplace. In fact, the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.appcelerator.com/showcase/applications-showcase/\" title=\"Appcelerator Showcase\">Appcelerator Showcase</a> includes multiple applications developed using Titanium but only released on a single platform, I believe this is due to JavaScript development and simplified deployment tools.</p>\r\n<p><br />The upside of Titanium are overshadowed by significant downsides: lack of IDE, lack of full debugging support, legal and policy issues. Since developers use JavaScript to create apps with Titanium, any IDE that supports JavaScript can be used. But this means there is no direct support within the IDE for graphical layout tools, build and deployment from within the IDE, project management within the IDE and all of the modern amenities developers expect while creating software. When comparing Titanium\'s bring-your-own-IDE philosophy to to Google\'s AndroidSDK+Eclipse or Apple\'s XCode, it is very apparent how having a fully integrated IDE benefits the developer. Titanium does not currently support debugging iPhone apps, although Android debugging is supported. This means that if you need to debug your iPhone apps using Titanium, you need to use the Titanium API\'s logging and messaging functions to write out debug statements. While this is better than nothing, it does not replace actual integrated debugging with its break points and watches. Perhaps the largest negative is the potential conflict with section 3.3.1 of the iOS SDK software licence agreement. Section 3.3.1 includes the language:</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; \"><br />\"3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).\"</p>\r\n<p><br />Since applications developed with Titanium are originally written in JavaScipt this could be ominous for Titanium developed apps. However Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator\'s CEO, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://developer.appcelerator.com/blog/2010/04/iphone-os-4-0-announcement-and-our-commitment-to-you.html\" title=\"Appcelerator CEO Statement\">thinks that Appcelerator is safe</a> and no Titanium developed apps have been removed from the app store. Appcelerator isn\'t alone as Unity3D, Ansca, MonoTouch, Adobe and others are potentially affected, but this level of fear, uncertainty and doubt should weigh heavily on the decision to use Titanium.</p>\r\n<h2>Overall Insights:</h2>\r\n<p class=\"belowh2\">While Titanium is a great tool for JavaScript developers who don\'t wish to learn Objective-C or Java and prevents teams from having to develop separate code-bases for different mobile platforms, it still seems like a very specific niche for developers. JavaScript is a simpler language than Java and Objective-C, but it still presents a learning curve for app developers. Given the rapid pace of releases for multiple platforms, the newest features can only be accessed using direct APIs from Apple, Google, RIM and others. Until this tool matures and resolves its potential legal issues, new developers should focus on the first-party tools released by mobile platforms for their primary development tools. However, for developers who are already extremely proficient in JavaScript, Appcelerator is something that should be closely examined to see if it fits.</p>\r\n<h2>Quick Facts:</h2>\r\n<ul class=\"sum4\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">License:</span></em> Open Source (paid support and training)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Platform:</span></em> Java (client)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Cost:</span></em> Community edition $0; Profesional and Enterprise pricing varies (previously was $200-500/month/developer)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Potential Public Health Use Cases:</span></em> Conduct Investigation; Process, Store, and Analyze Data; Conduct Epidemiological Research</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<hr />\r\n<p>UPDATE 2010.09.09: Apple released a <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/09statement.html\" title=\"Apple app store review guidelines update\">statement updating the app store review guidelines</a> that eases the concerns mentioned above around section 3.3.1 of the iOS SDK license agreement. This removes the possibility that Titanium developed apps would be rejected by the app store.</p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\"> (view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /><a href=\"images/brief_reviews/titaniumdeveloper.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Learning\"> <img src=\"images/brief_reviews/titaniumdeveloper_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Learning\" title=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Learning\" /></a><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/titaniumscreenshot2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Deployment\"> <img src=\"images/brief_reviews/titaniumscreenshot2_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Deployment\" title=\"Appcelerator Screenshot - Titanium Developer - Deployment\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum5\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project References icon\" title=\"Project Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.appcelerator.com\" target=\"_blank\">Appcelerator Website</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:25:22',62,'','2011-05-10 14:41:34',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:25:22','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',17,0,24,'','',0,86,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(11,'GeoDa and OpenGeoDa','geoda','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/geo_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"GeoDa icon\" title=\"GeoDa icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=11:geoda&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> GeoDa and OpenGeoDa</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/11/2010 |   <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Tool</p>\r\n<p>The GeoDa and OpenGeoDa tools were built to provide a mechanism to explore spatial data and to examine these data for spatial autocorrelation and spatial dependence.</p>\r\n<p><br />The tools within GeoDa are useful for public health as disease data and populations are often clustered with positive spatial autocorrelation. The OLS regressions assume spatial independence and so it becomes necessary to consider spatial regressions under conditions of spatial  autocorrelation. The GeoDa tools allow researchers to explore their data  spatially and to examine spatial autocorrelation as well as conduct OLS  regressions and spatial regressions and map residuals and examine  clustering of residuals (for example). The parallel coordinate plot (PCP) with linked brushing allows epidemiologists to explore risk factors and outcome variables simultaneously within the same geographic study space. This is a powerful way to examine disease and potential clustering of disease and/or risk factors for disease outcomes.</p>\r\n','\r\n<h2>Background:</h2>\r\n<p><br />GeoDa is an exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and GIS tool that was developed by Dr. Luc Anselin (Arizona State University). Dr. Anselin has formed an entire GeoDa Center to provide support and further research with the GeoDa (legacy tool) and new alpha version of OpenGeoDa (the open-source version of GeoDa).</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><br />\"The GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation develops state-of-the-art methods for geospatial analysis, geovisualization, geosimulation, and spatial process modeling, implements them through software tools, applies them to policy-relevant research in the social and environmental sciences, and disseminates them through training and support to a growing worldwide community.\"<br /><br />Dr. Luc Anselin, source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu</a></p>\r\n<p><br />GeoDa is a legacy application at this point and new efforts have been directed toward the open-source version, OpenGeoDa, which is currently in alpha version.</p>\r\n<h2>Results:</h2>\r\n<p><br />This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: general information, system features, and functionality.</p>\r\n<h4>General Information:</h4>\r\n<p>The GeoDa Center homepage <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">(http://geodacenter.asu.edu)</a> includes links on the left navigation bar for many resources including: Tutorials, Support, E-talks, Training, Publications, Presentations, Working Papers, Data, Projects, Downloads, News Headlines related to GeoDa, and external links to other spatial research centers.</p>\r\n<h4>System Features:</h4>\r\n<p><br /><em>GEODA: New Features</em></p>\r\n<p><br />Data Manipulation:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The creation of polygon shapefiles for regular lattices or grids from basic user input on the structure of the lattice.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The construction of polygon shapefiles from boundary information contained in an ascii input file.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Mapping:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">A circular cartogram, implementing Dorling\'s cellular automata algorithm  (Dorling, 1996), fully linked and brushable.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Conditional maps.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Exploratory Data Analysis:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Parallel coordinate plot (PCP) for multivariate data exploration, with linking  and brushing.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Three-dimensional scatter plot, with linking and brushing.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Conditional plots, using two conditioning variables to explore the distribution of  a third variable.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Conditional map, box plot, histogram, and scatter plot.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Spatial Regression:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Ordinary Least Squares regression with full diagnostics for spatial effects  (Moran\'s I, Lagrange Multiplier statistics), as well as the usual tests against heteroskedasticity and non-normality.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Maximum Likelihood estimation of the spatial lag and the spatial error models,  with asymptotic inference.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br /><br /><em>GEODA: Refinements and Improvements of Existing Features</em></p>\r\n<p><br />User Interface:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The standard menu structure has been slightly reorganized.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">New items for Table, Space, and Regress.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The spatial autocorrelation analysis was moved from the earlier Explore menu to Space.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">An item for Methods has been added to the opening menu to allow  regression analysis without starting a project (i.e.,  without loading a new shapefile into the project).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The toolbar buttons have been slightly reorganized.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">New toolbar buttons have been added for the Cartogram, PCP, Conditional Plot, and the 3-D Scatter Plot.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">A new dockable toolbar is included with buttons to activate the various  map functions (quantile map, box map, standard deviational map,  percentile map, cartogram, and map movie).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The spatial autocorrelation toolbar buttons were separated from the EDA toolbar.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> The toolbar buttons for opening a new map and duplicating a map have new look.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> The default map window now shows the legend.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Spatial Data Manipulation:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">A custom bounding box can be specified in the creation of Thiessen polygons;  previously, only the bounding box for the points themselves was used.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">A higher order contiguity calculation now contains an option for the inclusion of  all lower order neighbors (the previous default) or the computation of a \"pure\" higher order contiguity.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Distance weights files and k-nearest neighbor weights now contain the \"correct\" distance between the points as the third column of the GWT file; previously this value was rescaled and not useful for interpretation.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The \"threshold\" typo has been fixed.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The weights characteristics histogram has a new look and more flexible  classifications, with islands properly included as having zero neighbors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Mapping:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The default selection tool for point shapefiles is now the circle  (previously, it was a rectangle).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The Map Movie was thoroughly revised, with a new interface, allowing Interactive starting and stopping (pause) as well as rewind and step through.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Exploratory Data Analysis:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The Histogram sports a new look and uses a continuous color ramp.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The Box Plot has been slightly redesigned and shows the median more distinctly.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />Table:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Table functions can now be invoked from the main menu; previously, this was only by right-clicking in the table.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Alternatives:</h2>\r\n<p>There are commercial software alternatives such as the ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst Extension and Spatial Analyst Extensions which, through the ArcGIS Toolbox, can provide similar functionality (and much more) to GeoDa but with much more cost. GeoDa is free, and OpenGeoDa is free and open-source. Other commercial products such as TerraSeer / Space-Time Intelligence System  would also compete in terms of similar functions.  The open-source community might have alternatives in the form of R, Python GDAL, or GeoDa Center\'s PySAL.</p>\r\n<h2>Recommendation:</h2>\r\n<p>Dr. Luc Anselin has provided an excellent tool for exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA), choropleth mapping, and descriptive statistical visualizations with linked brushing. This tool has been widely utilized by public health geographers and epidemiologists (Lai, et. al, 2009).</p>\r\n<p><br />The importance of tools such as GeoDa to examine spatial autocorrelation, perform basic OLS regression, and spatial regressions are critical to public health analyses which are often subject to spatial autocorrelation of disease cases (numerators) and underlying populations (denominators).</p>\r\n<p><br /> The GeoDa includes many tutorials and resources and literature publications to provide public health epidemiologists and geographers with examples of how to apply this very important tool for public health spatial analyses.</p>\r\n<h2>Conclusion:</h2>\r\n<p>GeoDa and OpenGeoDa are right-on-time for public health and the need for tools with spatial and temporal capabilities. The open-source version of GeoDa may be of particular value in the transparence of methodology and potential capacity for modification and customization that may be required within the specialized use-cases of public health spatial epidemiology and spatial analyses.</p>\r\n<p><br />Dr. Luc Anselin shows a lot of leadership in not only providing such a robust tool but also providing lots of documentation and tutorials to encourage public health epidemiologists to incorporate spatial thinking and spatial analytics into their analyses. The robust exploratory spatial data analyses (ESDA) that are possible with the GeoDa tool make it a great addition to the public health toolbox.</p>\r\n<p><br />The linked brushing and linked analytics of histograms, scatter plots and parallel coordinate plots (PCPs) can be helpful for public health epidemiologists to examine risk factors (multiple variables) and outcome variables within the same geographic context, space, and study areas. This multivariate approach can allow the astute epidemiologist or geographer to examine disease and risk factors for disease simultaneously within the same frame of reference along with other factors such as underlying population, poverty, or other factors that may be influencing negative health outcomes.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum5\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project References icon\" title=\"Project Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References <br />\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Anselin, L. and Rey, S.J. 2010. Perspectives on Spatial Data Analysis.<br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/book/978-3-642-01975-3\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/book/978-3-642-01975-3</a> </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Anselin, L. 2003. GeoDa 0.9 User\'s Guide. Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL).  Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.geodacenter.org/downloads/pdfs/geoda093.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.geodacenter.org/downloads/pdfs/geoda093.pdf</a></li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Dorling, D. 1996. Area Cartograms: Their Use and Creation. CATMOG 59, Institute of British Geographers. </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Franklin, Janet. 2010. Mapping Species Distributions. Spatial Inference and Prediction.  <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu/talks/franklin/\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu/talks/franklin/</a> </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Lai, P.C., So,F-M., Chan, K-W. 2009. Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis. CRC Press, Taylor&amp;Francis Group. 174 pages.<br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468</a> </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Murray, A.T. 2009. Geographic space and choropleth display. Book Chapter within  Advances in GIS Research, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2009).<br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/512/\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/512/</a></li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">McCann, M. and Anselin, L. 2010. OpenGeoDa, an Open Source Tool for Geovisualization and Exploration.<br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1323/\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1323/</a> </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Rey, S. and Anselin L. 2010. PySAL: A Python Library for Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation.<br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1324/\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1324</a> </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Schmidt, C.R. 2010. A web-based, open-source ESDA prototype in a cloud computing environment. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1325/\" target=\"_blank\">http://geodacenter.asu.edu/node/1325/</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:33:24',62,'','2011-05-23 15:34:49',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:33:24','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',51,0,23,'','',0,135,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(12,'  Using Secure Web Services to Visualize Poison Center Data for Nationwide Biosurveillance: A Case Study  ','-using-secure-web-services-to-visualize-poison-center-data-for-nationwide-biosurveillance-a-case-study-','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/graph_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Graph icon\" title=\"Graph icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=12:-using-secure-web-services-to-visualize-poison-center-data-for-nationwide-biosurveillance-a-case-study-&amp;catid=5:publications&amp;Itemid=7\">Using Secure Web Services to Visualize Poison Center Data for Nationwide Biosurveillance: A Case Study</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Visualizing Poison Center Data through Secure Web Services</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\"><br />Thomas G. Savel, Alvin Bronstein, William Duck, M. Barry Rhodes, Brian Lee, John Stinn, Katherine Worthen</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\">Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, Vol 2, No 1 (2010)</p>\r\n<p><br />OBJECTIVES:</p>\r\n<p>Real-time surveillance systems are valuable for timely response to public health emergencies. It has been challenging to leverage existing surveillance systems in state and local communities, and, using a centralized architecture, add new data sources and analytical capacity. Because this centralized model has proven to be difficult to maintain and enhance, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been examining the ability to use a federated model based on a secure web services architecture, with data stewardship remaining with the data provider.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />METHODS:</p>\r\n<p>As a case study for this approach, the American Association of Poison Control Centers and the CDC extended an existing data warehouse via a secure web service, and shared aggregate clinical effects and case counts data by geographic region and time period. To visualize these data, CDC developed a web browser-based interface, Quicksilver, which leveraged the Google Maps API and Flot, a javascript plotting library.</p>\r\n<p><br />RESULTS:</p>\r\n<p>Two iterations of the NPDS web service were completed in 12 weeks. The visualization client, Quicksilver, was developed in four months.</p>\r\n<p><br />DISCUSSION:</p>\r\n<p>This implementation of web services combined with a visualization client represents incremental positive progress in transitioning national data sources like BioSense and NPDS to a federated data exchange model.</p>\r\n<p><br />CONCLUSION:</p>\r\n<p>Quicksilver effectively demonstrates how the use of secure web services in conjunction with a lightweight, rapidly deployed visualization client can easily integrate isolated data sources for biosurveillance.</p>\r\n<p><br /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/2920/2505\" target=\"_blank\">View full text in PDF format.</a></p>',1,3,0,5,'2010-12-08 15:36:11',62,'','2011-01-21 15:45:05',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:36:11','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',15,0,3,'','',0,48,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(13,'  A Public Health Grid (PHGrid): Architecture and Value Proposition for 21st Century Public Health  ','-a-public-health-grid-phgrid-architecture-and-value-proposition-for-21st-century-public-health-','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/grid_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Public\" title=\"Public Health Grid icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=13:-a-public-health-grid-phgrid-architecture-and-value-proposition-for-21st-century-public-health-&amp;catid=5:publications&amp;Itemid=7\"> A Public Health Grid (PHGrid): Architecture and Value Proposition for 21st Century Public Health</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Grid Computing</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\"><br />Savel T, Hall K, Lee B, McMullin V, Miles M, Stinn J, White P, Washington D,  Boyd T, Lenert L.</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\">National Center for Public Health Informatics, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\">Int J Med Inform. 2010 Jul;79(7):523-9. Epub 2010 May 15.</p>\r\n<p><br />PURPOSE:</p>\r\n<p>This manuscript describes the value of and proposal for a  high-level architectural framework for a Public Health Grid (PHGrid), which the authors feel has the capability to afford the public health community a robust technology infrastructure for secure and timely data, information, and knowledge exchange, not only within the public health domain, but between public health and the overall health care system.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />METHODS:</p>\r\n<p>The CDC facilitated multiple Proof-of-Concept (PoC) projects, leveraging an open-source-based software development methodology, to test four hypotheses with regard to this high-level framework. The outcomes of the four PoCs in combination with the use of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and the newly emerging Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) was used to develop and refine a high-level architectural framework for a Public Health Grid infrastructure.</p>\r\n<p><br />RESULTS:</p>\r\n<p>The authors were successful in documenting a robust high-level architectural framework for a PHGrid. The documentation generated provided a level of granularity needed to validate the proposal, and included examples of both information standards and services to be implemented. Both the results of the PoCs as well as feedback from selected public health partners were used to develop the granular documentation.</p>\r\n<p><br />CONCLUSIONS:</p>\r\n<p>A robust high-level cohesive architectural framework for a Public Health Grid (PHGrid) has been successfully articulated, with its feasibility demonstrated via multiple PoCs. In order to successfully implement this framework for a Public Health Grid, the authors recommend moving forward with a three-pronged approach focusing on interoperability and standards, streamlining the PHGrid infrastructure, and developing robust and high-impact public health services.</p>',1,3,0,5,'2010-12-08 15:38:03',62,'','2011-02-28 15:35:16',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:38:03','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',24,0,2,'','',0,127,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(15,'Brief Reviews','brief-reviews','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/brief_reviews_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brief Reviews icon\" title=\"Brief Reviews icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=5\">Brief Reviews</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Short, informal posts reviewing a specific technology, software or product. These reviews are more timely and do not follow the structured evaluation framework. The reviews cover pertinent information such as features, functionality, and recommendations.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent brief reviews include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=81:user-experience-ux-design&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">User Experience (UX) Design</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=79:biosurveillance-aa&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Biosurveillance Alternatives Analysis for Selecting an Integrated Software Solution</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=78:yahoo-pipes&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Yahoo Pipes</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=48:openmrs-an-open-source-electronic-medical-record-system&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">OpenMRS: An Open Source Electronic Medical Record System</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=5\">More...</a></p>','',1,1,0,11,'2010-12-10 20:17:04',62,'','2011-12-01 21:10:48',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-10 20:17:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',44,0,3,'','',0,12,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(14,'Another News Article','another-news-article','','<p class=\"tag\">Catchy tag line here</p>\r\n<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip <br />ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip aute irure dolor in...</p>','',0,2,0,4,'2010-12-08 15:42:04',62,'','2011-01-03 19:51:25',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:42:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',7,0,3,'','',0,2,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(16,'Structured Evaluations','structured-evaluations','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/struct_eval_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Structured Evaluations icon\" title=\"Strucutured Evaluations icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=4\">Structured Evaluations</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Formal testing and evaluation of technologies that have a potential impact on public health practice. These evaluations use a framework and template developed by the IRDU team to develop a quantitative and qualitative review of how a technology can be useful for public health.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent structured evaluations include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=67:-epi-collect-&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">Structured Evaluation Tool</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54:epi-collect&amp;catid=2:structured-evaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">EpiCollect</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=8:-open-source-data-mining-tools-&amp;catid=2:structured-evaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">Open Source Data Mining Tools</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=4\">More...</a></p>','',1,1,0,11,'2010-12-10 20:18:23',62,'','2011-12-01 21:05:42',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-10 20:18:23','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',16,0,1,'','',0,8,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(17,'Prototypes','prototypes','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/prototypes_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">Prototypes</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Software projects that demonstrate a concept, test an approach or experiment with a new technology. Typically the lab will work with one or more public health programs to develop prototype software that solves a specific public health problem.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent prototypes include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=86:situation-awareness-dashboard&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Situation Awareness Dashboard</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:phtweet-prototype&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">PHTweet</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=82:-phix-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Public Health Information eXchange (PHIX)</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=75:-niosh-facepiece-respirator-guide-for-iphone-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">NIOSH Facepiece Respirator Guide for iPhone</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=74:-prolonged-ptt-advisor-for-iphone-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Prolonged PTT Advisor for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">More...</a></p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,1,0,11,'2010-12-10 20:19:37',62,'','2012-02-10 21:00:32',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-10 20:19:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',22,0,2,'','',0,7,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(18,'Wiki','wiki','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/prototypes_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">Wiki</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Brief description of prototypes goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent prototypes include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6:wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5:-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">More...</a></p>','',-2,5,0,7,'2010-12-17 21:55:59',62,'','0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-17 21:55:59','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,0,'','',0,1,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(19,'Share an Idea','share-an-idea','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/prototypes_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">Share an Idea</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Brief description of prototypes goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent prototypes include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6:wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5:-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">More...</a></p>','',-2,5,0,12,'2010-12-17 21:58:12',62,'','2010-12-28 18:28:52',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-17 21:58:12','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,0,'','',0,1,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(20,'Downloads & Tools','downloads-a-tools','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/prototypes_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">Downloads &amp; Tools</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Brief description of prototypes goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent prototypes include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6:wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5:-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">More...</a></p>','',-2,5,0,12,'2010-12-28 15:17:34',62,'','2010-12-28 18:29:02',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 15:17:34','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(21,'Wiki','wiki','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/prototypes_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">Wiki</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Brief description of prototypes goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>\r\n<p><br />Recent prototypes include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6:wisqars-database-reporting-for-the-ios-platform&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">WISQARS Database Reporting for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5:-atsdr-toxguide-for-the-ios-platform-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">ATSDR ToxGuide for the iOS Platform</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=3\">More...</a></p>','',-2,5,0,12,'2010-12-28 15:26:43',62,'','2010-12-28 18:29:11',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 15:26:43','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',3,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(22,'Share an Idea','share-an-idea','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/ideas_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prototypes icon\" title=\"Prototypes icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=9&amp;Itemid=12\">Share an Idea</a></p>\r\n<p><br />We work collaboratively. Your ideas are important to us. You can share your  feedback in two different ways: by participating in the crowdsourcing  forum, and/or submitting an e-mail directly to the lab team.</p>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=9&amp;Itemid=12\">More...</a></p>','',1,5,0,12,'2010-12-28 18:33:10',62,'','2011-05-23 15:47:47',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 18:33:10','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',13,0,3,'','',0,8,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(25,'FAQs: Our Team & the R&D Lab','faqs-our-team-a-the-lab','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/lab.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photo of workstations in computer lab\" title=\"Photo of workstations in computer lab\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"position: relative; font-size: 15px; top: 5px;\">Welcome to the R&amp;D Lab!</span> </strong></p>\r\n<p><br />The R&amp;D Lab focuses on applied technology research and development (R&amp;D) for public health. The R&amp;D team examines new technologies, such as mobile devices, prototype software, and even robotics, to test their potential value to CDC and its public health partners.</p>\r\n<p><br />In addition to carrying out this applied R&amp;D and sharing its results with CDC and the public health community, the R&amp;D team also supports the day-to-day operations of the R&amp;D Lab.</p>\r\n<p><br />In 2011, the R&amp;D Lab underwent a significant transformation to allow it to support the needs of CDC staff throughout the agency.</p>\r\n<p><br />In addition to carrying out applied research, sharing evaluations, and developing prototypes, the R&amp;D team also provides consultation to CDC and its public health partners.</p>\r\n<p><br />Not surprisingly, the R&amp;D team is made up of individuals with significantly varied backgrounds and areas of expertise. These areas include hardware design, mobile software development, graphics/user experience, web-based application development, enterprise architecture, and clinical/public health informatics.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: When was the R&amp;D Lab created?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> The R&amp;D Lab was originally formed in 2007, as a small resource to meet the need for on-going information technology-related research and development activities. Due to various policy, technology, and security constraints, the lab was created as an entity separate from the CDC network. In 2010, the R&amp;D lab became part of CDC Informatics Research &amp; Development Unit (IRDU) within the Public Health Informatics and Technology Program Office in the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: What services does the R&amp;D Lab provide?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> The R&amp;D Lab provides a wide variety of desktop and server resources, and does this leveraging cutting-edge virtualization technology. When a CDC scientist or a public health partner is provided 1,2, or even 3 computers (e.g., a standard MS Windows desktop computer, a MS Windows application server, and a MS SQL Server database server), he/she is being provided a slice of the R&amp;D Lab\'s \"cloud.\" If demand on those servers increases, the R&amp;D lab infrastructure can compensate to meet that demand (e.g., by adding more memory, more disk space, or even more computers) without taking the system offline. The R&amp;D Lab can create virtual instances of Windows (Server, XP, Vista, 7, and others), Linux, and Unix that can be securely accessed over the Internet. The only R&amp;D Lab resources that must be used at CDC\'s 2500 Century Center facility are the computers that run the MacOS‚ which do not allow for virtualization.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: What types of projects cannot be run in the R&amp;D Lab?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> As an R&amp;D lab, at no time are projects to use live data that contains information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to a specific individual. In addition, lab projects are not to create production systems, nor connect to production systems. The focus needs to be on a proof of concept or prototype.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: What is a Brief Review?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> A brief review is a short, timely, informal summary of a new tool or technology to provide the public health community a concise perspective. In many cases a brief review may evolve into a more detailed, formal structured evaluation. The reviews cover pertinent information such as features, functionality, and recommendations.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: What is a Prototype?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> We consider a prototype a software project that demonstrates a concept, tests an approach, or experiments with a new technology. Typically, the R&amp;D Lab will work with one or more public health programs to develop prototype software that addresses a specific public health problem.</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><strong>Q: What is a Structured Evaluation?</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>A:</strong> Formal testing and evaluation of technologies that have a potential impact on public health practice. These evaluations use a framework and template developed by the Informatics Research &amp; Development team to develop a consistent quantitative and qualitative review of a specific technology, and examining its value to public health.</p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,6,0,10,'2010-12-28 23:04:49',62,'','2011-05-16 18:39:32',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 23:04:49','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=en-GB\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',88,0,1,'','',0,15,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(23,'Downloads & Tools','downloads-a-tools','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/downloads_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Downloads &amp; Tools icon\" title=\"Downloads &amp; Tools\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=8&amp;Itemid=11\">Downloads &amp; Tools</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Useful downloads and tools created by the R&amp;D lab to assist the public health community with their research.</p>\r\n<p><br />Popular downloads &amp; tools include:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/2010STDGuidelines.epub\">STD Guidelines EBook</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/VMWareViewClient.exe\">Windows VMWare View Client</a></li>\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/IRDULabEngagementRequestForm.docx\">Lab Engagement Request Form</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=8&amp;Itemid=11\">More downloads &amp; tools...</a></p>','',1,5,0,12,'2010-12-28 18:33:49',62,'','2011-03-23 17:29:43',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 18:33:49','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',19,0,2,'','',0,9,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(24,'Wiki','wiki','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/wiki_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Wiki icon\" title=\"Wiki icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=7&amp;Itemid=10\">Wiki</a></p>\r\n<p><br />The wiki is a forum that collectively serves as a knowledge management system for the R&amp;D Lab. Users may add content and edit existing content, which allows the documents to be collaborative in nature.</p>\r\n<p class=\"more\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /><img src=\"images/stories/orange_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"arrow_graphic\" title=\"arrow_graphic\" /> <a class=\"morefront\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=7&amp;Itemid=10\">More...</a></p>','',1,5,0,12,'2010-12-28 18:34:15',62,'','2011-05-23 15:47:25',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 18:34:15','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',19,0,1,'','',0,5,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(26,'Disclaimer','disclaimer','','<h3>Disclaimer</h3>\r\n<p><br />Please note that as part of the collaborative nature of this initiative,  the content in this site may include submissions from employees or  contractors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/the Agency  for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The opinions / findings are  those of the submitter(s), and do not necessarily represent the official  position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/the Agency  for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.</p>\r\n<p><br />All submitters must agree and adhere to the Code of Conduct posted on  this site. All submissions are examined in a timely fashion to assure  compliance with the stated code of conduct. Those not found to be in  compliance are promptly removed.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>Please note that given the collaborative nature of this site, there may be external links to web sites not owned or operated by HHS.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,0,0,0,'2010-12-28 23:09:03',62,'','2011-07-27 16:50:52',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 23:09:03','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',11,0,6,'','',0,144,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(27,'Code of Conduct','code-of-conduct','','<h3>Code of Conduct</h3>\r\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\r\n<p>Due to the highly collaborative nature of CDC\'s Informatics Research and Development Lab, it is necessary to have a code of conduct to govern all collaborative materials posted and made available through the internet by the general public.</p>\r\n<h2>Background</h2>\r\n<p>CDC Scientific Clearance is the process of obtaining approvals by appropriate CDC officials before a CDC information product is released to the public or CDC\'s external public health partners. Information products that require formal clearance include print, electronic, or oral materials, that CDC employees author or co-author, whether published by CDC or outside CDC.  CDC contractors developing content on behalf of CDC for the public or CDC\'s external public health partners are also required to put their content through the formal clearance process.  The collaborative functions related to the projects in the R&amp;D lab include blogs, wikis, forums, bug tracking sites, source control and others as deemed necessary.</p>\r\n<p><br />For those individuals within the CDC, adherence to the following policies are required:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">CDC \"Clearance of Information Products Disseminated Outside CDC for Public Use\" (available at <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://intraspn.cdc.gov/maso/policy/Doc/policy66.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http://intraspn.cdc.gov/maso/policy/Doc/policy66.htm</a>)</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">HHS \"Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated by HHS Agencies\" (available at <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://aspe.hhs.gov/infoquality\" target=\"_blank\">http://aspe.hhs.gov/infoquality</a>)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />All collaborative materials will be controlled by the rules contained within this document. This will allow for the real-time collaboration opportunities among CDC employees, CDC contractors and CDC public health partners.</p>\r\n<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>\r\n<p>All contributions made to the R&amp;D Lab\'s internet-accessible collaboration sites must meet the set of rules detailed below. Informatics lab-related collaboration sites are monitored and mediated by CDC employees and CDC contractors. Any infraction to the rules will be addressed in a timely manner and can result in the prompt removal of content from project related sites.  Infractions should be reported to project leads as soon as identified.</p>\r\n<h2>Ground Rules</h2>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Members will act with integrity and adhere to the highest standards of personal and professional ethics. As collaborations tend to be self-correcting, active participation means both offering suggestions and accepting them with a focus on product improvement. Personal attacks, hidden destructive code or other forms of harassment or intimidation will not be tolerated. Collaboration is highly encouraged, and although this may not always be positive, it should always be respectful and constructive.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Only authorized committers are allowed to make changes to project related sites. Project leads determine authorized committers and assign permissions.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Any sites not hosted by CDC or CDC resources should use separate authorization so as not to compromise existing CDC authentication and authorization procedures. This means that committers should not use an ID/ user name or password currently in use as their CDC ID / user name or password.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">No specific security related information should be shared. No information that would allow an unauthorized party to compromise CDC systems security shall be posted. This includes, but is not limited to: user names, user ids, passwords, IP addresses, private certificate information, specific system configuration.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">No restricted or privileged information should be posted that is limited in distribution rights. For example, there are US export controls for encryption routines and algorithms that cannot be shared with specific countries.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">No content in violation of US or international copyright shall be posted without explicit, written consent of the copyright holder.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">All content in draft form must be clearly marked with the words \"DRAFT\" both within the content itself and in any specific sites referencing the content.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">No personally identifiable health data shall be posted or stored on collaboration sites. This includes partially identifiable data containing fields such as age, race, sex, geolocation. Only sample, mock or test data shall be used.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">No posting of source code or unpublished materials relating to CDC developed production systems and applications.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br /><br />Version 0.2 (7/26/2010)</p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,0,0,0,'2010-12-28 23:11:32',62,'','2011-05-10 15:04:56',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 23:11:32','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',24,0,5,'','',0,127,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(28,'Wiki Summary2','wiki','','<p>Our wiki is powered by <em>MediaWiki</em> software and uses a simplified markup language for formatting. To learn more about the markup used in MediaWiki, please see <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting\" target=\"_blank\">Help: Formatting</a></p>\r\n<p><br /><br />To access the wiki, registered users should <strong>first log in</strong>:</p>\r\n<p class=\"if\">If you do not see a greeting below after logging in, please try again (or register).</p>\r\n<p><br /><br /><br /> <br /></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"images/stories/hr.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"horizontal line divider\" /></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Logged in?</strong> <a class=\"please2\" href=\"index.php?option=com_jwiki\"><img src=\"images/stories/wiki_go_side.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Go to the Wiki\" title=\"Go to the wiki\" /></a> If you are not a registered user, please <strong>register</strong> to access the wiki:<a class=\"please\" href=\"index.php?option=com_user&amp;view=register\" title=\"Register\"><img src=\"images/stories/register_side.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Register\" /></a></p>','',0,5,0,7,'2010-12-29 14:19:54',62,'','2011-03-23 15:40:01',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 14:19:54','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',163,0,2,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(29,'Downloads & Tools Content','downloads-a-tools-content','','<p>Useful downloads and tools created by the R&amp;D lab to assist the public health community with their research.</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\"><img src=\"images/stories/red_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Downloads icon\" title=\"Downloads icon\" align=\"top\" />Downloads:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/2010STDGuidelines.epub\">STD Guidelines EBook</a> - An ebook created using the 2010 STD Guidelines from the CDC STD web site. This epub is compatible with iBooks and all other ebook readers.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"tag\"><img src=\"images/stories/tool_small.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tools icon\" title=\"Tools icon\" align=\"top\" />Tools:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/VMWareViewClient.exe\">Windows VMWare View Client</a> - A tool used to securely connect to R&amp;D lab resources. Contact the lab to request a user ID and password.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/IRDULabEngagementRequestForm.doc\">Lab Engagement Request Form</a> - Complete this form for requesting a lab engagement and lab resources.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://code.phiresearchlab.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Informatics Lab Open Source Development Tools [CODE]</a> - Lab hosted developer site for lab projects: source code repository, issue tracker, project management.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://code.google.com/p/informaticslab/\" target=\"_blank\">Informatics Lab Google Code Project Site (deprecated)</a> - Developer site for lab projects: source code repository, issue tracker, developer wiki. Being phased out and replaced with https://phiresearchlab.org</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://rpms.phiresearchlab.org/rpms/admin/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management Tool</a> - Authenticated site for managing and reporting on lab engagements.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Structured Evaluation Tool</a> - CDC Informatics Research and Development Unit (IRDU) Guide to Public Health Informatics Structured Technology Evaluations. [<a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release.doc\" target=\"_blank\">Word version</a>]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"tag\"><img src=\"images/stories/runner.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Quick Links icon\" title=\"Quick Links icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" />Quick Links:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum\">\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/Samwise\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+\">SAMwise+</a> - Prototype tool to assist in the Suitability Assessment of Materials - for conformance with health literacy standards.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/athena\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+\">Athena</a> - Prototype knowledgebase to enable physicans to determine the applicability of a lab test request based on lab provider and initial diagnosis.</li>\r\n<br /> <!--\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/HealthNews/\" mce_href=\"http://207.138.115.204/HealthNews/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Health News</a> - Prototype tool which extracts data from Google News and leverages the \"treemap\" algorithm to visualize infomation in a very efficient manner.</li>\r\n<br /> -->\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://edemo.phiresearchlab.org/PHTweet2/\" target=\"_blank\">PHTweet-v2</a> - Web prototype to monitor the twitter stream for public health related trends to augment public health situational awareness needs (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/PHTweet/\" target=\"_blank\">first-gen version</a>).</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/osels/ph_informatics_technology/coe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Centers of Excellence</a> - The CDC Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Public Health Informatics web site.</li>\r\n</ul>','',1,5,0,8,'2010-12-29 15:42:38',62,'','2012-01-17 18:03:50',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 15:42:38','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',68,0,1,'','',0,21,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(30,'Share an Idea Content3','share-an-idea-content','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/email_us.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"E-mail Us icon\" title=\"E-mail Us icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"larger\">E-mail Us</p>\r\n<p><br />Submitted ideas are read and reviewed by the R&amp;D Lab team. Please be sure to include your name and e-mail address. We may follow up for additional information regarding your idea, if necessary.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<form action=\"../templates/send_form_email.php\" method=\"post\">\r\n<div id=\"form_name\">Name: <input name=\"name\" size=\"40\" type=\"text\" /></div>\r\n<div id=\"form_email\">E-mail address: <input name=\"email\" size=\"40\" type=\"text\" /></div>\r\n<div id=\"form_idea_label\">Idea:</div>\r\n<div id=\"form_idea\"><textarea cols=\"56\" rows=\"5\" name=\"message\"> </textarea></div>\r\n<br />\r\n<div id=\"form_button\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\" Share an Idea \" /></div>\r\n</form>\r\n<p>{jcomments off}</p>','',0,5,0,9,'2010-12-29 19:01:55',62,'','2011-03-08 15:55:19',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 19:01:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',98,0,3,'','',0,80,'robots=\nauthor='),
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  	(32,'Search Results','search','','<p>Search here...</p>','',1,10,0,13,'2011-01-06 19:22:46',62,'','2011-01-07 22:27:27',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-06 19:22:46','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,1,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(33,'Article Template','news-article','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/sharp_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WISQARS icon\" title=\"WISQARS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"../joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=4:news-article&amp;catid=4:news&amp;Itemid=6\"> Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">$60 Million Awarded for the SHARP Program</p>\r\n<p>The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology  (ONC) has awarded $60 million in cooperative agreements for the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program. The SHARP program seeks to support improvements in the quality, safety, and  efficiency of healthcare, through advanced information  technology. The research projects supported by the SHARP program will focus on solving  current and expected future challenges that represent barriers to adoption and  meaningful use of health IT. These projects will focus on areas where  “breakthrough” advances are needed to realize the full potential of health  IT.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p>Each awardee in the SHARP Program will implement a focused research project  in one of the following four areas where breakthrough...</p>\r\n<p> </p>',-2,0,0,0,'2010-11-30 20:39:38',62,'','2011-01-07 20:05:20',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-30 20:39:38','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(34,'Retired Project Archive','retired-project-archive','','<p>Article</p>','',0,1,0,14,'2011-01-12 19:06:01',62,'','0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,62,'2011-05-23 19:40:03','2011-01-12 19:06:01','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,1,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(35,'Retired Structured Evaluations','retired-structured-evaluations','','<p>Retired Structured Evaluation article</p>','',0,1,0,15,'2011-01-12 19:37:56',62,'','0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-12 19:37:56','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,1,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(37,'Share an Idea Content2','share-an-idea-content','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/crowd.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crowdsourcing icon\" title=\"Crowdsourcing icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"larger\">Crowdsourcing <span style=\"font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;\">(participate in a community-based, open dialogue of ideas)</span></p>\r\n<p><br />The link below will open a <span style=\"font-weight:bold; color:#333333;\">new window</span> to a page powered by <em>Idea Informer.</em> There you can submit ideas, questions, and testimonials — or report any issues with the site. You can also comment on others\' submissions and vote for your favorites. See how the community is voting!</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>{jcomments off}</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"images/stories/new_window.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"link opens in a new window\" title=\"link opens in a new window\" /> <a class=\"smallish\" href=\"http://irdu.idea.informer.com/proj/?mod=one\" target=\"_blank\">Share in the discussion</a></p>','',1,5,0,9,'2011-01-26 00:00:00',62,'','2011-03-08 16:29:25',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 19:01:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',46,0,4,'','',0,5,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(36,'Share an Idea Content','share-an-idea-content','','<p class=\"larger\">3. Comment Thread</p>\r\n<p><br />Comment threads could be added to the end of articles, or there could just be more general comment thread(s) for the site (on this \"Share an Idea\" page). You can add and/or view comments below:</p>\r\n<p> </p>','',0,5,0,9,'2010-12-29 19:01:55',62,'','2011-02-07 19:02:39',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 19:01:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',8,0,2,'','',0,177,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(38,'Accessibility','accessibility','','<h3>Accessibility</h3>\r\n<p><br />This website complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 794d. If you have difficulty accessing any portion of this site, please e-mail us at:<br /> <a href=\"mailto:informaticslab@cdc.gov\"><img src=\"images/email.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"E-mail us (this link opens an e-mail client)\" title=\"E-mail us (this link opens an e-mail client)\" /></a></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,0,0,0,'2010-12-28 23:11:32',62,'','2011-05-10 15:05:46',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-28 23:11:32','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',16,0,3,'','',0,88,'robots=\nauthor='),
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  	(40,'test3','test3','','<p>testtest</p>','',-2,5,0,9,'2011-02-15 18:44:57',62,'','0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-02-15 18:44:57','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(41,'lots of articles','lots-of-articles','','<p>dsadasda</p>','',-2,1,0,3,'2011-02-15 18:56:00',62,'','0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-02-15 18:56:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(42,'Article Title','test3','','<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php/prototypes/42-test3\">Article Title</a></p>\r\n<p><br />Article content...</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>vontente ngkrlengkdlmngkfdngkfdngkfngfkldngfdngkflgnkflda;glfknglkfd;alfkngkald;flkngkl;lkeweiworjijijio and then she said and then i saide so shw saw me and i was a tree and everything was allrigth really and i don\'tl onow what time ir is why you always asking me that?</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n','\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>so we thought about itt a lto and decided not to do it.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/2920/2505\" target=\"_blank\">View full text in PDF format.</a></p>\r\n<p> </p>',-2,1,0,1,'2011-02-16 15:58:12',62,'','2011-02-16 21:17:41',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-02-16 15:58:12','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',7,0,0,'','',0,4,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(43,'Palantir Technologies Government Platform','palantir-technologies-government-platform','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/palantir_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Palantir logo\" title=\"Palantir logo\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=43:palantir-technologies-government-platform&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Palantir Technologies Government Platform</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 2/11/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 2/14/2011 <br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Cross Platform | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">Complex Information Analysis</p>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\">Palantir Government</a> is a platform for information analysis. Palantir was designed for environments where the fragments of data that an analyst combines to tell the larger story are spread across a vast set of starting material. Palantir provides flexible tools to import and model data, intuitive constructs to search against this data, and powerful techniques to iteratively define and test hypotheses. With Palantir, an analyst can go all the way from an initial tasking to a final product in hours or days, rather than weeks.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Palantir Technologies was founded in 2004 by Paypal alumni and Standard computer scientists who wanted to create a platform for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing the world\'s information. Palantir supports many kinds of data including structured, unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Their products are built for real analysis with a focus on security, scalability, ease of use, and collaboration. Palantir is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, but has a large presence in the DC area at Tyson\'s Corner, VA.</p>\r\n<p><br />After HHS CTO Todd Park\'s presentation to CDC on December 6th, the lab installed Palantir to access the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"https://analyzethe.us/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://analyzethe.us/\">AnalyzeThe.US</a> public domain data source collected by Palantir Technologies. This data source collects key data sets from data.gov and other public data sources and links them using Palantir\'s platform. The stated goal of the analyzethe.us project is, \"Ultimately, by allowing citizens to analyze our democracy, AnalyzeThe.US democratizes analysis.\"</p>\r\n<p><br />Palantir has solutions for Intelligence, Defense, Financial, Cyber Security and Healthcare; but no specific, dedicated solution for public health.</p>\r\n<p><br />Palantir Government consists of three components:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Data Platform (hosted),</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Application Platform (client-based),</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2 \">Compute Platform (hosted).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />The lab installed the Application Platform which is a Java-based client program that runs on most modern desktop/workstation operating systems.</p>\r\n<p><br />To conduct our investigation we connected to the existing analyzethe.us Data and Compute Platforms so we did not install the server-based Palantir components. Using the Palantir client application, lab researchers ran through saved example investigations to create, analyze and display information assets, links, and connected information. This tool provides four main functions on an analyzed-curated data set based on articles and data items entered or carefully imported:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Seamlessly integrates structured and unstructured data sources</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Provides advanced search &amp; discovery capabilities</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Enables enterprise-wide knowledge management</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Facilitates collaboration across users, groups, and agencies</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Overall Insights:</h2>\r\n<p class=\"belowh2\">The strength of this tool is linkage creation, and would be particularly useful for complex case-based (e.g., outbreak) investigations. It is not a classic (predictive modeling) data mining tool, such as SAS Enterprise Miner, which leverages multiple data sets (training, validation, and test). This tool is not necessarily built for event detection, sense making or emergent intelligence so it may be challenging to deploy in public health scenarios that involve large amounts of timely clinical data (e.g., syndromic surveillance). Although the tool has a strong learning curve, it is excellent for creating linkages and discovering additional relationships. Palantir also has a useful developer\'s SDK and growing list of partner consulting and system integrator firms. Cost does not appear to be trivial, but could not be ascertained, as that information was not visible on their web site, and it appears that financial arrangements are made on a case-by-case basis. Palantir did not respond to requests with cost information.</p>\r\n<p><br />An additional investigation based on a public health specific data set (rather than the data.gov data from analyzethe.us) would help us to better determine the impact for public health.</p>\r\n<h2>Quick Facts:</h2>\r\n<ul class=\"sum4\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">License:</span></em> Commercial</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Platform:</span></em> Hosted/Cloud (server), Java (client)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Cost:</span></em> Varies</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Potential Public Health Use Cases:</span></em> Conduct Investigation; Data Management; Process, Store, and Analyze Data; Conduct Epidemiological Research</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\"> (view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /><a href=\"images/brief_reviews/palantirscreenshot1analyzetheus.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Palantir Screenshot - Analyzethe.us Investigation\"> <img src=\"images/brief_reviews/palantir_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Palantir Screenshot - Analyzethe.us Investigation\" title=\"Palantir Screenshot - Analyzethe.us Investigation\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum5\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project References icon\" title=\"Project Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"> Palantir Government Product Page: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\">http://www.palantirtech.com/government</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Investment Profile on Palantir Technologies: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies\">http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Sample Data Set: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"https://analyzethe.us/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://analyzethe.us/\">https://analyzethe.us/</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Demo video for Palantir Government: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct\">http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct</a> </li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,3,'2011-02-17 14:51:36',63,'BAL','2011-05-10 14:38:14',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-02-17 14:51:36','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',28,0,22,'','',0,99,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(44,'palantir_test','palantirtest','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/palantir_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Palantir logo\" title=\"Palantir logo\" align=\"left\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" /><a href=\"index.php/brief-reviews/43-palantir-technologies-government-platform\">Palantir Technologies Government Platform</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 2/14/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Cross Platform | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Complex Information Analysis</p>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\">Palantir Government</a> is a platform for information analysis. Palantir was designed for environments where the fragments of data that an analyst combines to tell the larger story are spread across a vast set of starting material. Palantir provides flexible tools to import and model data, intuitive constructs to search against this data, and powerful techniques to iteratively define and test hypotheses. With Palantir, an analyst can go all the way from an initial tasking to a final product in hours or days, rather than weeks.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />Palantir Technologies was founded in 2004 by Paypal alumni and Standard computer scientists who wanted to create a platform for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing the world‚Äôs information. Palantir supports many kinds of data including structured, unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Their products are built for real analysis with a focus on security, scalability, ease of use, and collaboration.Palantir is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA but has a large presence in the DC area at Tyson\'s Corner, VA.</p>\r\n<p><br />After HHS CTO Todd Park\'s presentation to CDC on December 6th, the lab installed Palantir to access the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"https://analyzethe.us/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://analyzethe.us/\">AnalyzeThe.US</a> public domain data source collected by Palantir Technologies. This data source collects key data sets from data.gov and other public data sources and links them using Palantir\'s platform. The stated goal of the analyzethe.us project is, \"Ultimately, by allowing citizens to analyze our democracy, AnalyzeThe.US democratizes analysis.\"</p>\r\n<p><br />Palantir has solutions for Intelligence, Defense, Financial, Cyber Security and Healthcare; but no specific, dedicated solution for public health.</p>\r\n<p><br />Palantir Government consists of three components:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Data Platform (hosted),</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Application Platform (client-based),</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2 \">Compute Platform (hosted).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />The lab installed the Application Platform which is a Java-based client program that runs on most modern desktop/workstation operating systems.</p>\r\n<p><br />To conduct our investigation we connected to the existing analyzethe.us Data and Compute Platforms so we did not install the server-based Palantir components. Using the Palantir client application, lab researchers ran through saved example investigations to create, analyze and display information assets, links, and connected information. This tool provides four main functions on an analyzed-curated data set based on articles and data items entered or carefully imported:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Seamlessly integrates structured and unstructured data sources</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Provides advanced search &amp; discovery capabilities</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Enables enterprise-wide knowledge management</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Facilitates collaboration across users, groups, and agencies</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Overall Insights:</h2>\r\n<p><br />The strength of this tool is linkage creation, and would be particularly useful for complex case-based (e.g., outbreak) investigations. It is not a classic (predictive modeling) data mining tool, such as SAS Enterprise Miner, which leverages multiple data sets (training, validation, and test).This tool is not necessarily built for event detection, sense making or emergent intelligence so it may be challenging to deploy in public health scenarios that involve large amounts of timely clinical data (e.g., syndromic surveillance). Although the tool has a strong learning curve, it is excellent for creating linkages and discovering additional relationships. Palantir also has a useful developer\'s SDK and growing list of partner consulting and system integrator firms. Cost does not appear to be trivial, but could not be ascertained, as that information was not visible on their web site, and it appears that financial arrangements are made on a case-by-case basis. Palantir did not respond to requests with cost information.</p>\r\n<p><br />An additional investigation based on a public health specific data set (rather than the data.gov data from analyzethe.us) would help us to better determine the impact for public health.</p>\r\n<h2>Quick Facts:</h2>\r\n<ul class=\"sum4\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">License:</span></em> Commercial</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Platform:</span></em> Hosted/Cloud (server), Java (client)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Cost:</span></em> Varies</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Potential Public Health Use Cases:</span></em> Conduct Investigation; Data Management; Process, Store, and Analyze Data; Conduct Epidemiological Research</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project References icon\" title=\"Project Resources icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"> Palantir Government Product Page: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government\">http://www.palantirtech.com/government</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Investment Profile on Palantir Technologies: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies\">http://www.crunchbase.com/company/palantir-technologies</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Sample Data Set: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"https://analyzethe.us/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://analyzethe.us/\">https://analyzethe.us/</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Demo video for Palantir Government: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct\">http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/fullct</a> </li>\r\n</ul>',0,1,0,3,'2011-02-28 17:01:29',62,'','2011-02-28 19:45:05',62,62,'2011-03-07 20:18:55','2011-02-28 17:01:29','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',32,0,21,'','',0,60,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(45,'Wiki Content','wiki-content','','<p>This is the wiki content.</p>','',-2,5,0,7,'2011-03-10 18:54:08',62,'','2011-03-10 20:28:50',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-03-10 18:54:08','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,0,'','',0,23,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(46,'Wiki Summary','wiki','','<p>Our wiki is powered by<em><strong> </strong>MediaWiki</em> software and will open in a <strong>new window</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><br />MediaWiki uses a simplified markup language for formatting. To learn more about the markup used in MediaWiki, please see <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting\" target=\"_blank\">Help: Formatting</a></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><br /><img src=\"images/stories/new_window.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"link opens in a new window\" title=\"link opens in a new window\" /> <a class=\"smallish\" href=\"mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Go to the Wiki</a></p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,5,0,7,'2010-12-29 14:19:54',62,'','2011-03-29 15:21:07',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 14:19:54','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',13,0,1,'','',0,3,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(48,'OpenMRS:  An Open Source Electronic Medical Record System','openmrs-an-open-source-electronic-medical-record-system','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OPENMRS icon\" title=\"OPENMRS icon\" width=\"80\" height=\"53\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=48:openmrs-an-open-source-electronic-medical-record-system&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> OpenMRS:  An Open Source Electronic Medical Record System</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong> Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 3/28/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 3/28/2011 <br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Cross Platform | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">Access to an Example EHR System</p>\r\n<p>Given all the national activity around Electronic Health Records  (EHR), the R&amp;D team felt it was of value to provide the public  health community access to an example EHR system, and gain a practical  understanding of what healthcare providers are now experiencing on a  daily basis. The log-in credentials and links to the example EHR system are below:</p>\r\n<p><br /><span style=\"padding-left: 25px; position: relative; bottom: 5px;\"><strong>Username:</strong> guest                <strong>Password:</strong> Passw0rd</span></p>\r\n<p><br /><span style=\"padding-left: 25px; position: relative; bottom: 10px;\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/openmrs-standalone\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>External</strong></a> lab link <span style=\"padding-left:2px; padding-right:2px;\">|</span> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://172.16.100.250/openmrs-standalone\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Internal</strong></a> lab link</span></p>\r\n','\r\n<h2>Per Wikipedia:</h2>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://openmrs.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenMRS</a> is a collaborative <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source\" target=\"_blank\">open source</a> project to develop excellent software to support the delivery of health care in developing countries.<sup id=\"cite_ref-0\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMRS#cite_note-0\" target=\"_blank\"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> It grew out of the critical need to scale up the treatment of <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV\" target=\"_blank\">HIV</a> in <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa\" target=\"_blank\">Africa</a> but from the start was conceived as a general purpose electronic medical record system that could support the full range of medical treatments.</p>\r\n<p><br />OpenMRS is founded on the principles of openness and sharing of  ideas,  software and strategies for deployment and use. The system is  designed  to be usable in very resource poor environments and can be  modified with  the addition of new data items, forms and reports without  programming.  It is intended as a platform that many organizations can  adopt and  modify avoiding the need to develop a system from scratch.</p>\r\n<h2>Design:</h2>\r\n<p>OpenMRS is based on a \"concept dictionary\" that describes all the   data items that can be stored in the system such as clinical findings, laboratory test results or socio-economic data. This approach avoids the   need to modify the database structure to add new diseases for example, and facilitates sharing of data dictionaries between projects and sites. An important features of OpenMRS is its modular construction  which  allows the programming of new functions without modifying the  core code. OpenMRS is web based but can be deployed on a single laptop or on a large server and runs on <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux</a>, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Microsoft Windows\">Windows</a> or <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X\" target=\"_blank\">Mac OS X</a>.</p>\r\n<p><br />Other key features of OpenMRS:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Built on the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL\" target=\"_blank\">MySQL</a> database (but uses <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernate_%28Java%29\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hibernate (Java)\">Hibernate</a> allowing it to be ported to other databases)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Programmed in <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Java (programming language)\">Java</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Includes tools for data export and reporting</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Versions currently exist for <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"AIDS\">HIV/AIDS</a>, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-drug-resistant_tuberculosis\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis\">drug resistant TB</a>, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_care\" target=\"_blank\">primary care</a> and <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncology\" target=\"_blank\">oncology</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Supports open standards for medical data exchange including <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL7\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"HL7\">HL7</a>, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOINC\" target=\"_blank\">LOINC</a> and IXF</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2011-03-29 18:11:18',62,'','2012-01-17 18:42:23',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-03-29 18:11:18','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',15,0,20,'','',0,60,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(47,'Tags','tags','','<!--Making space for tag cloud module to display-->\r\n<p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>','',1,4,0,6,'2011-03-24 14:13:43',62,'','2011-03-24 19:19:41',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-03-24 14:13:43','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',17,0,1,'','',0,3,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(49,'Share an Idea E-mail','share-an-idea-content','','<p><img src=\"images/stories/email_us.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"E-mail Us icon\" title=\"E-mail Us icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"larger\">E-mail Us</p>\r\n<p><br />Submitted ideas are read and reviewed by the R&amp;D Lab team. Please be sure to include your e-mail address and name. We may follow up for additional information regarding your idea, if necessary. Please e-mail <a class=\"reg\" href=\"mailto:InformaticsLab@cdc.gov\"><img src=\"images/irdu_mail.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IRDU e-mail\" title=\"IRDU e-mail\" align=\"absbottom\" /></a> or use the form below to contact us.<br /><br /></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>{jcomments off}</p>','',1,5,0,9,'2010-12-29 19:01:55',62,'','2011-05-24 18:55:11',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-29 19:01:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',27,0,1,'','',0,4,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(50,'MapWindow GIS','mapwindow','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/mapwindow_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MapWindow icon\" title=\"MapWindow icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=50:mapwindow&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> MapWindow GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS)</p>\r\n<p>The MapWindow application is a ready-to-use spatial data viewer, and a tool that can be modified into a new custom application. (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org</a>).</p>\r\n<p><br />The MapWindow consists of the main MapWindow application, Core Components, and plug-ins. The main MapWindow application is the central interface and is a stand-alone GIS application.</p>\r\n','\r\n<h2>Background:</h2>\r\n<p>The core components are MapWinGIS (an ActiveX control that may be placed into any project in any programming language that supports ActiveX).  This ActiveX component is the main map component of the software.  Another core component is the MapWinInterfaces (also called the plugin interface).</p>\r\n<p><br />The MapWinInterfaces is a DLL file which will allow developers to write their own plugins to the main MapWindow application. These plug-ins can be authored with any programming language that supports the creation and use of Windows Dynamic Linked Libraries (DLLs). The final portion of MapWinow are the plug-ins (user-authored extensions to MapWindow). Four main plug-ins are included in the main MapWindow application: Table Editor, Shapefile Editor, GIS Tools, and Feature Identifier/Labeler.</p>\r\n<p><br />The MapWindow software is accompanied by a large user community, user guides, developer guides, wikis, discussion forums, mailing lists, an issue tracking system, internationalization, overall project management, an open-source team, soure code repositories, sample code for developers, script directories, user-authored plug-ins, and tutorials.  A distinguishing characteristic of this software is that it is free to use and redistribute to your clients and other end users.  The whole point of MapWindow is to provide an core application that can be customized and redistributed for specific use-cases.</p>\r\n<p><br />Much work has been done with MapWindow for the purpose of hydrology and hydrological research.  The University of Bristol is using MapWindow GIS software within their coursework on GIS for Health Research and Public Health (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/gis.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/gis.htm</a>).</p>\r\n<h2>Results:</h2>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: general information, system features, and functionality.</p>\r\n<h4>General Information:</h4>\r\n<p>The MapWindow software development is lead by Dr. Daniel Ames (Idaho State University), but it should be noted that there are hundreds or thousands of MapWindow developers that are part of the project. Dr. Ames is working with the members of the MapWindow Open Source Team to continue to develop and deploy MapWindows under the Mozilla Public License 1.1.  <br />(Source:  <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/why.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/why.php</a> )</p>\r\n<h4>System Features:</h4>\r\n<p>(Source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/mapwinapp.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/mapwinapp.php</a>)</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Standard Toolbars</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Additional plug-in menus</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Functionality:</h4>\r\n<p>(Source: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/mapwinapp.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/mapwinapp.php</a>)</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Turning plug-ins on and off</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Creating and editing MapWindow projects</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Adding map data to projects</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Using the legend to control layers</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Changing layer display properties</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Adding a label to a layer</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Adding a color scheme to layers</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Display and modify map scale bar</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Map navigation</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Finding map information (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Measuring shapes (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Printing and exporting maps</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Using projections</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Editing/creating data or layers (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Editing layers (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Using table editor to edit attribute table (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Create or update length, area, or perimeter attributes (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Table editor field calculator functions (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Using document launcher to add hotlinks (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Buffer shapes (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Snapping new features to other shapefiles (vector)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">GISTools Plug-in User\'s Guide</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Support for vector, raster, imagery including ESRI grids, ASCII grids, GeoTiff grids, and USU Binary grids</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Shape2Earth plug-in to export shapefiles to KML for Google Earth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Alternatives:</h2>\r\n<p>While there are other open-source GIS Desktop applications with extensibility such as uDig, gvSIG, and GRASS, MapWindow is somewhat unique in the fact that it is free, modifiable, and redistributable in modified form.</p>\r\n<h2>Recommendation:</h2>\r\n<p>The MapWindow software has a track record of success with federal agencies such as NOAA and for use within hydrology and hydrologic research. A commonly used plug-in for MapWindows is the BASINS 4 plug-in developed by EPA (BASINS, 2007) as well as with humanitarian aid mapping (MapAction, 2009).  MapWindow also has some limited track record for disease surveillance for public health (Changsang et al, 2009).</p>\r\n<p><br />The MapWindow software could have great potential utility for environmental public health issues surrounding toxic spills, runoff, and hydrology related transport of toxic substances that might have negative health effects.</p>\r\n<h2>Conclusion:</h2>\r\n<p>MapWindow is a useful, free, customizable, and freely re-distributable software with potential utility for public health.  The software has a track record of success with NOAA and EPA. HHS and CDC should consider use of MapWindow software to supplement their GIS toolbox and complement their existing commercial software investments. MapWindow will not be a replacement for commercial GIS software but could complement the commercial software and would provide a mechanism to freely re-distribute GIS software with basic functionality to resource challenged environments that may not be able to afford commercial GIS tools.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"References icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References <br /><br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Ames, D.P., Gover, D. and MapWindow Open Source Team  2007.<br /> <em>MapWinGIS Reference Manual — A function guide for the free MapWindow GIS Active X map component.</em></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Ames, D.P. 2006. <em>Getting Started with the MapWinGIS ActiveX Control</em>.   <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/downloads/documentation/UsingMapWinGIS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/downloads/documentation/UsingMapWinGIS.pdf</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"> Anselmo, A. 2005. <em>MapWindow Plug-in Development — Sample Project: Simple Path Analyzer Plug-in, A step-by-step guide to creating a custom MapWindow Plug-in using the IPlugin interface.</em> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/documentation.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/documentation.php</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">BASINS, 2007. URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Chansang, C., Nakhapakorn, K., Chansang, U., and Sawanpanyalert, P. 2009.<br /> <em>Disease Mapping for Surveillance and Control at House Level Using Geoinformation Freeware.</em><br />Journal of Health Science, 2009; 18:883-93. </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Michaelis, C.  2005. <em>MapWindow GIS ActiveX Control.</em> <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/documentation.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mapwindow.org/pages/documentation.php</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Akkala, A., Devabhaktuni, V., and Kumar, A.  2010.  <em>Software Review:  Interpolation techniques and associated software for environmental data.</em><br /> Environmental Progress &amp; Sustainable Energy. Vol 29(2).  Pages 134-141. </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Ford, R.E. 2009. <em>Integrating GIS into eHealth initiatives in Africa.</em> Ver 8.  Nov. 2009.  <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Hintze, P. and Lakes, T.  2009. <em>Geographically Referenced Data for Social Science.</em> <br />German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD).  <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.ratswd.de/download/RatSWD_WP_2009/RatSWD_WP_125.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.ratswd.de/download/RatSWD_WP_2009/RatSWD_WP_125.pdf</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Kamadjeu, R. and Tollentino, H.  2008. <em>Web-based public health geographic information systems for resources-constrained environment using scalable vector graphics technology: a proof of concept applied to the expanded program on immunization data.</em><br />International Journal of Health Geographics.  Vol 5:24.    <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Madzudzo, P.F.  2007. <em>Exploratory Visualization of Temporal Events in Epidemiological Research:  Case Study of Black Death.</em> <br />Thesis (PhD).  The Netherlands: ITC.    <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/madzudzo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/madzudzo.pdf</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-05-10 14:44:45',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',4,0,19,'','',0,12,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(51,'OpenJUMP GIS','openjump','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/openjump_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=51:openjump&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> OpenJUMP GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/13/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/13/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS) Written in Java</p>\r\n<p>OpenJUMP GIS software appears to seek a middle-ground between basic and fundamental open-source GIS and more advanced GIS. The middle-ground also provides some extension through Python programming and plugins. The tool does support basic overlay, vector editing, and spatial queries with some topological tools as well. The overall look and feel of OpenJUMP is not complicated and seems to provide a friendly user-interface that may appeal to both new and seasoned GIS users.</p>\r\n<p><br />The advanced and very advanced GIS users may not be satisfied with OpenJUMP but it may strike a perfect match for new users or intermediate users that require basic GIS without a complicated interface. There are very few examples of public health/epidemiology use of this tool within the literature but this could be due to the relatively young age of the OpenJUMP (2009).</p>\r\n','\r\n<h2>Background:</h2>\r\n<p>OpenJUMP is an open source Geographic Information System (GIS) written  in the Java programming language. It is developed and maintained by a  group of volunteers from around the globe. OpenJUMP started as JUMP  designed by Vivid Solutions. OpenJUMP can read and write shapefiles and  simple GML files.</p>\r\n<p><br />There is limited support for WMS and WFS web services. The primary  strength is within the editing capabilities for geometry and attribute  data. The user can style maps and export to SVG format. There are a  growing number of vector analysis tools for topologic analysis and  overlay. OpenJUMP 1.3 release has new functionality that can be added by  advanced users with the Python language and Raster GIS capability with  SEXTANTE GIS extension. OpenJUMP has limits in reading very large  datasets and limited support for cartographic projections.There is  limited support for WMS and WFS web services. The primary strength is  within the editing capabilities for geometry and attribute data. The  user can style maps and export to SVG format. There are a growing number  of vector analysis tools for topologic analysis and overlay. OpenJUMP  1.3 release has new functionality that can be added by advanced users  with the Python language and Raster GIS capability with SEXTANTE GIS  extension. OpenJUMP has limits in reading very large datasets and  limited support for cartographic projections.</p>\r\n<h2>Results:</h2>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: general information, system features, and functionality.</p>\r\n<p><br />There are many resources for OpenJUMP including tutorials, user docs, developer docs, articles, user map, user forum, email lists, wiki, openjump support, a bug tracking system, a feature request system, a pilot project, external links, and contact information. There are also additional OpenJUMP plugins.</p>\r\n<h4>System Features:</h4>\r\n<p>(Steiniger, 2009)</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Vector GIS that can read rasters as well.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Not just a demo viewer, but you can edit, save, analyze, conflate, and display data.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Operates on Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX platforms as it is JAVA-based.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">An excellent framework for rapid prototyping.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Freely distributed under the GNU GPL license.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Data Formats:</h4>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Reads GML, SHP, DXF, JM, MIF, TIFF, JPG, MrSID, ECW, as well as from PostGIS, ArcSDE, Oracle, and MySQL.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Writes: GML, SHP, DXF, PostGIS, JML &amp; JPG</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Supports: OGC WMS &amp; WFS (-T), GML 2 SLD</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Editing &amp; Conflation:</h4>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Drawing points, lines, polygons, circles</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Adding, moving, deleting vertices</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Rotating, scaling, auto-complete polygon</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Cut, merge, simplify polygons and lines</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Warping, quality assurance tools</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Vector Analysis &amp; Query:</h4>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Spatial and attribute query functions</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Calculating length, area, centroid, buffer, convex hull</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Topology tools: line noder, polygonizer, planar graph</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Attribute transfer tools (1:1 transfer, or n:1 transfer)</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Raster analysis via SEXTANTE connector</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Customization:</h4>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Provides an API, scripting via BeanShell and Java Python</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">(Java) plugin-system</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Alternatives:</h2>\r\n<p>There are other open-source desktop GIS options including: uDig, Quantum GIS, MapWindow, gvSIG, and GRASS GIS.</p>\r\n<p><br />The OpenJUMP software provides some basic GIS capabilities and potential to expand with Python programming for advanced geoprocessing. The OpenJUMP GIS software provides a simple graphic user interface without an overwhelming number of controls and this can make the initial user experience less intimidating than other GIS software. The tool provides some nice vector layer editing capabilities and has some limited support for Web Mapping Services (WMS) and Web Feature Services (WFS) through plugins. The support for WMS and WFS is not native to the main application as it is within uDig (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://udig.refractions.net\" target=\"_blank\">http://udig.refractions.net</a> ).</p>\r\n<h2>Recommendation:</h2>\r\n<p>OpenJUMP is a Java-based application is cross-platform and can run on  Windows, Linux, or Mac and this is nice. The OpenJUMP does support some  nice geoprocessing capabilities such as buffering, Thiessen polygon  creation, convex hull creation, multiple ring buffering, as well as some  capability for generalization, spatial queries, unions, intersects, and  overlay as well as some topological quality assurance tools to compare  geometries between layers. The OpenJUMP tool seems to have a nice blend  of some very basic and intermediate GIS capability but does not have  more advanced spatial interpolation or kriging tools that one might find  in other more complicated commercial GIS or within tools such as GRASS  GIS or R. There does not seem to be a lot of adoption of OpenJUMP by the  medical/epidemiological community, but the tool itself is relatively  new.</p>\r\n<h2>Conclusion:</h2>\r\n<p>OpenJUMP appears to see a GIS middle-ground and strike a balance between  basic GIS functionality and a friendly user interface with advanced  plugin and Python support for advanced GIS users. The Java-based  OpenJUMP is cross-platform and this can be very useful within  environments with multiple operating systems. The OpenJUMP tool provides  enough basic GIS functionality that beginner and intermediate GIS users  may find this tool very useful.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"References icon\" align=\"absmiddle\" /> References <br /><br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"> Narayanan, M., Mohan, A., and Gayatri, R. 2007. <em>Web GIS for Tamil Nadu Using FOSS.</em><br /> Map World Forum. Hyderbad, India, Proceedings — Web GIS 2007. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.gisdevelopment.net/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Steiniger, S. and E. Bocher (2009): <em>An overview on current free and open source desktop GIS developments.</em><br /> International Journal of Geographical Information Sciences 29 (10): 1345-1370.  <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"> Steiniger, S. 2009. <em>OpenJUMP: Jump Unified Mapping Platform.</em> Descriptive Flyer.   <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/download/ojlogo/openjumpflyer_v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/download/ojlogo/openjumpflyer_v3.pdf</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-05-10 14:50:52',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',6,0,18,'','',0,13,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(52,'uDig GIS','udig','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=52:udig&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> uDig GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS)</p>\r\n<p>UDig:     User-Friendly Desktop Internet GIS Version 1.1.0  http://udig.refractions.net/</p>\r\n<p>Executive Summary:</p>\r\n<p>UDig is an open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) desktop software (http://udig.refractions.net).   The software contains many features that may have potential utility for public health.   The software includes a welcome tutorial to get started using the software as well as a comprehensive HELP section of the software.</p>\r\n<p>The software includes wizards and dialogue boxes that help guide new users to perform basic functions such as adding data to maps, exporting maps, importing projects, and style editing.   The ADD DATA capacity includes the ability to add ArcSDE layers, database tables, graphic files, MySQL tables, Oracle Spatial tables, PostGIS tables, Web Feature Services (WFS), and Web Mapping Services (WMS).</p>\r\n<p>The software has a certain familiar look and feel for those public health users that already have GIS experience with commercial mapping software such as ArcGIS.</p>\r\n<p>The graphic user interface for UDig is robust without being overly complicated.</p>\r\n<p>The window panes are organized in a manner consistent with typical software development within the Eclipse framework and so many computer scientists will feel very comfortable with the look and feel as well as the overall operation of the software.</p>\r\n<p>The software also includes a Tip of the Day and a full section on ‚ÄúTips and Tricks‚Äù.</p>\r\n<p>UDig includes a style editor that appears to incorporate color standards from ColorBrewer (http://colorbrewer2.org/ ) and these are important features for map readers with color blindness.</p>\r\n<p>The process of adding shapefiles as data layers within a UDig map is not as intuitive as the process for adding WMS or WFS services.   It is unclear why the designers have a separate process to add shapefiles but this could be confusing for new users.</p>\r\n<p>Background:</p>\r\n<p>There are many open-source GIS tools that are available and many of these are available through an Open-Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo):  http://www.osgeo.org/ The goal of the OSGeo foundation is to build the highest quality  Open-source geospatial software.</p>\r\n<p>The OSGeo contributed geospatial libraries (GeoTools) (http://www.geotools.org/) that are utilized within UDig.   GeoTools are an open source Java GIS Toolkit that conforms to Open Geospatial Consortium specifications (http://www.opengeospatial.org/).   UDig is built upon a foundation of Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/).  Eclipse is a multi-language, open source, software development environment and open-source community created by IBM to foster open-source software development.  One may use various open-source languages with Eclipse including:  Java, Python,  C, C++, COBOL, Perl, PHP, Scala, and Ruby.  UDig is built upon the Eclipse framework and is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).   The UDig product includes software developed by the Eclipse Foundation, GeoTools, and the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).    Canadian geographers have also contributed financially through the GeoConnections (http://cgdi.gc.ca/CGDI.cfm).</p>\r\n<p>Results</p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: general information,  system features, and functionality.</p>\r\n<p>General Information:  The overall look and feel and operation of the UDig software is very good and operates in a very similar manner to commercial GIS software.  The interface will appeal to both new users of GIS as well as software developers and engineers within the public health organizations as this is based upon the Eclipse workbench.</p>\r\n<p>System Features:  -       Tutorials and Comprehensive Help Documentation  -       Shapefile support.  -       Web Mapping Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) support.  -       Web cataloging of WMS and WFS service connections  -       ColorBrewer color standards  -       Projection / Re-Projection capability using standard or custom projections  -       On-the-fly reprojection  -       Community Plug-in extensibility  -       A UDig 1.1 Discovery Site  -       LGPL licensing  -       Cartographic elements:  scalebars, legends, map titles, etc  -       Thematic map classification with  Quantile or Equal Interval methods  -       Rollback of changes and Undo features</p>\r\n<p>Functionality:  -       Bookmarking of spatial extents within the map  -       Multiple map projects with multiple tables of contents containing layers  -       Ability to add graphics to the maps  -       Ability to view feature attribute tables of shapefiles  -       Display of map coordinates and coordinate system and ability to change.  -       Geometry validation of vector features.  -       Feature Selection and counting of selected features  -       Feature editing, creation of new features, vector / vertices editing  -       Identification tool, Selection tool, Pan, Zoom, traditional navigation  -       uDig update manager  -       Eclipse plug-in support  -       Buffer, Intersection, Clip, Split  -       Coming soon:  Merge, Trim Line, Arc, Parallel, Dissolve, Spatial Join Geometries  -       Extensions developed during Google Summer of Code including feature transformation, rubbersheeting, inverse distance weighted interpolation, spline interpolation.</p>\r\n<p>Alternatives:  The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) lists several alternative open-source GIS desktop mapping applications including GRASS, Quantum GIS, OSSIM, and gvSIG that are projects of OSGeo.   MapWindow is another open-source desktop GIS application that has been used by NOAA and other federal agencies.</p>\r\n<p>Recommendation:  UDig also has a small track record of success with public health GIS and epidemiology.  Open-source GIS software has a place within public health research and has been used for HIV/AIDS management and other studies (Vanmeulebrouk et. al, 2008).  This software is free, open-source, easy to use, and contains many of the same functions of commercial desktop GIS software.  Open-source GIS tools could be used as a low cost alternative for public health departments in resource challenged areas that may not be able to afford commercial GIS software (Kamadjeu and Tolentino, 2008).</p>\r\n<p>Conclusion:  The UDig open-source is truly a User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (UDig).  UDig provides tutorials and a comprehensive help section which is very helpful for new users.   This open source software provides many of the functions that are found within commercial desktop GIS software.   The operation of the software is straight forward and simple to follow with the possible exception of the process to add shapefiles to the map.   The public health community still relies on shapefiles to some extent and so this is one area that could be improved.  The UDig software follows standards for projections, colors, classification, and provides limited cartographic elements for maps.  This open-source desktop GIS could be a very useful addition to the public health toolbox.   This tool has been used extensively by the Canadian government through their GeoConnections national portal : http://www.geoconnections.org/en/aboutGeo/projects/id=416</p>\r\n<p>References:  Kamadjeu, R. and Tollentino, H.  2008.  Web-based public health geographic information systems for resources-constrained environment using scalable vector graphics technology: a proof of concept applied to the expanded program on immunization data.  International Journal of Health Geographics.  Vol 5:24.  URL:   http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24/</p>\r\n<p>Madzudzo, P.F.  2007.  Exploratory Visualization of Temporal Events in Epidemiological Research:  Case Study of Black Death.   Thesis (PhD).  The Netherlands: ITC.  URL:  http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/madzudzo.pdf</p>\r\n<p>Ramsey, P.  2004.  User Friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) for OpenGIS Spatial Data Infrastructures.    URL:  http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/udig-summary.pdf</p>\r\n<p>UDig Case Studies:   URL: http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/uDigCaseStudies.pdf/</p>\r\n<p>UDig Fact Sheet:  URL:  http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/More</p>\r\n<p>Vanmeulebrouk, B., Rivett, U., Ricketts, A., Loudon, M.   2008.  Open source GIS for HIV / AIDS Management.  International Journal of Health Geographics.  Vol 7:53.  URL:  http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53/</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-21 15:10:44',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,17,'','',0,1,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(53,'Quantum GIS','quantum','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=53:quantum&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Quantum GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS)</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/\">http://www.qgis.org/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS is an open-source desktop GIS that has a user-friendly  interface and includes many of the same functions of commercial desktop  GIS software.  Quantum GIS has potential use within public health and  may be appropriate in resource challenged environments or within areas  that require open-source GIS software.</p>\r\n<p>The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License.  QGIS  supports vector, raster, and various database formats and functions.   The core functions of QGIS are continually expanding and QGIS also  supports plug-in development to allow users to extend the core  software.  (Source:  <a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/\">http://www.qgis.org/</a>).  The Quantum GIS software has versions that will run on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX and MS Windows.</p>\r\n<p>The Quantum GIS software coding began in 2002 and was originally a  project on SourceForge and was Q GIS because it used the Qt Toolkit from  Nokia (Source:  <a href=\"http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-qgis.html\">http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-qgis.html</a> ).</p>\r\n<p>The Quantum GIS community is beginning to assemble Case Studies which  illustrate how government agencies are using their software (<a href=\"http://qgis.org/en/community/qgis-case-studies.html\">http://qgis.org/en/community/qgis-case-studies.html</a> ).  The first case-study has been published and relates to work for  Solothurn, Switzerland regarding the requirements for an easy-to-use  desktop GIS running on Linux to accommodate the migration of GIS data  and software to Linux operating systems.   This is not the first time  that researchers have suggested that Quantum GIS could be very useful  within public health (Chang et. al 2009).</p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS also played a role within health data analyses within  India (Oberai and Ram Mohan Rao, 2010) and with Amazonia snakebite  injuries (Stuppy, 2010).</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>There are many open-source GIS tools that are available and many of  these are available through an Open-Source Geospatial Foundation  (OSGeo):  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/\">http://www.osgeo.org/</a> The goal of the OSGeo foundation is to build the highest quality</p>\r\n<p>Open-source geospatial software.   Quantum GIS (or QGIS) includes an  open-source community with wikis, blogs, forums, mailing lists, bug  tracking, overall project management,  user manuals, workshop materials,  workbooks, brochures, a QGIS community team, developer meetings, user  meetings, and tutorials.   Quantum GIS also includes some commercial  support from support contractors (Source: <a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Results</strong><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The Quantum GIS is currently operating on version 1.5.0 ‚ÄúTethys‚Äù.</p>\r\n<p>One can download both the sourecode and binary packages here: <a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Download/\">http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Download/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features</strong>:  (Source:  <a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/about-gis/features.html\">http://www.qgis.org/about-gis/features.html</a> and <a href=\"http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-qgis/qgis-releases.html\">http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-qgis/qgis-releases.html</a>) .</p>\r\n<p>-       View and overlay vector and raster data in different formats  and projections without conversion to an internal or common format.</p>\r\n<p>-       Create maps and interactively explore spatial data with a friendly graphic user interface.</p>\r\n<p>-       Create, edit, and export spatial data</p>\r\n<p>-       Perform spatial analysis using the fTools plugin for Shapefiles or the GRASS plugin</p>\r\n<p>-       Publish your own map on the internet using export to Mapfile with MapServer.</p>\r\n<p>-       Adapt Quantum GIS to your business needs through extensible plugin architecture.</p>\r\n<p>-       New Symbology Infrastructure</p>\r\n<p>-       Field Calculator</p>\r\n<p>-       Print Composer</p>\r\n<p>-       User interface improvements</p>\r\n<p>-       Render caching</p>\r\n<p>-       Custom SVG Search paths</p>\r\n<p>-       Specify CRS when creating new shapefile</p>\r\n<p>-       Customizable attribute forms</p>\r\n<p>-       Changelog</p>\r\n<p>-       Measure angles on the map</p>\r\n<p>-       Map Composer</p>\r\n<p>-       Python Console</p>\r\n<p>-       WMS Search Server</p>\r\n<p>-       Symbology updates</p>\r\n<p>-       Save vectors as many file types‚Ä¶.</p>\r\n<p>-       Map annotations</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial Selection plugin</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatialite Support improvements</p>\r\n<p>-</p>\r\n<p><strong>Functionality: </strong>(Source: <a href=\"http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-gis/qgis-releases.html\">http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/about-gis/qgis-releases.html</a>)</p>\r\n<p>-       Web Mapping Service (WMS) support.</p>\r\n<p>-       WMS-C scale slide gui added and more selection improvements</p>\r\n<p>-       Live GPS tracking tool</p>\r\n<p>-       New angle measuring tool</p>\r\n<p>-       User configurable WMS Search server</p>\r\n<p>-       Editing of invalid geometry in node tool</p>\r\n<p>-       SVG fill symbol layer</p>\r\n<p>-       Font marker symbol layer</p>\r\n<p>-       Noplugins command line options</p>\r\n<p>-       Allow hiding of deprecated CRSes</p>\r\n<p>-       Point displacement plugin</p>\r\n<p>-       Saving vector layers as ogr vector files</p>\r\n<p>-       Raster provider:  reduce debugging noise</p>\r\n<p>-       Allow adding parts to multi points and lines</p>\r\n<p>-       Text and form annotation</p>\r\n<p>-       Default composer templates</p>\r\n<p>-       Gradient color ramps</p>\r\n<p>-       Map centers where user clicks on the map</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial selection plugin</p>\r\n<p>-       Data-defined size and rotation for symbols / symbolization</p>\r\n<p>-       IdentifyAsHTML for Rasters with Identify tool</p>\r\n<p>-       Export legend groups and layers with legendinterface</p>\r\n<p>-       Show selected feature count in status bar</p>\r\n<p>-       Query option added to layer menu to subset vector layers</p>\r\n<p>-       Option to label only selected features</p>\r\n<p>-       Load/save queries created in query builder</p>\r\n<p>-       Manual addition of categories in symbolization</p>\r\n<p>-       Georeferencer: possible to configure if residuals should be in pixels or map units</p>\r\n<p>-       Delimited text provider:  allow empty values in numeric columns</p>\r\n<p>-       Added rule based renderer for symbology</p>\r\n<p>-       Can create spatial lite databases within QGIS</p>\r\n<p>-       Inclusion of GDAL Raster tools plugin into QGIS core</p>\r\n<p>-       New python console (with history)</p>\r\n<p>-       Add validation to capture tool</p>\r\n<p>-       Allow postgres layers without saved username and password</p>\r\n<p>-       Support NULL values in search strings</p>\r\n<p>-       Optionally add new layers to the selected group</p>\r\n<p>-       Map composer can add attribute tables in layouts</p>\r\n<p>-       Identify tool attribute form now non-modal in view</p>\r\n<p>-       Identified feature highlights disappear when window is  deactivated or closed and reappears when the window is reactivated.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>There are several alternative open-source GIS desktop software including uDig, MapWindow, gvSIG, and GRASS GIS.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The Quantum GIS software has a small track record of success for  public health data and epidemiological analyses.  This open-source  desktop GIS software has a user-friendly interface and a community of  open-source developers that are continually improving the interface and  adding functionality.   Many basic GIS functions are present that are  common to commercial GIS desktop systems.   The Quantum GIS software has  potential utility for public health within resource challenged  environments that cannot afford commercial desktop GIS software.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS  open-source software has potential utility for public health.</p>\r\n<p>The software comes with a community of users and developers and is  relatively easy to use.  The free cost and easy to use interface can  make Quantum GIS a potential mechanism to increase the adoption of GIS  within resource challenged environments that may lack funds for  commercial GIS software and trained GIS professionals.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Chang, A.Y., Parrales, M.E., Jimenez, J., Sobieszczyk, M.E., Hammer,  S.M., Copenhaver, D.J., and Kulkarni, R.P.  2009.  Combining Google  Earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for  developing countries.  International Journal of Health Geographics   2009, 8:49</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/49/\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/49/</a></p>\r\n<p>Neteler, M. and Furlanello, C.  2007.  Predictive modeling of spatio-temporal patterns:  GRASS GIS and OSGeo.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://mpa.fbk.eu/markus/kof2007/kof2007_osgeo_netelr.pdf\">http://mpa.fbk.eu/markus/kof2007/kof2007_osgeo_netelr.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Oberai, K. and Ram Mohan Rao, K.  2010.  Real Time Distributed  Geographical Information System (DGIS) Tool for Recording, Updating, and  Analysing the Health Related Data Using Open Source Technologies.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://mapindia.org/2010/proceedings/pdf/139.pdf\">http://mapindia.org/2010/proceedings/pdf/139.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS Brochure:  <a href=\"http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf\">http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Rossi, L., Fraquelli, C., Vesco, U., Permunian, R., Sommavilla, G.M.,  Carmignola, G., Pozzo, R.D. and Menenguz, P.G.  2007.  Descriptive  epidemiology of a scabies epidemic in chamois in the Dolomite Alps,  Italy.  European Journal of Wildlife Research.  Volume 53, Number 2, May  2007 131-141.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.springerlink.com/content/g2l55v6x6gmw2223/\">http://www.springerlink.com/content/g2l55v6x6gmw2223/</a></p>\r\n<p>Solymosi, N., Reiczigel, J., Harnos, A., Meszaros, J., Molnar, L.D. and Rubel, F.  2010.</p>\r\n<p>Finding Spatial Barriers by Monmonier‚Äôs Algorithm.  (Poster).</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.sociomed.hu/includes/ISCBposterv01.pdf/\">http://www.sociomed.hu/includes/ISCBposterv01.pdf/</a></p>\r\n<p>Stuppy, Sarah.  2010.  The Epidemiology of Snakebite Injury in the  Amazonian Regions of Ecuador.  MPH Research Project, Virginia  Commonwealth University.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://digarchive.library.vcu.edu/dspace/bitstream/10156/2995/5/Stuppy_Sarah_MPH.pdf\">http://digarchive.library.vcu.edu/dspace/bitstream/10156/2995/5/Stuppy_Sarah_MPH.pdf</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-21 15:21:20',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,16,'','',0,1,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(54,'EpiCollect ','epi-collect','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/structured_evaluations/epicollect_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"EpiCollect icon\" title=\"EpiCollect icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54:-epi-collect-&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">EpiCollect</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Structured Evaluation | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 3/01/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 3/31/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> iOS/Android/Web | <strong>Version: </strong>Review</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">A Generic Data Collect Tool for the Mobile Epidemiologist <img src=\"images/structured_evaluations/epicollect_rating.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"EpiCollect Rating: ~56%\" title=\"EpiCollect Rating: ~56%\" /> <img src=\"images/structured_evaluations/epicollect_adoption_curve.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"EpiCollect Adoption Curve Estimate: Embryonic\" title=\"EpiCollect Adoption Curve Estimate: Embryonic\" /></p>\r\n<p>This evaluation focused on EpiCollect, a data collection tool designed for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android devices to allow epidemiologists to rapidly design forms, share forms with a small group and use the forms to collect data directly using their mobile device.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />EpiCollect is an open source, mobile app for collecting generic form data. While this initial release suffers from significant limitations, the app shows promise as a way to rapidly design forms, collect data in the field and share data within a project. It should be considered by informaticians in low resource environments interested in collecting public health related data using forms.</p>\r\n<p><br />This evaluation was created using the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CDC Informatics Research and Development Unit (IRDU) Guide to Public Health Informatics Structured Technology Evaluations</a>.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/epicollect-structured-evaluation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evaluation Report</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,2,'2011-04-21 21:40:00',63,'','2011-12-01 17:21:04',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-04-20 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',22,0,2,'','',0,54,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(55,'Open Source Desktop GIS','desktop','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54:desktop&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Open Source Desktop GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/25/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/25/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\"><strong>GIS and Geovisualization Tools for Health Informatics</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have a place within the many domains of Health Informatics.</p>\r\n<p>The use of commercial GIS software such as ArcGIS has been  established within all 50 state health departments and within over 70  ministries of health around the globe.   There is a need for the use of  open source GIS within resource challenged environments (Kamadjeu and  Tolentino, 2007).   There are hundreds of open source GIS software  products available and a wide range of features, functions, and  potential utility for public health.   The open source GIS software  cover a spectrum of fairly simple to very complex and the resources  supporting the software vary as well.</p>\r\n<p>The optimal choice(s) of open source GIS software for health  informatics may be guided by certain fundamental requirements which  include free cost and gentle learning curve with capacity for both very  simple as well as more complex geospatial analyses.   This paper  examines the spectrum of available open source GIS software and makes  some side-by-side comparisons to provide some guidance to health  researchers for choosing the optimal open source GIS software.</p>\r\n<p>This paper seeks to compare and contrast the 6 most commonly used  open source desktop GIS software through installation of the software, a  benchmark testing methodology, and a series of functionality comparison  tables.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Health informatics may include the domains of healthcare, medicine,  and public health.  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology  (Tomlinson, 2007) has evolved along with personal computers and  databases (Codd, 1970).   Health informatics is not completely na√Øve to  these developments and they have leveraged commercial GIS products such  as ArcGIS and these products are present within nearly all state health  departments and within over 70 Ministries of health across the globe.    GIS adoption has some challenges including software expense, learning  curve, GIS training, access to GIS data, and retention of trained GIS  staff.</p>\r\n<p>Resource challenged environments may require open source GIS tools  that are available at no cost (Kamadjeu and Tolentino, 2006).   While  the use of open source GIS tools may lower the startup cost for  acquiring GIS software, there are many considerations to determine which  of the hundreds of open source GIS tools might best fit the needs and  requirements of health informatics.</p>\r\n<p>It is important to note that this is not the first time that open  source desktop GIS software have been reviewed, compared, and evaluated  (Steiniger and Bocher, 2009, Ford, 2009, and Ramsey, 2007).  This review  of the open source GIS desktop software will be through the lens of the  public health informatics, GIS, and epidemiology perspective and will  examine these tools for their potential utility for public health.   It  is also worth noting that the CDC has produced their own GIS software  (although not completely open source) called EPI-Info and this was built  in conjunction with ESRI / MapObjects and has been downloaded millions  of times and is utilized by researchers around the globe.   EPI Info is  free but not open source and so this falls into another category and  will not be reviewed in this paper.   EPI info has many specific  epidemiology and statistical strengths but also has much more limited  visualization and mapping capabilities to the software reviewed within  this paper.  EPI-Info does have some significant weaknesses and is an  aging software package that is within need of an updated version that  would allow users to take advantage of web services and other geospatial  capabilities now available.</p>\r\n<p>The FreeGIS.org website (<a href=\"http://freegis.org/\">http://freegis.org/</a>) lists over 351 free GIS software tools and the Open Source GIS site (<a href=\"http://opensourcegis.org/\">http://opensourcegis.org/</a> )  lists over 259 open source GIS software tools.   There are also  several commonly used commercial GIS software tools used within public  health and other domains.  It would be impossible to compare and  contrast the hundreds of tools available and produce a document with  pragmatic value and utility.   This document compares a small subset of  the most commonly used GIS tools.   The domain of the most commonly used  GIS software is still large and may include both commercial GIS  products as well as open-source tools.    The Wikipedia list of  Geographic Information System (GIS) software includes a relatively short  list of the most popular commercial and open source GIS software:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software</a> .</p>\r\n<p>Table A.  The most commonly used open-source GIS software include 6 products:</p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\"><strong>SOFTWARE</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/\">http://grass.itc.it</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/\">http://udig.refractions.net/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/\">http://www.qgis.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">MapWindows</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/\">http://www.mapwindow.org</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/\">http://www.openjump.org</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/\">http://www.gvsig.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>SOFTWARE INSTALLATION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The most common open source desktop GIS software have websites with  download links to installers for the various operating systems (Windows,  Linux, or Mac OSX) but these tools can sometimes be challenging to  install and may require some technical skill in terms of unzipping,  extracting install files, readme file documentation, and knowing how to  respond to software install path locations and other parameters.   The  burden of installation of open source or commercial GIS is similar and  this burden is not unique to one or the other but does represent a  challenge for non-IT savvy personnel.</p>\r\n<p>There are some efforts to provide a single download in the form of a Virtual Machine (VM) through websites such as GIS VM.com (<a href=\"http://www.gisvm.com/\">http://www.gisvm.com/</a> ).    These types of websites will allow users to download a VM base  and then download and install a pre-configured GIS Virtual Machine that  includes installation of the most commonly used open source GIS software  packages.   This represents a lot of time savings and has the potential  to standardize the installation process to assure that all public  health personnel are operating from the same base installation.    This  also has the potential to simplify tech support for open source GIS  installations by standardizing the install process and giving all users  the exact same setup, files, and configuration.</p>\r\n<p><strong>METHODS:    Benchmark Testing of Open Source Desktop GIS Software</strong></p>\r\n<p>Benchmark testing of software involves the use of standard datasets  and measuring the performance speed and quality of outputs generated  from these standard datasets.   The concept of benchmark testing for web  GIS is promoted by both commercial vendors and the open source GIS  communities.   There are relatively little documentation in the  literature that examine benchmark testing for open source desktop GIS  software.</p>\r\n<p>There are some efforts to benchmark test open source web mapping GIS software in the form of the ‚ÄúWMS Shootout‚Äù:  (<a href=\"http://2009.fossg4.org/presentations/#presentation_109\">http://2009.fossg4.org/presentations/#presentation_109</a> ) and there seem to be additional plans for benchmark testing with open source desktop GIS software (<a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Traditional Benchmark Testing of Open Source GIS Desktop Software</strong></p>\r\n<p>-       Standard dataset</p>\r\n<p>-       Large dataset (millions of points)</p>\r\n<p>-       WMS service</p>\r\n<p>-       WFS service</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial Query</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial Interpolation</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>The traditional benchmark testing may only answer part of the requirements of testing for public health purposes.</p>\r\n<p>It is nice to have software that will read large files quickly and  will not crash with large datasets or appear to hang or otherwise lockup  but it is also necessary to construct some type of public health  benchmarking that would test these software packages for their alignment  to public health GIS needs.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Public Health GIS needs / wish list for open source desktop GIS: </strong></p>\r\n<p>-       Easy to obtain / download / install</p>\r\n<p>-       Easy to learn / use ‚Äì cannot have steep learning curve</p>\r\n<p>-       Free or very inexpensive ‚Äì must have low cost</p>\r\n<p>-       Create Base map</p>\r\n<p>-       Add Case data to base map  (creating a spot map).</p>\r\n<p>-       Join Case data to base map admin boundaries</p>\r\n<p>-       Create Choropleth map</p>\r\n<p>-       Data Classification</p>\r\n<p>-       Geocoding</p>\r\n<p>-       Cluster detection ?</p>\r\n<p>-       Time-series mapping ?</p>\r\n<p>-       Proximity Analyses  (distance of patients to providers)</p>\r\n<p>-       Location-Allocation analyses  (find best location of new clinic ‚Ä¶.or find underserved populations)</p>\r\n<p>-       Standards (color standards, typology, classification, spatial interpolation, other methods)</p>\r\n<p>-       Metadata ‚Äì how current are all datasets, source of all datasets, resolution of all datasets</p>\r\n<p>-       Projections ‚Äì ability to handle data within different projections or to reproject data‚Ä¶?</p>\r\n<p>-       Cartography ‚Äì ability to add titles, legends, scalebars, north arrows, metadata, other elements.</p>\r\n<p>-       Performance ‚Äì does it take forever to do the most basic operations ?</p>\r\n<p>Perhaps the best way to evaluate the open source desktop GIS Software  is from the perspective and lens of the public health wish list for GIS  software.   The basic idea is to examine the software in terms of their  ease of use, low burden of expense, and non-steep learning curves with  the ability to extend to support complex use-cases and requirements for  public health spatial analyses.  This paper attempts to do this by  finding resources and links for each software package that can show  evidence that the software attempts to align to public health GIS needs  and requirements.   It is possible that more robust public health  benchmark testing could be developed in the future by teams of  epidemiologists and geographers but this remains undone at the time of  this writing.</p>\r\n<p><strong>RESULTS:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The six most commonly used open source GIS software were compared  within a series of tables to examine functionality, resources, technical  support, usability, ease of use, and capacity to serve the needs of  public health informatics.</p>\r\n<p>The tables provide links to various resources that will allow readers  to copy and paste the URLs into their web browsers and go directly to  the various resources.  The comparisons are objective and the resources  are not evaluated in depth for quality of the resource nor are they  subjectively judged in any manner.  This structured evaluation will  provide the reader with an objective set of tables that describe the  existence of resources or lack of resources.  Users of commercial GIS  software will immediately recognize that the cartographic quality of the  map output from open source GIS tools is not at the same quality  level.   Although the open source desktop GIS software tools do have  some limited ability to add scalebars, legends, north arrows, and other  common map elements, these tools are not robust and not nearly as  flexible as similar offerings within commercial GIS software.   There  are certain ‚Äúheadaches‚Äù associated with many aspects of Geographic  Information Systems (GIS) and these are not unique to open source GIS  software.   While testing these open source GIS tools several errors  would occur with database field names that were longer than 10  characters, and other ‚Äúcurve balls‚Äù that might throw exception errors  with geoprocessing scripts and other common tests of the applications.</p>\r\n<p>Some of these exceptions are relatively minor setbacks for an  experienced GIS professional but may represent significant obstacles to  those public health professionals that may have less experience  troubleshooting minor GIS problems.</p>\r\n<p><strong>DISCUSSION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The universe of open source desktop GIS is very broad and there are literally hundreds of possible software choices.</p>\r\n<p>The most utilized and popular open source desktop GIS software are  reviewed in this paper for public health utility and value.  The five  most common open source desktop GIS software are compared and benchmark  tested for potential use within the public health domain.   The software  are tested within the perspective of potential public health users and  the utility of the software are judged against the needs and  requirements of public health professionals that may be non-GIS experts.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Random notes:</strong></p>\r\n<p>uDig is very easy to add WMS Layers and one simply puts in the URL  with GetCapabilities request and it works on the first attempt.    Quantum GIS does not seem to work so easily‚Ä¶.not sure about GRASS and  others ‚Ä¶..</p>\r\n<p>MapWindow can add WMS Services by installing the Online Data  plugin.    OpenJUMP also can add WMS layers but it is not very  intuitive;   It seems like uDig has the most intuitive interface for  adding WMS layers‚Ä¶.</p>\r\n<p>So far, Quantum GIS does the worst job of bringing in WMS Services‚Ä¶even crashed once‚Ä¶</p>\r\n<p>GRASS is also a pain to do this‚Ä¶.looks like you need to run r.in.wms from the command line‚Ä¶.jeez.</p>\r\n<p>One really strange aspect of GRASS is the fact that one must build a GRASS database ‚ÄúGISDBASE‚Äù.</p>\r\n<p>The GRASS database contains ‚Äúlocations‚Äù and ‚Äúmapsets‚Äù and these need to be set up prior to using GRASS.</p>\r\n<p>This is not that difficult but is yet another step to get started and also forces public health to conform to this outdated mode</p>\r\n<p>of geospatial data management and project management.  Most modern  GIS software create some sort of map document (.mxd in the case of ESRI)  or other type of open-source project file that contains pointers to  database or WMS layer url locations within that document.   GRASS seems a  little behind the technological times in terms of database management  and flexibility with file management.</p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS has some very advanced capabilities including command line  operations but it also requires a lot of setup and installation in  advanced as well as some knowledge about Python and graphic user  interfaces.</p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS has a couple of nice advantages in that it is an easy to  use interface that has an extension to GRASS GIS that allows it to  leverage the more advanced features of GRASS through a nicer interface.</p>\r\n<p>A lot of the open source GIS software seem to emphasize their editing  capabilities and the ability to move vertices and perform many types of  feature editing, geometry and topology checks and validations.   While  these are important functions and especially important to the GIS  professional, it is likely that public health epidemiologists will have  less understanding and need to edit street networks, fix dangles,  snapping of links to nodes, and or understanding of the underlying  spatial geometry and computational geometry.</p>\r\n<p>There seems to be an important GAP within both the software and the  literature in terms of the public health application of open source GIS  and the applied examples and use cases for each of the open source tools  within the domain of public health.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDATIONS:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\"><strong>User Characteristics</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Recommendation</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn,  Easy to Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category have highest probability of adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category have higher probability of adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category may still have high adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category may still be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use  ‚Äì Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category are less likely to be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category are unlikely to be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\"><strong>User Characteristics</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Preliminary Evaluation of Open Source Desktop Tools</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn,  Easy to Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS, gvSIG,</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP , uDig</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">MapWindows</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">GRASS ‚Äì great functionality ‚Äì challenging to learn / use</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use  ‚Äì Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p>The choice of open-source GIS desktop software may be dependent upon the business needs and requirements of</p>\r\n<p>end-users or project specific-requirements.   There are certain tools  such as MapWindow that have a history of use with hydrology projects  and have tools specific to hydrological analyses.   BASINS is a tool  that was developed by EPA based upon the core of MapWindow and has even  more specific hydrology tools that make it an exception tool for this  use.</p>\r\n<p>Public health as a domain is very broad and there may be  task-specific requirements that focus your choice of open source desktop  GIS software.   The litmus tests for general  software recommendations /  adoption are:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li> Easy to download and install</li>\r\n<li> Instruction manuals / help / tutorials</li>\r\n<li>Easy to launch software and begin using software</li>\r\n<li>Learning curve is not steep and this is guided by tutorials and documentation</li>\r\n<li>Basic to Advanced functionality with capacity to extend with plugins and scripting languages</li>\r\n<li>Track record of success within the public health and epidemiology published literature</li>\r\n<li>Community of users</li>\r\n<li>Technical support and forums</li>\r\n<li>Ability to collaborate with other researchers / share maps / models</li>\r\n<li> Ability to document and provide metadata for maps and other products</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>It is likely that these general requirements are common to the domain  of public health but may not address specific requirements of an  individual program.   It is also possible that some of these general  needs are not completely necessary for certain programs.</p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS installs on Windows but did not previously have support for this operating system.</p>\r\n<p>The Windows version of GRASS GIS has some missing modules, including the module for the 3D GIS functionality.</p>\r\n<p>It is possible to replace these missing modules with other modules but this burden is upon the user and they must have</p>\r\n<p>knowledge of the missing module, the required replacement, and then how to find and install the replacement modules.</p>\r\n<p>While these issues are documented and some help provided it is these  types of issues that make GRASS a bit harder to deal with than other  open source GIS software in terms of the non-GIS public health  professional.</p>\r\n<p>GIS users are used to a certain amount of ‚Äútinkering‚Äù with software,  code, models, etc and reading software whitepapers and code snippets to  get things to run;   It is likely that the non-GIS public health  professional will have less patience and less experience in dealing with  these types of issues.    Software documentation is a good thing and it  always helps to have software documentation but if the end-users must  read hundreds of pages of whitepapers or documents to simply install and  use the software than this becomes a less adoptable solution.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The choice of open source desktop GIS software may be guided by  specific requirements and the matching of system needs with the  appropriate available software package.   The software evaluated within  this paper covered a spectrum from fairly simple (MapWindows) to  extremely complex (GRASS GIS).  There are several other tools that fall  within the moderate middle ground of the spectrum and these tools may  have the highest potential for general adoption within public health.    It is also possible that none of these tools will be readily adopted by  public health as commercial GIS products are common within health  departments and it is unclear how many personnel would be trained to use  such open source GIS software.   It is possible that  resource-challenged environments may be good candidates for potential  use of open source desktop GIS software (Kamadjeu and Tolentino,  2007).   There may be specific uses for MapWindows in terms of  hydrological analyses and other strengths of that particular software.    GRASS GIS may be of great utility for public health graduate students  that may be working on very complex spatial analyses for dissertations  and other research publications.   It is possible that the pragmatic  middle ground between specific simplicity and broad complexity will make  tools such as Quantum GIS, OpenJUMP, and gvSIG popular with a large  number of epidemiologists that require basic to intermediate level  GIS.   The software developers and IT staff may find that some of the  eclipse based tools such as uDig, and OpenJUMP.   Python developers may  prefer the Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS combination with the GRASS  extension for Quantum GIS.    The .NET developers may also have  appreciation for the MapWindows ActiveX control and the ability to  freely distribute the customized MapWindow applications.</p>\r\n<p><strong>COMPARISON TABLES FOR OPEN SOURCE DESKTOP GIS SOFTWARE:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 1.  General information of selected GIS and Geovisualization software products</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Version</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">6.4.0</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">1.2</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">1.5.0</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">4.8</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">1.3</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">1.9</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Organization</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">OSGeo</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Refractions.net</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">OSGeo</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Idaho State Univ.</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">Vivid Solutions</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG Association</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">License</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">LGPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Mozilla Public Lic Ver 1.1</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Cost</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>Table 2.  System Features</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">OS platform</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Windows</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Documentation</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">User manual, Developer manual, Online docs, wiki, tutorials, guides, courses, books, newsletter, sample datasets</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Quick start guide, Walkthroughs,  demonstration videos, user guide, fact sheet, conference presentations,  online support, developer guides.</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Wikis, blogs, forums, bug tracking, user  manuals, developer manuals, workshops, brochures, coding and compilation  guide, API documentation.</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Wikis, tutorials, user guides, gis tools  guide, plugin developer guide, ActiveX control guide, geoprocessing  guide, forums, mailing lists, bug tracking.</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">User manual, Developer manual, Online docs, wiki, tutorials, guides, sample data, etc</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">User documentation, Developer  documentation, tester‚Äôs documentation, articles, reports, books, Open  Planet Magazine, blog, mailing list</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Easy-to-learn</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">not as easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Not bad</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Easier</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI easy to navigate / learn</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Not bad</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Usability</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Robust</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Great web services</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">A little too simple ?</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Basic and Intermediate GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">User-friendly GUI</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Online support</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Extensibility</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Add-on Modules</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">QGIS GRASS extension</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Plug-in, API</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Plug-in development, API</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Reliability</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">27 years</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Relatively new software (2009)‚Ä¶unclear</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Installation</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Harder</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Performance</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Not good with large datasets‚Ä¶?</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 3.  Overview of GIS Support Features</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Wiki</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">User Manuals</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Developer Manuals</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Tutorials</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Video Demos</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">User Groups</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Example Gallery</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Developer Group</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Bug Tracking Sys</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Feature Requests</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">You Tube Videos</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Screenshots</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Blog</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 4.  GIS and Geovisualization Functionality</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">WMS Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes but very difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes but difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äìrequires plugin install</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì must create view, add wms, add view to map.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">WFS Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes, but it is totally unclear from the documentation how this works.</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but  requires plugin install and does not handle projections well.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but must download and install plugin and .jar files.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì must create view, add wfs, add view to map.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Overlay</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes; difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Buffering</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes,</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Query</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Uses Common Query Language with limited spatial query but can use PostGreSQL.</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes.  Select by location is easy.</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">No.  They do have a tool for identity of features by another feature but this is not quite the same thing.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes‚Ä¶a little tricky.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Interpolation</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Map Algebra</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Geoprocessing</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Geoprocessing Toolbox</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Autocorrelation</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Sextante extension support</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">????</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Legend, scalebar, grid</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Layout composer, legend, scalebar, labels, arrows, images, shapes, tables</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">May export map, scalebar, legend, north arrow images</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Scalebar, Zoombar‚Ä¶.but not much else‚Ä¶</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">This has a layout manager that is quite intuitive.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Scripting</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Command line, Python, more ?</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Java and RCP plugins</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Python language bindings, plugins</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Visual Basic.NET or C# plugin</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">API, scripting BeanShell, Java plug-in system,Python</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Jython Console.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Publishing</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">????</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Export map image</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Export map to PDF, svg, or other image formats</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Export map image(s).</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Export map image.  Copy map image to clipboard.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Export map to PDF or  postscript (ps).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 5.  Public Health Open Source Desktop GIS Benchmark Testing: </strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Download</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Install</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Launch</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Use</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Helpful Tutorials</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.  Too long.</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Helpful Examples</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Create Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Overlay Case Data to Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Join data to Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to classify data</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to make Choropleth Map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Proximity Analysis</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Location Allocation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Interpolation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Autocorrelation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Cartographic Quality</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Not Bad</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 6.   RANK AND SWOT ANALYSIS OF OPEN SOURCE DESKTOP GIS SOFTWARE</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\"><strong>RANK</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>SOFTWARE</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>STRENGTHS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\"><strong>WEAKNESS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OPPORTUNITIES</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\"><strong>THREATS</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">1</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, extension for GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Java programmers may not like Python</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Extend with Python and GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Must export map elements as separate images.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">2</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Layouts, Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Some documentation only in Spanish</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Land cover and physical geography</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Maybe mostly developed in Spain and Europe.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">3</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Open JUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Python programmers may not like Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI could attract newbies</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Poor cartographic output</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">4</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Web Services, Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Create many maps at once.  JGRASS ext.</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Poor cartographic output</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">5</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Hydrology, free to distribute apps</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Must use .NET or C# to extend.</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Opportunity to write and distribute custom apps</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Not everyone can install custom apps.  Not cross platform.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">6</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Analysis</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Difficult to use</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS ext.</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">May discourage newbies</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 7.  Links to Online Support</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/community/commercial.php\">http://grass.itc.it/community/commercial.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/products/udig/support/\">http://www.refractions.net/products/udig/support/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/contact.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/contact.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/support.html\">http://www.openjump.org/support.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/services/support\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/services/support</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 8.  Links to GIS Wikis</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page\">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/dashboard.action\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/dashboard.action</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_QGIS_Wiki\">http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_QGIS_Wiki</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Main_Page\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 9.  Links to GIS User Manuals</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html\">http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm\">http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_User%27s_Guide\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_User‚Äôs_Guide</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Index\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Index</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/userguide-gvsig-2-0\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/userguide-gvsig-2-0</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 10.  Links to GIS Developer Manuals</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/\">http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm\">http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_Developer%27s_Guide\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_Developer‚Äôs_Guide</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20Developer%20Guide.pdf\">http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20Developer%20Guide.pdf</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docdev/manual-para-desarrolladores-gvsig\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docdev/manual-para-desarrolladores-gvsig</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>Table 11.  Links to GIS Tutorials</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php\">http://www.grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Quickstart\">http://www.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Quickstart</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://download.osgeo.org/qis/doc/manual/qgis-1.0.0_a_gentle-gis-introduction-en.pdf\">http://download.osgeo.org/qis/doc/manual/qgis-1.0.0_a_gentle-gis-introduction-en.pdf</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/tutorials/\">http://www.mapwindow.org/tutorials/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/Documentation/OpenJump%201.0.1\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/Documentation/OpenJump 1.0.1</a> Basic Tutorials ‚Äì Beta/OpenJUMP1.0.1_Tutorial_englishBeta.pdf/download</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/learning/gvsig-courses-1#Cursos_para_usuarios\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/learning/gvsig-courses-1#Cursos_para_usuarios</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 12.  Links to GIS Video Demos:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/udig-demo-low.htm\">http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/udig-demo-low.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://revver.com/find/video/?query=mapwindow\">http://revver.com/find/video/?query=mapwindow</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 13.  Links to GIS User Groups:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/community/usergroups.php\">http://grass.itc.it/community/usergroups.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/user-meetings.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/user-meetings.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/community/comm_groups/comm_gvsig_br/\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/community/comm_groups/comm_gvsig_br/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 14.  Links to GIS Example Galleries:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/special.php\">http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/special.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/\">http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 15.  Links to GIS Developer Groups:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php\">http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/COM/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/COM/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php</a> and group on LINKEDIN (<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/\">http://www.linkedin.com/</a> ).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/involved.html\">http://www.openjump.org/involved.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 16.  Links to GIS Bug Tracking Systems:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:openissues-panel\">http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:openissues-panel</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://bugs.mapwindow.org/login_page.php\">http://bugs.mapwindow.org/login_page.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=679906\">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=679906</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=732&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse\">http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=732&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 17.  Links to GIS New Feature Request  Systems:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=697909\">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=697909</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=790&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse\">http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=790&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 18.  Links to GIS You Tube Videos:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw09KuoH71\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw09KuoH71</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=4kS2QqlsPD8&amp;feature=related\">http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=4kS2QqlsPD8&amp;feature=related</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUxinzqj00\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUxinzqj00</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubRPduxAzc\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubRPduxAzc</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vh6CcIBM\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vh6CcIBM</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWtgDcKJwo\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWtgDcKJwo</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 19.  Links to GIS Screenshots:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/index.php\">http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/index.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/images/activeXwrdb.png\">http://www.mapwindow.org/images/activeXwrdb.png</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=File:114231354_7b5aa910b2.jpg\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=File:114231354_7b5aa910b2.jpg</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/tour\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/tour</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 20.  Links to GIS Blogs:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-bought-udig-blog-sparkling-new.html\">http://udig-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-bought-udig-blog-sparkling-new.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://blog.qgis.org/\">http://blog.qgis.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://openjump.blogspot.com/\">http://openjump.blogspot.com/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://blog.gvsig.org/\">http://blog.gvsig.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES  (Authors): </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Altobelli, A., Sgambati, F.  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Web-based public health  geographic information systems for resources-constrained environment  using scalable vector graphics technology:  a proof of concept applied  to the expanded program on immunization data.  <em>International Journal of Health Geographics. </em>2006, 5:24</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24</a></p>\r\n<p>Krivoruchko, K. and Gotway-Crawford, C.  2003.  Analyzing the  Consequences of Chernobyl Using GIS and Spatial Statistics.  ESRI  ArcNews Fall 2003.  URL:  <a href=\"http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall03articles/analyzing.html\">http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall03articles/analyzing.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Lai, P-C, So, F-M., and Chan, K-W.  2009.  Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis.</p>\r\n<p>Taylor &amp; Francis.  CRC Press. 2009.   ISBN 9781420045468.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468\">http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468</a></p>\r\n<p>Ramsey, P.  2007.   The State of Open Source GIS.  FOSS4G 2007 Conference.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/expertise/whitepapers/opensourcesurvey/survey-open-source-2007-12.pdf\">http://www.refractions.net/expertise/whitepapers/opensourcesurvey/survey-open-source-2007-12.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and Hay, G.J.  2009.  Free and Open Source Geographic Information Tools for Landscape Ecology.</p>\r\n<p>Ecological Informatics.  July, 2009.  URL:  <a href=\"http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegistools_econinf2009.pdf\">http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~sstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegistools_econinf2009.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and Weibel, R.  2009.  GIS Software ‚Äì A description in 1000 words.</p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and E. Bocher (2009):  An overview on current free and open source</p>\r\n<p>Desktop GIS developments.   International Journal of Geographical Information Sciences 29 (10): 1345-1370.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf\">http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  2008.   Open Source Desktop GIS Comparison Table.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm\">http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm</a></p>\r\n<p>Steininger, S. and Hunter, A.J.S.   2010.  Free and Open Source GIS Software for Building a Spatial Data Infrastructure.</p>\r\n<p>Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jump-pilot/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fossgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf\">http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jump-pilot/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fossgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steudler, D., Torhoen, M-P., Pieper, G.  FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration, Opportunities and Risk.  2010.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf/\">http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf/</a></p>\r\n<p>Tomlinson, R.  2007.  Thinking About GIS:  Geographic Information System Planning for Managers, 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=121\">http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=121</a></p>\r\n<p>Vanmeulebrouk, B., Rivett, U., Ricketts, A., and Loudon, M.  Open Source GIS for HIV/AIDS Management.</p>\r\n<p><em>International Journal of Health Geographics.</em> 2008, 7:29   URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53</a></p>\r\n<p>Yi, Q., Hoskins, R.E., Hillringhouse, E.A., Sorenson, S.S., Oberle, M.W., Fuller, S.S., and Wallace, J.C.  2008.</p>\r\n<p>Integrating open-source technologies to build low-cost information systems for improved access to public heatlh data.</p>\r\n<p><em>International Journal of Health Geographics.</em> 2008, 7:29   URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/29\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/29</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES (Website Resources):</strong></p>\r\n<p>Benchmarking 2010:  <a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a></p>\r\n<p>Benchmarking 2010:  Performance Testing of Open Source GIS Web Mapping Software:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a></p>\r\n<p>FeatureServer:  <a href=\"http://featureserver.org/\">http://featureserver.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>FOSS4G    Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, 2010 Confernce.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://2010.foss4g.org/\">http://2010.foss4g.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>FreeGIS.org:   <a href=\"http://www.freegis.org/database/?cat=0\">http://www.freegis.org/database/?cat=0</a> (351 free GIS software tools)</p>\r\n<p>Free Software Foundation:  <a href=\"http://www.fsf.org/\">http://www.fsf.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>General Public License (GPL) :   <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</a></p>\r\n<p>GIS VM:  <a href=\"http://www.gisvm.com/\">http://www.gisvm.com/</a></p>\r\n<p>iGeoDesktop:  <a href=\"http://www.degree.org/\">http://www.degree.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Lesser General Public License (LGPL):  <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html\">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html</a></p>\r\n<p>MapServer and GeoServer Web Mapping Shootout:    <a href=\"http://www.blip.tv/file/2799065/\">http://www.blip.tv/file/2799065/</a></p>\r\n<p>Mozilla Public License Version 1.1:  <a href=\"http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html\">http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Geospatial Consortium:   <a href=\"http://www.opengeospatial.org/\">http://www.opengeospatial.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>OpenLayers:  <a href=\"http://www.openlayers.org/\">http://www.openlayers.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Streetmap:  <a href=\"http://www.openstreetmap.org/\">http://www.openstreetmap.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Source GIS.org:  <a href=\"http://opensourcegis.org/\">http://opensourcegis.org/</a> (259 open source GIS software tools).</p>\r\n<p>Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo):  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/\">http://www.osgeo.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>OSGeo 2007 Annual Report.   Vol 4. / August 2008 Special Edition</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v4/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol4.pdf\">http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v4/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol4.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>OSGeo 2008 Annual Report.   Vol 5 / July 2009</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v5/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol5.pdf\">http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v5/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol5.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Python:  <a href=\"http://www.python.org/\">http://www.python.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS Brochure:  <a href=\"http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf\">http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>TileCache   <a href=\"http://tilecache.org/\">http://tilecache.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>uDig Walkthrough 1:  <a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/files/tutorials/uDigWalkthrough1.pdf\">http://udig.refractions.net/files/tutorials/uDigWalkthrough1.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Comparison of geographic information system software.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_geographic_information_systems_software\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_geographic_information_systems_software</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Open Source Software for Public Health.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/Open_Source_Software_for_Public_Health\">http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/Open_Source_Software_for_Public_Health</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  gvSIG</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gvSIG\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gvSIG</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  GRASS GIS</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  MapWindows:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapWindow_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapWindow_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  OpenJUMP:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUMP_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUMP_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Quantum GIS:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  uDig:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDig\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDig</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 18:23:48',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',1,0,15,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor=');
  
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  	(56,'Processing','processing','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54:desktop&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Processing</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/11/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/11/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\"><strong>GIS and Geovisualization Tools for Health Informatics</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have a place within the many domains of Health Informatics.</p>\r\n<p>The use of commercial GIS software such as ArcGIS has been  established within all 50 state health departments and within over 70  ministries of health around the globe.   There is a need for the use of  open source GIS within resource challenged environments (Kamadjeu and  Tolentino, 2007).   There are hundreds of open source GIS software  products available and a wide range of features, functions, and  potential utility for public health.   The open source GIS software  cover a spectrum of fairly simple to very complex and the resources  supporting the software vary as well.</p>\r\n<p>The optimal choice(s) of open source GIS software for health  informatics may be guided by certain fundamental requirements which  include free cost and gentle learning curve with capacity for both very  simple as well as more complex geospatial analyses.   This paper  examines the spectrum of available open source GIS software and makes  some side-by-side comparisons to provide some guidance to health  researchers for choosing the optimal open source GIS software.</p>\r\n<p>This paper seeks to compare and contrast the 6 most commonly used  open source desktop GIS software through installation of the software, a  benchmark testing methodology, and a series of functionality comparison  tables.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Health informatics may include the domains of healthcare, medicine,  and public health.  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology  (Tomlinson, 2007) has evolved along with personal computers and  databases (Codd, 1970).   Health informatics is not completely na√Øve to  these developments and they have leveraged commercial GIS products such  as ArcGIS and these products are present within nearly all state health  departments and within over 70 Ministries of health across the globe.    GIS adoption has some challenges including software expense, learning  curve, GIS training, access to GIS data, and retention of trained GIS  staff.</p>\r\n<p>Resource challenged environments may require open source GIS tools  that are available at no cost (Kamadjeu and Tolentino, 2006).   While  the use of open source GIS tools may lower the startup cost for  acquiring GIS software, there are many considerations to determine which  of the hundreds of open source GIS tools might best fit the needs and  requirements of health informatics.</p>\r\n<p>It is important to note that this is not the first time that open  source desktop GIS software have been reviewed, compared, and evaluated  (Steiniger and Bocher, 2009, Ford, 2009, and Ramsey, 2007).  This review  of the open source GIS desktop software will be through the lens of the  public health informatics, GIS, and epidemiology perspective and will  examine these tools for their potential utility for public health.   It  is also worth noting that the CDC has produced their own GIS software  (although not completely open source) called EPI-Info and this was built  in conjunction with ESRI / MapObjects and has been downloaded millions  of times and is utilized by researchers around the globe.   EPI Info is  free but not open source and so this falls into another category and  will not be reviewed in this paper.   EPI info has many specific  epidemiology and statistical strengths but also has much more limited  visualization and mapping capabilities to the software reviewed within  this paper.  EPI-Info does have some significant weaknesses and is an  aging software package that is within need of an updated version that  would allow users to take advantage of web services and other geospatial  capabilities now available.</p>\r\n<p>The FreeGIS.org website (<a href=\"http://freegis.org/\">http://freegis.org/</a>) lists over 351 free GIS software tools and the Open Source GIS site (<a href=\"http://opensourcegis.org/\">http://opensourcegis.org/</a> )  lists over 259 open source GIS software tools.   There are also  several commonly used commercial GIS software tools used within public  health and other domains.  It would be impossible to compare and  contrast the hundreds of tools available and produce a document with  pragmatic value and utility.   This document compares a small subset of  the most commonly used GIS tools.   The domain of the most commonly used  GIS software is still large and may include both commercial GIS  products as well as open-source tools.    The Wikipedia list of  Geographic Information System (GIS) software includes a relatively short  list of the most popular commercial and open source GIS software:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software</a> .</p>\r\n<p>Table A.  The most commonly used open-source GIS software include 6 products:</p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\"><strong>SOFTWARE</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/\">http://grass.itc.it</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/\">http://udig.refractions.net/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/\">http://www.qgis.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">MapWindows</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/\">http://www.mapwindow.org</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/\">http://www.openjump.org</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"193\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"486\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/\">http://www.gvsig.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>SOFTWARE INSTALLATION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The most common open source desktop GIS software have websites with  download links to installers for the various operating systems (Windows,  Linux, or Mac OSX) but these tools can sometimes be challenging to  install and may require some technical skill in terms of unzipping,  extracting install files, readme file documentation, and knowing how to  respond to software install path locations and other parameters.   The  burden of installation of open source or commercial GIS is similar and  this burden is not unique to one or the other but does represent a  challenge for non-IT savvy personnel.</p>\r\n<p>There are some efforts to provide a single download in the form of a Virtual Machine (VM) through websites such as GIS VM.com (<a href=\"http://www.gisvm.com/\">http://www.gisvm.com/</a> ).    These types of websites will allow users to download a VM base  and then download and install a pre-configured GIS Virtual Machine that  includes installation of the most commonly used open source GIS software  packages.   This represents a lot of time savings and has the potential  to standardize the installation process to assure that all public  health personnel are operating from the same base installation.    This  also has the potential to simplify tech support for open source GIS  installations by standardizing the install process and giving all users  the exact same setup, files, and configuration.</p>\r\n<p><strong>METHODS:    Benchmark Testing of Open Source Desktop GIS Software</strong></p>\r\n<p>Benchmark testing of software involves the use of standard datasets  and measuring the performance speed and quality of outputs generated  from these standard datasets.   The concept of benchmark testing for web  GIS is promoted by both commercial vendors and the open source GIS  communities.   There are relatively little documentation in the  literature that examine benchmark testing for open source desktop GIS  software.</p>\r\n<p>There are some efforts to benchmark test open source web mapping GIS software in the form of the ‚ÄúWMS Shootout‚Äù:  (<a href=\"http://2009.fossg4.org/presentations/#presentation_109\">http://2009.fossg4.org/presentations/#presentation_109</a> ) and there seem to be additional plans for benchmark testing with open source desktop GIS software (<a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Traditional Benchmark Testing of Open Source GIS Desktop Software</strong></p>\r\n<p>-       Standard dataset</p>\r\n<p>-       Large dataset (millions of points)</p>\r\n<p>-       WMS service</p>\r\n<p>-       WFS service</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial Query</p>\r\n<p>-       Spatial Interpolation</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>The traditional benchmark testing may only answer part of the requirements of testing for public health purposes.</p>\r\n<p>It is nice to have software that will read large files quickly and  will not crash with large datasets or appear to hang or otherwise lockup  but it is also necessary to construct some type of public health  benchmarking that would test these software packages for their alignment  to public health GIS needs.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Public Health GIS needs / wish list for open source desktop GIS: </strong></p>\r\n<p>-       Easy to obtain / download / install</p>\r\n<p>-       Easy to learn / use ‚Äì cannot have steep learning curve</p>\r\n<p>-       Free or very inexpensive ‚Äì must have low cost</p>\r\n<p>-       Create Base map</p>\r\n<p>-       Add Case data to base map  (creating a spot map).</p>\r\n<p>-       Join Case data to base map admin boundaries</p>\r\n<p>-       Create Choropleth map</p>\r\n<p>-       Data Classification</p>\r\n<p>-       Geocoding</p>\r\n<p>-       Cluster detection ?</p>\r\n<p>-       Time-series mapping ?</p>\r\n<p>-       Proximity Analyses  (distance of patients to providers)</p>\r\n<p>-       Location-Allocation analyses  (find best location of new clinic ‚Ä¶.or find underserved populations)</p>\r\n<p>-       Standards (color standards, typology, classification, spatial interpolation, other methods)</p>\r\n<p>-       Metadata ‚Äì how current are all datasets, source of all datasets, resolution of all datasets</p>\r\n<p>-       Projections ‚Äì ability to handle data within different projections or to reproject data‚Ä¶?</p>\r\n<p>-       Cartography ‚Äì ability to add titles, legends, scalebars, north arrows, metadata, other elements.</p>\r\n<p>-       Performance ‚Äì does it take forever to do the most basic operations ?</p>\r\n<p>Perhaps the best way to evaluate the open source desktop GIS Software  is from the perspective and lens of the public health wish list for GIS  software.   The basic idea is to examine the software in terms of their  ease of use, low burden of expense, and non-steep learning curves with  the ability to extend to support complex use-cases and requirements for  public health spatial analyses.  This paper attempts to do this by  finding resources and links for each software package that can show  evidence that the software attempts to align to public health GIS needs  and requirements.   It is possible that more robust public health  benchmark testing could be developed in the future by teams of  epidemiologists and geographers but this remains undone at the time of  this writing.</p>\r\n<p><strong>RESULTS:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The six most commonly used open source GIS software were compared  within a series of tables to examine functionality, resources, technical  support, usability, ease of use, and capacity to serve the needs of  public health informatics.</p>\r\n<p>The tables provide links to various resources that will allow readers  to copy and paste the URLs into their web browsers and go directly to  the various resources.  The comparisons are objective and the resources  are not evaluated in depth for quality of the resource nor are they  subjectively judged in any manner.  This structured evaluation will  provide the reader with an objective set of tables that describe the  existence of resources or lack of resources.  Users of commercial GIS  software will immediately recognize that the cartographic quality of the  map output from open source GIS tools is not at the same quality  level.   Although the open source desktop GIS software tools do have  some limited ability to add scalebars, legends, north arrows, and other  common map elements, these tools are not robust and not nearly as  flexible as similar offerings within commercial GIS software.   There  are certain ‚Äúheadaches‚Äù associated with many aspects of Geographic  Information Systems (GIS) and these are not unique to open source GIS  software.   While testing these open source GIS tools several errors  would occur with database field names that were longer than 10  characters, and other ‚Äúcurve balls‚Äù that might throw exception errors  with geoprocessing scripts and other common tests of the applications.</p>\r\n<p>Some of these exceptions are relatively minor setbacks for an  experienced GIS professional but may represent significant obstacles to  those public health professionals that may have less experience  troubleshooting minor GIS problems.</p>\r\n<p><strong>DISCUSSION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The universe of open source desktop GIS is very broad and there are literally hundreds of possible software choices.</p>\r\n<p>The most utilized and popular open source desktop GIS software are  reviewed in this paper for public health utility and value.  The five  most common open source desktop GIS software are compared and benchmark  tested for potential use within the public health domain.   The software  are tested within the perspective of potential public health users and  the utility of the software are judged against the needs and  requirements of public health professionals that may be non-GIS experts.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Random notes:</strong></p>\r\n<p>uDig is very easy to add WMS Layers and one simply puts in the URL  with GetCapabilities request and it works on the first attempt.    Quantum GIS does not seem to work so easily‚Ä¶.not sure about GRASS and  others ‚Ä¶..</p>\r\n<p>MapWindow can add WMS Services by installing the Online Data  plugin.    OpenJUMP also can add WMS layers but it is not very  intuitive;   It seems like uDig has the most intuitive interface for  adding WMS layers‚Ä¶.</p>\r\n<p>So far, Quantum GIS does the worst job of bringing in WMS Services‚Ä¶even crashed once‚Ä¶</p>\r\n<p>GRASS is also a pain to do this‚Ä¶.looks like you need to run r.in.wms from the command line‚Ä¶.jeez.</p>\r\n<p>One really strange aspect of GRASS is the fact that one must build a GRASS database ‚ÄúGISDBASE‚Äù.</p>\r\n<p>The GRASS database contains ‚Äúlocations‚Äù and ‚Äúmapsets‚Äù and these need to be set up prior to using GRASS.</p>\r\n<p>This is not that difficult but is yet another step to get started and also forces public health to conform to this outdated mode</p>\r\n<p>of geospatial data management and project management.  Most modern  GIS software create some sort of map document (.mxd in the case of ESRI)  or other type of open-source project file that contains pointers to  database or WMS layer url locations within that document.   GRASS seems a  little behind the technological times in terms of database management  and flexibility with file management.</p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS has some very advanced capabilities including command line  operations but it also requires a lot of setup and installation in  advanced as well as some knowledge about Python and graphic user  interfaces.</p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS has a couple of nice advantages in that it is an easy to  use interface that has an extension to GRASS GIS that allows it to  leverage the more advanced features of GRASS through a nicer interface.</p>\r\n<p>A lot of the open source GIS software seem to emphasize their editing  capabilities and the ability to move vertices and perform many types of  feature editing, geometry and topology checks and validations.   While  these are important functions and especially important to the GIS  professional, it is likely that public health epidemiologists will have  less understanding and need to edit street networks, fix dangles,  snapping of links to nodes, and or understanding of the underlying  spatial geometry and computational geometry.</p>\r\n<p>There seems to be an important GAP within both the software and the  literature in terms of the public health application of open source GIS  and the applied examples and use cases for each of the open source tools  within the domain of public health.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDATIONS:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\"><strong>User Characteristics</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Recommendation</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn,  Easy to Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category have highest probability of adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category have higher probability of adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category may still have high adoption</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category may still be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use  ‚Äì Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category are less likely to be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Tools in this category are unlikely to be adopted</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\"><strong>User Characteristics</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Preliminary Evaluation of Open Source Desktop Tools</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn,  Easy to Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS, gvSIG,</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP , uDig</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Learn, Easy to Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">MapWindows</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use ‚Äì Advanced Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\">GRASS ‚Äì great functionality ‚Äì challenging to learn / use</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use  ‚Äì Basic Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"439\" valign=\"top\">More challenging to Learn / Use -  Very Little Functionality</td>\r\n<td width=\"438\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p>The choice of open-source GIS desktop software may be dependent upon the business needs and requirements of</p>\r\n<p>end-users or project specific-requirements.   There are certain tools  such as MapWindow that have a history of use with hydrology projects  and have tools specific to hydrological analyses.   BASINS is a tool  that was developed by EPA based upon the core of MapWindow and has even  more specific hydrology tools that make it an exception tool for this  use.</p>\r\n<p>Public health as a domain is very broad and there may be  task-specific requirements that focus your choice of open source desktop  GIS software.   The litmus tests for general  software recommendations /  adoption are:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li> Easy to download and install</li>\r\n<li> Instruction manuals / help / tutorials</li>\r\n<li>Easy to launch software and begin using software</li>\r\n<li>Learning curve is not steep and this is guided by tutorials and documentation</li>\r\n<li>Basic to Advanced functionality with capacity to extend with plugins and scripting languages</li>\r\n<li>Track record of success within the public health and epidemiology published literature</li>\r\n<li>Community of users</li>\r\n<li>Technical support and forums</li>\r\n<li>Ability to collaborate with other researchers / share maps / models</li>\r\n<li> Ability to document and provide metadata for maps and other products</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>It is likely that these general requirements are common to the domain  of public health but may not address specific requirements of an  individual program.   It is also possible that some of these general  needs are not completely necessary for certain programs.</p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS installs on Windows but did not previously have support for this operating system.</p>\r\n<p>The Windows version of GRASS GIS has some missing modules, including the module for the 3D GIS functionality.</p>\r\n<p>It is possible to replace these missing modules with other modules but this burden is upon the user and they must have</p>\r\n<p>knowledge of the missing module, the required replacement, and then how to find and install the replacement modules.</p>\r\n<p>While these issues are documented and some help provided it is these  types of issues that make GRASS a bit harder to deal with than other  open source GIS software in terms of the non-GIS public health  professional.</p>\r\n<p>GIS users are used to a certain amount of ‚Äútinkering‚Äù with software,  code, models, etc and reading software whitepapers and code snippets to  get things to run;   It is likely that the non-GIS public health  professional will have less patience and less experience in dealing with  these types of issues.    Software documentation is a good thing and it  always helps to have software documentation but if the end-users must  read hundreds of pages of whitepapers or documents to simply install and  use the software than this becomes a less adoptable solution.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The choice of open source desktop GIS software may be guided by  specific requirements and the matching of system needs with the  appropriate available software package.   The software evaluated within  this paper covered a spectrum from fairly simple (MapWindows) to  extremely complex (GRASS GIS).  There are several other tools that fall  within the moderate middle ground of the spectrum and these tools may  have the highest potential for general adoption within public health.    It is also possible that none of these tools will be readily adopted by  public health as commercial GIS products are common within health  departments and it is unclear how many personnel would be trained to use  such open source GIS software.   It is possible that  resource-challenged environments may be good candidates for potential  use of open source desktop GIS software (Kamadjeu and Tolentino,  2007).   There may be specific uses for MapWindows in terms of  hydrological analyses and other strengths of that particular software.    GRASS GIS may be of great utility for public health graduate students  that may be working on very complex spatial analyses for dissertations  and other research publications.   It is possible that the pragmatic  middle ground between specific simplicity and broad complexity will make  tools such as Quantum GIS, OpenJUMP, and gvSIG popular with a large  number of epidemiologists that require basic to intermediate level  GIS.   The software developers and IT staff may find that some of the  eclipse based tools such as uDig, and OpenJUMP.   Python developers may  prefer the Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS combination with the GRASS  extension for Quantum GIS.    The .NET developers may also have  appreciation for the MapWindows ActiveX control and the ability to  freely distribute the customized MapWindow applications.</p>\r\n<p><strong>COMPARISON TABLES FOR OPEN SOURCE DESKTOP GIS SOFTWARE:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 1.  General information of selected GIS and Geovisualization software products</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Version</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">6.4.0</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">1.2</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">1.5.0</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">4.8</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">1.3</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">1.9</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Organization</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">OSGeo</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Refractions.net</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">OSGeo</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Idaho State Univ.</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">Vivid Solutions</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG Association</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">License</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">LGPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Mozilla Public Lic Ver 1.1</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">GPL</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"91\" valign=\"top\">Cost</td>\r\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"174\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"168\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n<td width=\"127\" valign=\"top\">Free</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>Table 2.  System Features</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">OS platform</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Windows</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Windows, Linux, MacOSX</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Documentation</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">User manual, Developer manual, Online docs, wiki, tutorials, guides, courses, books, newsletter, sample datasets</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Quick start guide, Walkthroughs,  demonstration videos, user guide, fact sheet, conference presentations,  online support, developer guides.</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Wikis, blogs, forums, bug tracking, user  manuals, developer manuals, workshops, brochures, coding and compilation  guide, API documentation.</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Wikis, tutorials, user guides, gis tools  guide, plugin developer guide, ActiveX control guide, geoprocessing  guide, forums, mailing lists, bug tracking.</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">User manual, Developer manual, Online docs, wiki, tutorials, guides, sample data, etc</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">User documentation, Developer  documentation, tester‚Äôs documentation, articles, reports, books, Open  Planet Magazine, blog, mailing list</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Easy-to-learn</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">not as easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Not bad</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Easier</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI easy to navigate / learn</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Not bad</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Usability</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Robust</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Great web services</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">A little too simple ?</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Basic and Intermediate GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">User-friendly GUI</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Online support</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Extensibility</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Add-on Modules</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">QGIS GRASS extension</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Plug-in, API</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Plug-in development, API</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Reliability</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">27 years</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Seems ok</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Relatively new software (2009)‚Ä¶unclear</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Installation</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Harder</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Rel easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Performance</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"122\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"129\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"134\" valign=\"top\">Not good with large datasets‚Ä¶?</td>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 3.  Overview of GIS Support Features</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Online Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Wiki</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">User Manuals</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Developer Manuals</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Tutorials</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Video Demos</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">User Groups</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Example Gallery</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Developer Group</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Bug Tracking Sys</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Feature Requests</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">You Tube Videos</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Screenshots</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"151\" valign=\"top\">Blog</td>\r\n<td width=\"72\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"66\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"120\" valign=\"top\"><strong>No</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 4.  GIS and Geovisualization Functionality</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">WMS Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes but very difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes but difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äìrequires plugin install</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì must create view, add wms, add view to map.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">WFS Support</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes, but it is totally unclear from the documentation how this works.</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but  requires plugin install and does not handle projections well.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì but must download and install plugin and .jar files.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì must create view, add wfs, add view to map.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Overlay</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes; difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Buffering</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes,</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Query</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Uses Common Query Language with limited spatial query but can use PostGreSQL.</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Yes.  Select by location is easy.</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">No.  They do have a tool for identity of features by another feature but this is not quite the same thing.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes; easy.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Yes‚Ä¶a little tricky.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Interpolation</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Yes ‚Äì difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Map Algebra</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Geoprocessing</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Geoprocessing Toolbox</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Autocorrelation</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">???</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Sextante extension support</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">????</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Legend, scalebar, grid</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Layout composer, legend, scalebar, labels, arrows, images, shapes, tables</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">May export map, scalebar, legend, north arrow images</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Scalebar, Zoombar‚Ä¶.but not much else‚Ä¶</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">This has a layout manager that is quite intuitive.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Scripting</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">Command line, Python, more ?</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Java and RCP plugins</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Python language bindings, plugins</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Visual Basic.NET or C# plugin</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">API, scripting BeanShell, Java plug-in system,Python</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Jython Console.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Publishing</td>\r\n<td width=\"105\" valign=\"top\">????</td>\r\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Export map image</td>\r\n<td width=\"131\" valign=\"top\">Export map to PDF, svg, or other image formats</td>\r\n<td width=\"108\" valign=\"top\">Export map image(s).</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Export map image.  Copy map image to clipboard.</td>\r\n<td width=\"142\" valign=\"top\">Export map to PDF or  postscript (ps).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 5.  Public Health Open Source Desktop GIS Benchmark Testing: </strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"><strong>GRASS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"><strong>uDig</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Quantum GIS </strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>MapWindow</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OpenJUMP</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"><strong>gvSIG</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Download</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Install</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Launch</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Use</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Helpful Tutorials</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.  Too long.</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Helpful, but not specific to public health.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Helpful Examples</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">?</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Create Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Difficult</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Moderate</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Overlay Case Data to Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Easy to add shapefile of cases</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to Join data to Base map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to classify data</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Easy to make Choropleth Map</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Proximity Analysis</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Location Allocation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Interpolation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Spatial Autocorrelation</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"163\" valign=\"top\">Cartographic Quality</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Poor</td>\r\n<td width=\"114\" valign=\"top\">Not Bad</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 6.   RANK AND SWOT ANALYSIS OF OPEN SOURCE DESKTOP GIS SOFTWARE</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\"><strong>RANK</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\"><strong>SOFTWARE</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\"><strong>STRENGTHS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\"><strong>WEAKNESS</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\"><strong>OPPORTUNITIES</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\"><strong>THREATS</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">1</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, extension for GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Java programmers may not like Python</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Extend with Python and GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Must export map elements as separate images.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">2</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Layouts, Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Some documentation only in Spanish</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Land cover and physical geography</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Maybe mostly developed in Spain and Europe.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">3</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">Open JUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Python programmers may not like Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Nice GUI could attract newbies</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Poor cartographic output</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">4</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Web Services, Java</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Cartography</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Create many maps at once.  JGRASS ext.</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Poor cartographic output</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">5</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">GUI, Hydrology, free to distribute apps</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Must use .NET or C# to extend.</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Opportunity to write and distribute custom apps</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">Not everyone can install custom apps.  Not cross platform.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"67\" valign=\"top\">6</td>\r\n<td width=\"126\" valign=\"top\">GRASS GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"138\" valign=\"top\">Analysis</td>\r\n<td width=\"144\" valign=\"top\">Difficult to use</td>\r\n<td width=\"162\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS ext.</td>\r\n<td width=\"210\" valign=\"top\">May discourage newbies</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 7.  Links to Online Support</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/community/commercial.php\">http://grass.itc.it/community/commercial.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/products/udig/support/\">http://www.refractions.net/products/udig/support/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/contact.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/contact.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/support.html\">http://www.openjump.org/support.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/services/support\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/services/support</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 8.  Links to GIS Wikis</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page\">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/dashboard.action\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/dashboard.action</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_QGIS_Wiki\">http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_QGIS_Wiki</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Main_Page\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Main_Page</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 9.  Links to GIS User Manuals</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html\">http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm\">http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_User%27s_Guide\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_User‚Äôs_Guide</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Index\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=Index</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/userguide-gvsig-2-0\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/userguide-gvsig-2-0</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 10.  Links to GIS Developer Manuals</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/\">http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm\">http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_Developer%27s_Guide\">http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/MapWindow_Developer‚Äôs_Guide</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20Developer%20Guide.pdf\">http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20Developer%20Guide.pdf</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"480\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docdev/manual-para-desarrolladores-gvsig\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docdev/manual-para-desarrolladores-gvsig</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong>Table 11.  Links to GIS Tutorials</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php\">http://www.grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Quickstart\">http://www.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Quickstart</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://download.osgeo.org/qis/doc/manual/qgis-1.0.0_a_gentle-gis-introduction-en.pdf\">http://download.osgeo.org/qis/doc/manual/qgis-1.0.0_a_gentle-gis-introduction-en.pdf</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/tutorials/\">http://www.mapwindow.org/tutorials/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/Documentation/OpenJump%201.0.1\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/Documentation/OpenJump 1.0.1</a> Basic Tutorials ‚Äì Beta/OpenJUMP1.0.1_Tutorial_englishBeta.pdf/download</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/learning/gvsig-courses-1#Cursos_para_usuarios\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/docusr/learning/gvsig-courses-1#Cursos_para_usuarios</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 12.  Links to GIS Video Demos:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/udig-demo-low.htm\">http://udig.refractions.net/files/docs/udig-demo-low.htm</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://revver.com/find/video/?query=mapwindow\">http://revver.com/find/video/?query=mapwindow</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 13.  Links to GIS User Groups:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/community/usergroups.php\">http://grass.itc.it/community/usergroups.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/user-meetings.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/user-meetings.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/community/comm_groups/comm_gvsig_br/\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/community/comm_groups/comm_gvsig_br/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 14.  Links to GIS Example Galleries:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/special.php\">http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/special.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/\">http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 15.  Links to GIS Developer Groups:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php\">http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/COM/Home\">http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/COM/Home</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings.html\">http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php\">http://www.mapwindow.org/team.php</a> and group on LINKEDIN (<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/\">http://www.linkedin.com/</a> ).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.openjump.org/involved.html\">http://www.openjump.org/involved.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 16.  Links to GIS Bug Tracking Systems:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:openissues-panel\">http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:openissues-panel</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://bugs.mapwindow.org/login_page.php\">http://bugs.mapwindow.org/login_page.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=679906\">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=679906</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"648\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=732&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse\">http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=732&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 17.  Links to GIS New Feature Request  Systems:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/\">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=697909\">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11805&amp;atid=697909</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=790&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse\">http://forge.osor.eu/tracker/?atid=790&amp;group_id=89&amp;func=browse</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 18.  Links to GIS You Tube Videos:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw09KuoH71\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw09KuoH71</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=4kS2QqlsPD8&amp;feature=related\">http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=4kS2QqlsPD8&amp;feature=related</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUxinzqj00\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUxinzqj00</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubRPduxAzc\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubRPduxAzc</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vh6CcIBM\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vh6CcIBM</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"588\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWtgDcKJwo\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWtgDcKJwo</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 19.  Links to GIS Screenshots:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/index.php\">http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/index.php</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.mapwindow.org/images/activeXwrdb.png\">http://www.mapwindow.org/images/activeXwrdb.png</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=File:114231354_7b5aa910b2.jpg\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/jump-pilot/index.php?title=File:114231354_7b5aa910b2.jpg</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/tour\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/tour</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Table 20.  Links to GIS Blogs:</strong></p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Software</strong></td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><strong>URL</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">GRASS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">uDig</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://udig-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-bought-udig-blog-sparkling-new.html\">http://udig-news.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-bought-udig-blog-sparkling-new.html</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">Quantum GIS</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://blog.qgis.org/\">http://blog.qgis.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">MapWindow</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">OpenJUMP</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://openjump.blogspot.com/\">http://openjump.blogspot.com/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"121\" valign=\"top\">gvSIG</td>\r\n<td width=\"720\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://blog.gvsig.org/\">http://blog.gvsig.org/</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES  (Authors): </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Altobelli, A., Sgambati, F.  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Nov. 2009.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf\">http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Harp, S.  2010.  Exploring the Spatial Dimensions of Public Health.</p>\r\n<p>Survey helps to improve access to clean water in sub-Saharn Africa.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0110/files/rwanda-water.pdf\">http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0110/files/rwanda-water.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Horanont, T., Tripathi, N.K., and Raghavan, V.  2001.  A Comparitive Assessment of Internet GIS Server Systems.</p>\r\n<p>GISdevelopment.net.  URL:  <a href=\"http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/gis/techgi07pf.htm\">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/gis/techgi07pf.htm</a></p>\r\n<p>Kamadjeu, R. and Tolentino, H.  2006.  Web-based public health  geographic information systems for resources-constrained environment  using scalable vector graphics technology:  a proof of concept applied  to the expanded program on immunization data.  <em>International Journal of Health Geographics. </em>2006, 5:24</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24</a></p>\r\n<p>Krivoruchko, K. and Gotway-Crawford, C.  2003.  Analyzing the  Consequences of Chernobyl Using GIS and Spatial Statistics.  ESRI  ArcNews Fall 2003.  URL:  <a href=\"http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall03articles/analyzing.html\">http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall03articles/analyzing.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Lai, P-C, So, F-M., and Chan, K-W.  2009.  Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis.</p>\r\n<p>Taylor &amp; Francis.  CRC Press. 2009.   ISBN 9781420045468.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468\">http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420045468</a></p>\r\n<p>Ramsey, P.  2007.   The State of Open Source GIS.  FOSS4G 2007 Conference.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.refractions.net/expertise/whitepapers/opensourcesurvey/survey-open-source-2007-12.pdf\">http://www.refractions.net/expertise/whitepapers/opensourcesurvey/survey-open-source-2007-12.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and Hay, G.J.  2009.  Free and Open Source Geographic Information Tools for Landscape Ecology.</p>\r\n<p>Ecological Informatics.  July, 2009.  URL:  <a href=\"http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegistools_econinf2009.pdf\">http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~sstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegistools_econinf2009.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and Weibel, R.  2009.  GIS Software ‚Äì A description in 1000 words.</p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  and E. Bocher (2009):  An overview on current free and open source</p>\r\n<p>Desktop GIS developments.   International Journal of Geographical Information Sciences 29 (10): 1345-1370.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf\">http://terragis.net/docs/presentations/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steiniger, S.  2008.   Open Source Desktop GIS Comparison Table.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm\">http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm</a></p>\r\n<p>Steininger, S. and Hunter, A.J.S.   2010.  Free and Open Source GIS Software for Building a Spatial Data Infrastructure.</p>\r\n<p>Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jump-pilot/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fossgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf\">http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jump-pilot/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fossgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Steudler, D., Torhoen, M-P., Pieper, G.  FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration, Opportunities and Risk.  2010.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf/\">http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf/</a></p>\r\n<p>Tomlinson, R.  2007.  Thinking About GIS:  Geographic Information System Planning for Managers, 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=121\">http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=121</a></p>\r\n<p>Vanmeulebrouk, B., Rivett, U., Ricketts, A., and Loudon, M.  Open Source GIS for HIV/AIDS Management.</p>\r\n<p><em>International Journal of Health Geographics.</em> 2008, 7:29   URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53</a></p>\r\n<p>Yi, Q., Hoskins, R.E., Hillringhouse, E.A., Sorenson, S.S., Oberle, M.W., Fuller, S.S., and Wallace, J.C.  2008.</p>\r\n<p>Integrating open-source technologies to build low-cost information systems for improved access to public heatlh data.</p>\r\n<p><em>International Journal of Health Geographics.</em> 2008, 7:29   URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/29\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/29</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES (Website Resources):</strong></p>\r\n<p>Benchmarking 2010:  <a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a></p>\r\n<p>Benchmarking 2010:  Performance Testing of Open Source GIS Web Mapping Software:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010\">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010</a></p>\r\n<p>FeatureServer:  <a href=\"http://featureserver.org/\">http://featureserver.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>FOSS4G    Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, 2010 Confernce.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://2010.foss4g.org/\">http://2010.foss4g.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>FreeGIS.org:   <a href=\"http://www.freegis.org/database/?cat=0\">http://www.freegis.org/database/?cat=0</a> (351 free GIS software tools)</p>\r\n<p>Free Software Foundation:  <a href=\"http://www.fsf.org/\">http://www.fsf.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>General Public License (GPL) :   <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</a></p>\r\n<p>GIS VM:  <a href=\"http://www.gisvm.com/\">http://www.gisvm.com/</a></p>\r\n<p>iGeoDesktop:  <a href=\"http://www.degree.org/\">http://www.degree.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Lesser General Public License (LGPL):  <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html\">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html</a></p>\r\n<p>MapServer and GeoServer Web Mapping Shootout:    <a href=\"http://www.blip.tv/file/2799065/\">http://www.blip.tv/file/2799065/</a></p>\r\n<p>Mozilla Public License Version 1.1:  <a href=\"http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html\">http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Geospatial Consortium:   <a href=\"http://www.opengeospatial.org/\">http://www.opengeospatial.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>OpenLayers:  <a href=\"http://www.openlayers.org/\">http://www.openlayers.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Streetmap:  <a href=\"http://www.openstreetmap.org/\">http://www.openstreetmap.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Open Source GIS.org:  <a href=\"http://opensourcegis.org/\">http://opensourcegis.org/</a> (259 open source GIS software tools).</p>\r\n<p>Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo):  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/\">http://www.osgeo.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>OSGeo 2007 Annual Report.   Vol 4. / August 2008 Special Edition</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v4/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol4.pdf\">http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v4/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol4.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>OSGeo 2008 Annual Report.   Vol 5 / July 2009</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v5/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol5.pdf\">http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/v5/en-us/final_pdfs/OSGeoJournal_vol5.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Python:  <a href=\"http://www.python.org/\">http://www.python.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>Quantum GIS Brochure:  <a href=\"http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf\">http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/brochure/qgis-1.5.0_2-sided_brochure_en.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>TileCache   <a href=\"http://tilecache.org/\">http://tilecache.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>uDig Walkthrough 1:  <a href=\"http://udig.refractions.net/files/tutorials/uDigWalkthrough1.pdf\">http://udig.refractions.net/files/tutorials/uDigWalkthrough1.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Comparison of geographic information system software.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_geographic_information_systems_software\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_geographic_information_systems_software</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Open Source Software for Public Health.</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/Open_Source_Software_for_Public_Health\">http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/Open_Source_Software_for_Public_Health</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  gvSIG</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gvSIG\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gvSIG</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  GRASS GIS</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  MapWindows:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapWindow_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapWindow_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  OpenJUMP:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUMP_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUMP_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  Quantum GIS:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS</a></p>\r\n<p>Wikipedia:  uDig:</p>\r\n<p>URL:  <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDig\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDig</a></p>','',-2,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 18:31:26',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=1\nlink_titles=1\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,0,'','',0,1,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(57,'Processing','processing','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=57:processing&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Processing</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/11/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/11/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">A Sketch Language</p>\r\n<p><strong>Processing.org : </strong>Source:¬† (<a href=\"http://processing.org/\">http://processing.org/</a> )</p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Processing is a sketch language that was developed by Ben Fry and  Casey Reas at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to marry  the love of art and the love of code within open source programming.¬†¬†  The tool is free and allows programmers to build sketches  programmatically and to modify that code very easily to make interactive  sketches and graphic user interfaces with event handling.¬†¬† This tool  might seem very basic but it has been used by physicists and other  scientists around the world for many types of visualization tasks.¬†¬† One  such impressive example is the NPZ Visualizer which uses Processing to  visualize the Nutrients, Phytoplankton, and Zooplankton life cycle along  the Pacific Northwest Coast (Banas, N., 2008).</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Processing is an open source programming language and environment for  people who want to create images, animations, an interactions.¬†¬†  Initially developed as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals  of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has  evolved into a tool for generating professional work.¬† Today, tens of  thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists  use</p>\r\n<p>Processing for learning, prototyping, and production. (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/\">http://processing.org/</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong>Results</strong><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><em> </em></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information:¬†¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://procesing.org/\">http://procesing.org/</a>) </strong></p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Free to download and open source</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Interactive programs using 2D or 3D or PDF output</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† OpenGL integration for accelerated 3D</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Operates on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Projects run online or as double-clickable applications</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Over 100 libraries extend the software into sound, video, computer vision, more.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Getting Started Guide:¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/gettingstarted/\">http://processing.org/learning/gettingstarted/</a></p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Overview and Hello World:¬†¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/overview/\">http://processing.org/learning/overview/</a></p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Sketch Window with drop down menus for sketch examples</p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features</strong>:¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/overview\">http://processing.org/learning/overview</a> ).</p>\r\n<p>Processing consists of:</p>\r\n<p>-The Processing Development Environment (PDE).¬† This is the software that runs when</p>\r\n<p>you double-click the Processing icon.¬† The PDE is an Integrated Development</p>\r\n<p>Environment (IDE) with a minimalist set of features designed as a simple introduction to</p>\r\n<p>programming or for testing one-off ideas.</p>\r\n<p>-A collection of functions (also referred to as commands or methods)  that make up the ‚Äúcore‚Äù programming language interface, or API, as well  as several libraries that support more advanced features such as drawing  with OpenGL, reading XML files, and saving complex imagery in PDF  format.</p>\r\n<p>-A language syntax, identical to Java but with a few modifications.</p>\r\n<p>-An active online community, hosted at <a href=\"http://processing.org/\">http://processing.org/</a> .</p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The Digital Artists‚Äô Handbook discusses potential tools within the  digital art toolbox that are potential alternatives / complementary  tools for Processing including</p>\r\n<p>tools such as GIMP and Soda Play and others.¬†¬† A fuller listing of  URLs for potential alternatives is found in the Notes section of the  Game Art section of the Digital Artists‚Äô Handbook:¬† <a href=\"http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/11\">http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/11</a></p>\r\n<p>Although some of these alternatives support a lot of sketching , many  are not so much of a coding environment and it seems like Processing  does an excellent job of marrying the artists sketch with programmatic  code.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Processing has potential for use within public health.¬†¬† The NPZ  Visualizer 1.5 (Banas, N., 2008) shows the potential to build very  robust graphic user interfaces with Processing that can incorporate  regression models with slider bars for model parameters so that  scientists can run ‚Äúwhat-if‚Äù scenarios.¬†¬† The National Science  Foundation funded some of the work of the NPZ Visualizer project and  much of the source code for this application are made available by Dr.  Neil Banas through his website.¬†¬† Public health could utilize these  types of tools and source codes to build regression models and  visualizations of disease outcomes with explanatory variables and risk  factor slider bars to allow public health officials to visualize  potential effects of interventions on specific variables.¬†¬† Processing  should be seriously examined as a visualization tool for science within  the domain of public health.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Processing has not been widely used within public health but projects  supported by the National Science Foundation have utilized Processing  for very complex scientific visualizations (Banas, N., 2008).¬†¬† This  tool has many strengths including the open source code, free software,  and strong visualization capacity with capacity for graphic user  interface design and event-driven programming to allow user-interaction.</p>\r\n<p>Processing could be utilized by public health to build visualization  models that are interactive and would allow epidemiologists to examine  the effects of risk factor changes on potential disease outcomes.</p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES: </strong></p>\r\n<p>Anderson, K.,¬† Barknecht, F., Betts, T., Cramer, F., Chandler, P.,  Goriunova, O., Lambert, K., Larulle, O., Magnusson, T., Maleve, N.,  Mansoux, A., Messeri, V.,</p>\r\n<p>Moradi, I., Oreggia, E., Philips, J., Sarkar, S., Schouten, T., de  Valk, M.¬† Westenberg, P., and Yuill, S.¬†¬† 2009.¬†¬†¬† The Digital Artists‚Äô  Handbook.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/17/pdf\">http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/17/pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Banas, N.¬† 2008.¬† NPZ Visualizer 1.5¬† ¬†University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab.¬†¬† URL: <a href=\"http://coast.ocean.washington.edu/%7Eneil/NPZvisualizer/\">http://coast.ocean.washington.edu/~neil/NPZvisualizer/</a></p>\r\n<p>Banas, N.¬† 2007.¬† Designing ecosystem models to tell biological  stories.¬†¬† University of Washington,  Oceanography.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†  URL:¬† <a href=\"http://coast.ocean.washington.edu/%7Eneil/papers/grc07slides.pdf\">http://coast.ocean.washington.edu/~neil/papers/grc07slides.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Franks, P.J.S.¬† 2002.¬† NPZ Models of Plankton Dynamics:¬† Their  Construction, Coupling to Physics, and Application.¬†¬† Journal of  Oceanography.¬† Vol 58, No 2, 379-387.¬†¬†¬†¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.springerlink.com/content/6xnqgd4hx1lmq6n1/\">http://www.springerlink.com/content/6xnqgd4hx1lmq6n1/</a></p>\r\n<p>Reas, C.¬† and Fry, B.¬† 2007.¬† Processing:¬† A Programming Handbook for  Visual Designers and Artists.¬† The MIT Press.¬† 710  pages.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/books/#reasfry\">http://processing.org/learning/books/#reasfry</a></p>\r\n<p>Reas, C. and Fry, B.¬† 2010.¬† Getting Started with Processing.¬†¬† O‚ÄôReilly Media.¬† 208pgs.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† URL: <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/books/\">http://processing.org/learning/books/</a></p>\r\n<p>Shiffman, D. 2008.¬† Learning Processing:¬† A Beginner‚Äôs Guide to  Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction.¬† Morgan Kaufmann. 450  pages.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/books/\">http://processing.org/learning/books/</a></p>\r\n<p>Shiffman, D.¬† 2010.¬† Processing in Eclipse.¬† URL: <a href=\"http://processing.org/learning/eclipse/\">http://processing.org/learning/eclipse/</a></p>\r\n<p>Thorp, Jer.¬† 2010.¬† Open Science, H1N1, Processing, and the Google  Spreadsheet  API.¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†  URL:¬† <a href=\"http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/open-science-h1n1-processing-and-the-google-spreadsheet-api\">http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/open-science-h1n1-processing-and-the-google-spreadsheet-api</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 18:49:34',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',4,0,14,'','',0,3,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(58,'gvSIG GIS','gvsig','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=58:gvsig&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> gvSIG GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS)</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig\">http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG open-source suite (multiple software packages) of GIS  software that is very robust in features and functionality and has great  potential for use as a tool for public health GIS.¬† This open-source  software has an additional strength of multi-language support which  includes 10 different languages.¬† Perhaps even more enticing is the  platform independence of the software and that it can run on MS Windows,  Mac OS, or Linux operating systems.¬† This flexibility in terms of  platform and language support could create greater potential adoption by  international public health agencies that might be seeking alternative /  open-source GIS solutions in resource challenged environments.<strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>There are many open-source GIS tools that are available and many of  these are available through an Open-Source Geospatial Foundation  (OSGeo):¬† <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/\">http://www.osgeo.org/</a> The goal of the OSGeo foundation is to build the highest quality</p>\r\n<p>Open-source geospatial software.¬† gvSIG is one of the open-source  desktop GIS tools that is a project of OSGeo and is known for  integration of local and remote data through standards, extensibility,  continual application enhancement, customization, free use,  distribution, study and improvement, as well as Multilanguage support  (Spanish, English, French, German, Italian) and multiplatform support  (Windows, Linux, Mac OS) (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/\">http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/</a>).</p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG software suite includes a mobile version that is optimized  for mobile data collection platforms.¬† The gvSIG is a mobile GIS and  also a mobile Spatial Data Infrastructure and as such is the first such  client licensed under open source.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/projects/gvsig-mobile/\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/projects/gvsig-mobile/</a>).¬† There is also a gvSIG mini application for Android (<a href=\"http://blog.gvsig.org/2010/06/01/gvsig-mini-as-one-of-the-30-best-free-apps-for-android/\">http://blog.gvsig.org/2010/06/01/gvsig-mini-as-one-of-the-30-best-free-apps-for-android/</a> ).</p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG Commons is a space to collaborate and share code and  projects that is similar to google code or other collaborative  open-source spaces.</p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG also includes user documentation, developer documentation,  tester documentation, a learning section which includes full user  courses, developer courses, and community courses (developed by the  gvSIG community).</p>\r\n<p>These courses are available in English or in Spanish and some in French.</p>\r\n<p>Finally, gvSIG has a user blog (<a href=\"http://blog.gvsig.org/\">http://blog.gvsig.org/</a>), association (<a href=\"http://www.gvsig.com/\">http://www.gvsig.com/</a>) and hosts annual user conferences (<a href=\"http://www.gvsig.com/news/6th-gvsig-conference-knowledge-for-change\">http://www.gvsig.com/news/6th-gvsig-conference-knowledge-for-change</a>)</p>\r\n<h1>Results</h1>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG software was originally developed for the Ministry of  Infrastructure and Transport of Valencia, Spain.¬†¬† The vision and  mission of the gvSIG project included some core concepts in their  interpretation of the free software model and values.</p>\r\n<p>These core concepts are:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Sharing knowledge should not be an end in itself but a means to an end.</li>\r\n<li>Conviction that advancement and technological progress will be more  efficient with shared discovery and documentation of R&amp;D projects  (not hidden results).</li>\r\n<li>Build R&amp;D projects in alignment with social needs</li>\r\n<li>Collaboration, shared knowledge, solidarity, trust, democratic  function and loyalty are essential values that are core to the success  of the gvSIG project / mission.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>The gvSIG includes a user community as well as a Technical Steering  Committee of developers that guide the direction(s) of the project.¬†¬†  There is a formalized process to join the technical steering committee  and participate within their meetings.<br /> The gvSIG also includes a Board of Directors and there is a formalized  process to become a board member and nominate board members.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/mission-vision-and-values/\">http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/organization/mission-vision-and-values/</a>)</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features:¬† (</strong>Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/\">http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/</a>)<strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Fully rich GIS desktop client</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Multilanguage support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Platform independent</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Modular</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† OGC Standards compliant</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Developed based upon INSPIRE principles:¬† (<a href=\"http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/48/\">http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/48/</a>)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Interoperability with data formats (ENVI, ERDAS, GRASS, GeoTIFF, etc).</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Web Mapping Service (WMS) support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Web Feature Service (WFS) support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Web Coverage Service (WCS) support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Discovery services to find data / services within a spatial data infrastructure</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Functionality:¬† (</strong>Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/\">http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig/</a>)<strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Geoprocessing tools</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Proximity ‚Äì buffer, spatial joins</li>\r\n<li>Overlay¬† -¬† clip, difference, intersections, unions</li>\r\n<li>More ‚Äì supports convex hull creation and reprojection of layers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Computer Aided Design (CAD) Tools and Integration</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Integrated advanced raster tools</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Georeferencing images</li>\r\n<li>Image transparency</li>\r\n<li>Brightness and contrast</li>\r\n<li>Highlight</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Extensions, including SEXTANTE which extends for morphology and hydrology fields.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Scripting support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Powerful reprojection engine</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D Visualization</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Network Analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Raster analyses¬† ‚Äì classification, rectification,</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Mobile device / gvSIG for mobile devices</p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) lists several  alternative open-source GIS desktop mapping applications that are  projects of OSGeo including:¬† uDig, GRASS, Quantum GIS, and OSSIM.¬†¬†  MapWindow is another open-source desktop GIS application that has been  used by NOAA and other federal agencies.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG software has a limited track record of success with  epidemiology studies in Europe and it is not surprising that adoption  has been greatest in Spain (origin of the gvSIG project).¬†¬† The gvSIG  software has much functionality that would be of potential use for  public health and epidemiology and supports many similar functions to  commercial desktop GIS software.¬†¬† The gvSIG software includes support  for vector, raster, and web services as well.¬†¬† This software could have  value for public health within resource challenged environments that  cannot afford commercial GIS software.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The gvSIG software has capacity for fundamental GIS functions and services.</p>\r\n<p>The tool is a free download and includes a user-community as well as  the potential to contribute to software development through the  technical steering committee.</p>\r\n<p>This tool has potential for public heatlh and epidemiology work and  has a limited track record of success with these areas within Europe.</p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Akkala, A., Devabhaktuni, V., and Kumar, A.¬† 2010.¬† Software Review:¬†  Interpolation techniques and associated software for environmental  data.¬† <em>Environmental Progress &amp; Sustainable Energy.</em> Vol 29(2).¬† Pages 134-141.</p>\r\n<p>Anguix, A., Diaz, L., Carrera, M.¬† 2008.¬† gvSIG a GIS Desktop Solution for and Open SDI.¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://gvsig-desktop.forge.osor.eu/downloads/pub/documents/articles/gvSIG-GIS_desktop_solution_for_open_SDI.pdf\">http://gvsig-desktop.forge.osor.eu/downloads/pub/documents/articles/gvSIG-GIS_desktop_solution_for_open_SDI.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Del Rey, A., Montesinos, M., Carrasco, J., and Carrion, G.¬† 2009.¬† gvSIG Mobile as a Mobile Client of SDI.¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://gvsig-desktop.forge.osor.eu/downloads/pub/documents/articles/gvSIG-Mobile_client_SDI_OSGIS_Nottingham.pdf\">http://gvsig-desktop.forge.osor.eu/downloads/pub/documents/articles/gvSIG-Mobile_client_SDI_OSGIS_Nottingham.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Ford, R.E.¬†¬† 2009.¬† Integrating GIS into eHealth initiatives in Africa.¬†¬† Ver 8.¬† Nov. 2009. URL:¬† <a href=\"http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf\">http://idrc-gisworkshop.pbworks.com/f/FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Hintze, P. and Lakes, T.¬† 2009.¬† Geographically Referenced Data for  Social Science.¬†¬† German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD).  URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ratswd.de/download/RatSWD_WP_2009/RatSWD_WP_125.pdf\">http://www.ratswd.de/download/RatSWD_WP_2009/RatSWD_WP_125.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Kamadjeu, R. and Tollentino, H.¬† 2008.¬† Web-based public health  geographic information systems for resources-constrained environment  using scalable vector graphics technology: a proof of concept applied to  the expanded program on immunization data.¬† <em>International Journal of Health Geographics</em>.¬† Vol 5:24.¬†¬† URL:¬†¬† <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24/\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/24/</a></p>\r\n<p>Madzudzo, P.F.¬† 2007.¬† Exploratory Visualization of Temporal Events  in Epidemiological Research:¬† Case Study of Black Death.¬†¬† Thesis  (PhD).¬† The Netherlands: ITC.¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/madzudzo.pdf\">http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/madzudzo.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Vanmeulebrouk, B., Rivett, U., Ricketts, A., Loudon, M.¬†¬† 2008.¬† Open source GIS for HIV / AIDS Management.¬† <em>International Journal of Health Geographics</em>.¬† Vol 7:53.¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53/\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/53/</a></p>\r\n<p>O‚ÄôBrien. O. and Singleton, A.¬† 2009.¬† OpenStreetMap Data and  Choropleth Maps.¬† Department of Geography.¬† University College of  London.¬†¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgm4jnjp_11gnp7wkcn\">http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgm4jnjp_11gnp7wkcn</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 18:54:57',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',5,0,13,'','',0,5,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(59,'Google Web Toolkit (GWT)','gwt','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"GeoDa icon\" title=\"GeoDa icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=59:gwt&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> Google Web Toolkit (GWT)</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/12/2010 |   <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Development Toolkit for Complex Browser-Based Applications</p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/\">Google Web Toolkit (GWT)</a> is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex  browser-based applications. GWT is used by many products at Google,  including Google Wave and Google AdWords. It‚Äôs open source, completely  free, and used by thousands of developers around the world.</p>\r\n<p>This project will evaluate¬†how useful a tool this¬†may be¬†for  developing rich internet applications¬†that perform well on multiple  HTML5 enabled platforms (e.g., iOS, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome,  Android, etc.).¬† Discovering ways to leverage existing skill sets such  as Java by the public health informatics community will be key to  helping the workforce to be productive without needing to learn new  languages (such as Objective-C) and stay current on updates and releases  of mobile and desktop development platforms.</p>\r\n<p>This may be an alternative to tools such as Appcelerator for  cross-platform development while recognizing the key differences between  native functionality and HTML5 functionality.</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:33:24',62,'','2011-04-25 19:11:05',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:33:24','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',6,0,12,'','',0,4,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(60,'GRASS GIS','grass','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=60:grass&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\"> GRASS GIS</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Open-Source Geographic Information System (GIS)</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/\">http://grass.itc.it/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The GRASS GIS open-source software is perhaps the oldest of all  open-source GIS software packages and has the longest track record of  use and perhaps the most world-wide users (Source: <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/\">http://grass.itc.it/</a>).¬†  This software has a reputation within the scientific community and has a  track record of success within those communities.¬† The software has not  been known for easy installation and use, however, and this is  something that has been improving over the 27 year history of the  software and they have added a new section to help first time users to  get started with GRASS GIS (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/intro/firsttime.php/\">http://grass.itc.it/intro/firsttime.php/</a>).¬†  The GRASS software is no longer alone within the open-source GIS  software genre and the community is competing with other technologies  that have similar functions with a more user-friendly interface.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>There are many open-source GIS tools that are available and many of  these are available through an Open-Source Geospatial Foundation  (OSGeo):¬† <a href=\"http://www.osgeo.org/\">http://www.osgeo.org/</a> The goal of the OSGeo foundation is to build the highest quality</p>\r\n<p>Open-source geospatial software.¬†¬† The Geographic Resources Analysis  Support System (GRASS) is arguably the oldest open-source GIS software  (celebrating 27 years!) and most widely used open-source GIS software  and is part of the OSGeo suite of open-source GIS software. ¬†¬†The GRASS  GIS software was originally developed by the US Army Corps of  Engineers.¬† The GRASS software comes with installation guides,  tutorials, courses, migration hints, wiki documentation, user community,  world-wide developer community, mailing lists, user groups, bug/issue  tracking system, programmer‚Äôs manual, development roadmap, and source  code repository¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/devel/index.php\">http://grass.itc.it/devel/index.php</a>).¬†¬†  The GRASS GIS software has been used in many scientific disciplines  including public health and a GRASS application called EpiGRASS has been  developed for visualizing, analyzing, and simulation of epidemic  processes.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_its_siblings;_a_guide_for_the_novice#EpiGrass\">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_its_siblings;_a_guide_for_the_novice#EpiGrass</a>).</p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS is currently used by many federal government agencies and  academic institutions including:¬† NOAA,¬† NASA, USDA, Natl Park Service,  US Census Bureua, Oak Ridge National Lab, Duke University, McGill  University, European Commission, North Carolina State University,  Arizona State University, UC Davis.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php\">http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php</a> and <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/intro/index.php\">http://grass.itc.it/intro/index.php</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Results</strong><strong></strong></p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information:</strong></p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS has a lot of history and credibility with federal  government agencies and academic institutions.¬†¬† There are a large body  of tutorials in many different languages located here:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php/\">http://grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorials.php/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features</strong>:¬† (Source: <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php\">http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php</a>)</p>\r\n<p>GRASS is a raster/vector GIS, image processing system, and graphics  production system.¬† GRASS contains over 350 programs and tools to render  maps and images on monitor and paper;; manipulate raster, vector, and  sites data; process multi spectral image data; and create, manage, and  store spatial data. ¬†GRASS uses both an intuitive windows interface as  well as command line syntax for ease of operations.¬† GRASS can interface  with commercial printers, plotters, digitizers, and databases to  develop new data as well as manage existing data.¬†¬† GRASS supports  network file sharing through its LOCATION/MAPSET concept and allows  teams to keep LOCATIONs with their underlying MAPSETS on a central  server and allows¬† for simultaneous work on the same project database.¬†¬†  GRASS also supports WMS and WFS web services !</p>\r\n<p><strong>Functionality: </strong>(Source: <a href=\"http://grass.itc.it/intro/capabilities.html\">http://grass.itc.it/intro/capabilities.html</a>)</p>\r\n<p>Raster Analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Automatic rasterline and area to vector conversion</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Buffering of line structures</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Cell and profile data query</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Colortable modifications</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Conversion to vector and point data format</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Correlation / covariance analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Expert system analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Map algebra (map calculator)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Interpolation for missing values</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Neighborhood matrix analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Raster overlay with or without weight</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Reclassification of cell labels</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Resampling (resolution)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Rescaling of cell values</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Statistical cell analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Surface generation from vector lines</p>\r\n<p>3D-Raster analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D data import (intuitive ASCII: x y z Format)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D masks</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D interpolation (IDW, Regularized Splines with Tension)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D Visualization (isofurfaces)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Interface to Vis5D visualization tool</p>\r\n<p>Vector analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Contour generation from raster surfaces (IDW, Spline algorithm)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Conversion to raster and point data format</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Digitizing with board on screen (scanned raster image) with mouse</p>\r\n<p>Point data analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Delaunay triangulation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Surface interpolation from spot heights</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Thiessen polygons</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Topographic analysis (curvature, slope, aspect)</p>\r\n<p>Image processing</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Canonical component analysis (CCA)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Color composite generation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Edge detection</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Frequency filtering (Fourier, convolution matrices)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Fourier and inverse fourier transformation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Histogram stretching</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† IHS transformation to RGB</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Image rectification (affine polynomial transformations on raster and vectors)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Ortho photo rectification</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Principal component analysis (PCA)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Radiometric corrections (Fourier)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Resampling</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Resoultion enhancement (with RGB/IHS)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† RGB to IHS transformation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Texture oriented classification (sequential maximum a posteriori)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Shape detection</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Supervised classification (training areas, maximum likelihood classification)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Unsupervised classification (min distance clustering, max likelihood classification)</p>\r\n<p>DTM Analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Contour generation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Cost / path analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Slope / aspect analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Surface generation from spot heights or contours</p>\r\n<p>Visualization</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 3D surfaces with 3D query (NVIZ)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Color assignments</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Histogram presentation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Map overlay</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Point data maps</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Raster maps</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Vector maps</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Zoom / unzoom ‚Äì function</p>\r\n<p>Map creation</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† PPM-image maps</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Postscript maps, HTML maps</p>\r\n<p>SQL-support</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Database interfaces (ODBC, PostgreSQL)</p>\r\n<p>Other modules</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Erosion modeling (AGNPS 5, ANSWERS, TOPMODEL)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Landscape structure analysis</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Solution transport</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Watershed analysis</p>\r\n<p>Geostatistics</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Interface to ‚ÄúR‚Äù GNU S (a statistical analysis environment)</p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>There are several alternative open-source GIS¬†desktop software including:¬† MapWindow,¬†uDig, gvSIG,¬†and QuantumGIS.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS has the longest track record of success with federal  government agencies and academic institutions of all of the open-source  GIS software packages.¬† The GRASS GIS software is in some senses very  mature and yet new competition within the genre of open-source GIS  software is challenging old ideas about user interface design and  useability of the GIS software.¬†¬† Many federal agencies are already  using GRASS GIS and so it makes sense that this software has potential  for use within public health, HHS, CDC, and within resource challenged  environments that may not have funds for commercial GIS software.<strong></strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>GRASS GIS continues to improve and evolve over the 27 year history of  this open-source software.¬†¬† GRASS GIS has the largest adoption of  open-source GIS software as well as an established track record of  success with federal government agencies and academic institutions.¬† The  GRASS GIS software can be an effective part of the public health  toolset.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Isorna, C. et. al.¬† 2004.¬† GRASSlicer:¬† A Medical Image Analysis and Visualization Tool.</p>\r\n<p>Proceedings of the FOSS/GRASS Users Conference 2004.</p>\r\n<p>Bangkok, Thailand:¬† September 12-14 (2004).</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/papers.php?first_letter=all\">http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/papers.php?first_letter=all</a>.</p>\r\n<p>GRASS Development Team, 2010.¬† Geographic Resources Analysis Support  System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.0.¬† Open Source Geospatial  Foudation.¬† <a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/\">http://grass.osgeo.org/</a></p>\r\n<p>GRASS Development Team, 2010.¬† Geographic Resources Analysis Support  System (GRASS) Programmer‚Äôs Manual.¬† Open Source Geospatial Foundation.¬†  Electronic document:¬† <a href=\"http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/\">http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/</a></p>\r\n<p>Lombardo, J.S.¬† and Buckeridge, D.L.¬† 2007.¬† Disease Surveillance:¬† A  Public Health Informatics Approach.¬† Wiley-Interscience, 2007.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470068124.html\">http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470068124.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Neteler, M.¬† and Mitasova, H.¬† 2004.¬† Open Source GIS:¬† A GRASS GIS Approach.</p>\r\n<p>The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science.¬† Springer, 2004.</p>\r\n<p>URL: <a href=\"http://www.springerlink.com/content/j21632/\">http://www.springerlink.com/content/j21632/</a></p>\r\n<p>Neteler, M. and Furlanello, C.¬† 2007.¬† Predictive modeling of spatio-temporal patterns:¬† GRASS GIS and OSGeo.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://mpa.fbk.eu/markus/kof2007/kof2007_osgeo_netelr.pdf\">http://mpa.fbk.eu/markus/kof2007/kof2007_osgeo_netelr.pdf</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 19:19:12',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',4,0,11,'','',0,3,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(61,'IBM Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM)','stem','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=61:stem&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">IBM Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM)</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/05/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/05/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">A Space-Time SEIR Modeler for Disease Outbreaks and Epidemics</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.eclipse.org/ohf/components/stem/\">http://www.eclipse.org/ohf/components/stem/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>IBM has built a spatiotemporal epidemiology modeler framework with the STEM system.</p>\r\n<p>This framework is free and open-source and supports generic  Susceptibility-Exposure-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) models that  compartmentalize populations at-risk into these categories.¬†¬† The tool  allows for ‚ÄúWhat-If Scenarios‚Äù whereby the epidemiologist may change  attack rates and other parameters and run / re-run the models to examine  how the populations at-risk are affected by the new scenario in space  and time.</p>\r\n<p>The IBM tool is not the final word in terms of spatiotemporal  modeling for disease outbreaks, but rather, is the beginning of the  process, by which scientists can utilize this free framework and generic  set of models to customize and build more accurate models of disease  outbreaks.¬†¬† The free and open-source nature of the tool provides a  potential mechanism for the Scientific Method by which one can build  transparent methodologies and models that can be executed, tested, and  compared to empirical data to determine residual levels and weaknesses  of the models.¬†¬† The IBM STEM tool could be a powerful mechanism for  disease modeling if embraced by public health scientists and  epidemiologists.¬†¬† The central question of adoption might surround the  computer science expertise required to customize the models and the  ability of public health researchers to adapt to spatiotemporal modeling  as opposed to more traditional temporal modeling (only).¬†¬† Public  health has long embraced temporal models and the use of epidemiological  curves and histograms of cases per day over time and over the course of  outbreaks but has lagged behind in terms of adopting spatial and  spatiotemporal modeling of the same outbreaks.¬† The IBM STEM tool can  help to bring space and time thinking together within a testable  framework and re-ignite an interest in spatial epidemiology and to end  what Dr. Tom Koch has called the ‚ÄúGreat Divorce‚Äù of space and time  within the field of epidemiology (Koch, 2005).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) is a free software  available through the Eclipse Foundation.¬†¬† Originally developed by IBM  Research, STEM is a framework and development tool designed to help  scientists and public health officials create and use spatial and  temporal models of emerging infectious diseases.</p>\r\n<p>STEM currently includes a large number of plug-ins for the 244  countries and dependent areas defined by the Geographic Coding Standard  maintained by the International Organization for Standardization.¬† These  plug-ins contain global data including geographic data, population  data, demographics, and basic models of disease.¬†¬† The disease models  distributed with STEM include epidemiological compartment models.¬†¬†  Other plug-ins describe relationships between regions including  nearest-neighbor or adjacency relationships as well as information about  transportation, such as connections by roads and a model of air  transportation.</p>\r\n<p>Relationships between regions can then be included in models of how a  disease spreads from place to place.¬†¬† To accomplish this, STEM  represents the world as a ‚Äúgraph‚Äù.¬† The nodes in the graph correspond to  places or regions, and the edges in the graph describe relationships or  connections between regions.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatiotemporal_Epidemiological_Modeler/\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatiotemporal_Epidemiological_Modeler/</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Results</strong><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information:</strong></p>\r\n<p>IBM STEM is built upon the Eclipse (<a href=\"http://www.eclipse.org/\">http://www.eclipse.org/</a>) workbench and operates in a way that will be familiar to programmers and developers that utilize the Eclipse workbench.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features</strong>:¬† (Source: ¬†¬†<a href=\"http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/STEM#What.27s_New\">http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/STEM#What.27s_New</a>)</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† A full implementation of the STEM graph based simulation engine for spatiotemporal modeling</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Geographic visualization of the spread of disease using internally implemented graphics</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Geographic visualization of the spread of disease using Google Earth</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† ‚ÄúWizards‚Äù to create Projects, Graphs, Models, Scenarios, Sequencers, and Diseases</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Visual editors to edit Graphs, Models, Scenarios, Sequencers, and Diseases</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† A complete sett that defines all of the countries specified  by the ISO-3166 standard includes area, land mass, and recent human  population data</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† A complete Lat/Long data set in Geographic Markup Language  (GML) format for all countries defined by the ISO-1366 standard</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† An extensive set of predefined ‚ÄúGraph‚Äù fragments that can be reused in user Models</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† An extensive set of predefined ‚ÄúModels‚Äù, one for each country, that can be reused in user Models and Scenarios</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† A set of predefined ‚ÄúScenarios‚Äù that illustrate disease spread models around the Earth</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† A wide variety of mathematical models of infectious disease.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Lots more.¬† IBM is adding features all the time.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† New Graph Wizard</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† New Infectors, Inoculators, and Population Initializers</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† New External files implemented for creating new infectors and inoculators</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Tutorials provided in English, Spanish, Hebrew, and Japanese.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Installation Guides, Manuals, Wikis, IBM STEM source code, bug tracking system</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Newsgroups, user feedback, request new features, user conference calls</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>CDC uses several temporal (only) modeling tools including FLUSURGE and FLUAID.</p>\r\n<p>The CDC tools do not have a spatial component and do not include  mapping of flu cases in space but do produce epidemiological curves and  histograms of the number of flu cases over units of time.<strong></strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The IBM STEM tool is a free and open-source framework for space and  time modeling of potential epidemics and outbreaks.¬† The field of  epidemiology is strongly rooted in facets of Person, Time, and Place.¬†¬†  Temporal models of disease outbreaks are not good enough because they do  not take into account the spatial clustering of populations at-risk and  the spatial component of disease outbreaks.¬† There is a need for new  tools that will integrate space and time thinking within a single  modeling framework.</p>\r\n<p>The IBM STEM tool is one such tool and may be a useful starting point  for spatiotemporal epidemiological models for public health.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The IBM STEM tool has great potential utility for public health and  the integration of space-time thinking and modeling of disease outbreaks  and epidemics.</p>\r\n<p>The generic models provided by IBM are simply a starting point for  more robust and accurate models that might be developed by public health  scientists and epidemiologists.¬†¬† The IBM STEM tool can become a  mechanism for the Scientific Method as it would allow transparent and  testable modeling and methodology that could be tested and vetted with  the scientific community.</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES: </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Ford, DA, Kaufman JH, Eiron I.¬† 2006.¬† An extensible spatial and  temporal epidemiological modeling system.¬† International Journal of  Health Geographics</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/4\">http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/4</a></p>\r\n<p>IBM STEM:¬† <a href=\"http://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM#Publications_and_Presentions_on_STEM\">http://wiki.eclipse.org/STEM#Publications_and_Presentions_on_STEM</a></p>\r\n<p>Koch, T.¬† 2005.¬† Cartographies of Disease:¬† Maps, Mapping, and Medicine.</p>\r\n<p>ESRI Press.¬†¬† ISBN 9781589481206.¬† 412 pages.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=90&amp;moduleID=0\">http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=90&amp;moduleID=0</a></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 19:29:14',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',3,0,10,'','',0,5,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(62,'Antaeus','antaeus','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=62:antaeus&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Antaeus</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/11/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/11/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Data From the Ground Up</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Source: (</span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> )</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Antaeus  is an exploratory data analysis (EDA) tool that makes great use of  scatter plots, 3D scatter plots, Scatter Plot arrays and matrices, and  Sunflower scatter plots to help the individual researcher to explore and  understand potential relationships and potential correlations within  their existing data. The tool emphasizes the ‚Äúreal‚Äù and suggests not to  build ‚Äúabstractions‚Äù of the data. This tool seems to examine the world  of data in a similar manner to the famous text on Exploratory Data  Analysis and also seems to share some of the philosophy that exploratory  data analyses are at least as important if not more important than  confirmatory analyses (Tukey, 1977). The Antaeus tool provides excellent  scatterplot visualization without requiring coding/programming but  provides this in a non-customizable manner. The Antaeus tool is free for  academic and non-commercial use.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Background:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Antaeus  is a system for finding patterns in multivariate data. It is intended  to be used by a single investigator working from individual data tables.  It provides tools for looking at your data when you don‚Äôt yet know what  you‚Äôre looking for, led by your intuition and knowledge about the  emergent phenomena represented. </span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Source: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/about.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/about.html</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> ).</span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Antaeus  relies almost exclusively on scatter plots to visualize data. The tool  also makes use of a more information dense scatter plot, the ‚Äúsunflower  plot‚Äù and approaches data visualization from a ‚Äúreification‚Äù or ‚Äúmaking  the real data‚Äù approach as opposed to creating ‚Äúabstractions‚Äù of the  data or abstract representations. The software approaches data  visualization with scatter plots and relates this to the mathematical  notion of a function that can be the foundation of mathematics and also  of understanding potential relationships and correlations within your  data.</span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Source: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/seeing.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/seeing.html</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> ).</span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One  benefit of the sunflower scatter plot is the ability to build a  scatterplot with millions of observations and still have an  interpretable scatter plot. </span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Source: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/sunflowerplot.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/sunflowerplot.html</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">) </span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The following links are fascinating and provide more background information:</span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Learn More About Antaeus:</strong></span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">About Antaeus: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/about.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/about.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A Second Opinion: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/secondopinion.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/secondopinion.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Seeing Your data: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/seeing.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/seeing.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Sunflower plot: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/sunflowerplot.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/sunflowerplot.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Functions: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/functions.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/functions.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dimensions: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/dimensions.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/dimensions.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Partitions: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/partitions.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/partitions.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cubes: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/navigating.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/concepts/navigating.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Introductions to Antaeus:</strong></span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Introduction: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/simple.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/simple.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Clarity: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/clear.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/clear.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Portability: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/portable.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaeus-data.com/intros/portable.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Publishability: </span></span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.antaus-data.com/intros/publishability.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.antaus-data.com/intros/publishability.html</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Results</strong></span></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: </span></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial-ItalicMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>general information,</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial-ItalicMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>system features, and functionality.</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>General Information:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The  Antaeus tool is based upon scatter plot visualizations. The tool is  somewhat lacking in terms of instructions for how to import your data  into the Antaeus software.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The  basic idea is to create delimited text files with dimensions (perhaps  age, race, sex, time, place, ethnicity) and measures (perhaps counts,  rates, smr, etc) and then import these text files and create data cubes.  The data cubes can stay locally or Antaeus has an option to publish  data cubes to their server. The Antaeus website mentions that to this  date, no group has decided to publish their data cube to their site and  public health could not do this with any protected health information.  The Antaeus software does come with several example data cubes to  explore with the software tools.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>System Features</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">: </span></span><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">(Source: Left-Navigation on the Antaeus Software).</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Create Cube </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Select Cube</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Functions</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Subsets</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Single Quantile Plot</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Q Separation Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Q Measure Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Quantile-Scatter Plot</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Single Scatter Plot</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Double Scatter Plot</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Scatter Plot Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Scatter Plot Matrix</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Partitioning</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Brushing</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Magnification</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Separation</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Dimension Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Separation Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Z-Space Exploration</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Z-Space Slice Array</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Single Sunflower Plot</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Sunflower Plot Matrix</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Docking of windows </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">User Forum</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\">Slides / Creation of Slide Show presentation of windows</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Alternatives:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There  are many potential alternatives to Antaeus including SAS, SPSS, R, and  other statistical packages that support scatter plot visualizations. The  R statistical language is free and includes free packages such as RGL (</span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://rgl.neoscientists.org/\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://rgl.neoscientists.org/</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">)  that provide similar ability to create scatter plots and 3D scatter  plots that might be an alternative to Antaeus. It is important to note  that Antaeus is a codeless scatter plot visualization environment and  has the advantage of no code associated with building the visualizations  but the disadvantage of no ability to customize the scatter plots.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Recommendation:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">While  the Antaeus could have potential use-cases within public health, it is  unclear that there is any track record of success with this tool within  the public health domain and the tool itself appears to be somewhat  young / new in terms of overall maturity and functionality. The tool is  free and provides basic scatter plot visualizations for the purpose of  exploratory data analyses within a codeless graphic user interface. </span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another  down-side of the tool is that the scatter plots are not customizable  and they do not provide metrics such as R-squared values, regression  lines, or other metrics. Antaeus does make use of a sunflower scatter  plot which is a rather unique plot that allows a scatterplot to  visualize large datasets with many points and still provides an  interpretable scatter. Public health could make use of sunflower  scatterplots and this is worth study and review.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Although  the Antaeus tool allows users to publish data cubes, public health  could not utilize this function with protected health information and  data.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It  is not likely that this tool would receive wide adoption until it has  an easier mechanism to import data from various sources such as DBF,  SAS, EXCEL, CSV, TXT. It also seems that although the tool provides  visualization it does not provide statistical metrics and measures or  quantification of the visualizations. </span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The  Antaeus tool is very interesting but may not be ready for prime-time  use within public health. The Antaeus tool provides a mechanism for  exploratory data analyses and uses a set of scatter plot tools to  visualize data. The Antaeus tool is not as robust as R or SAS but does  provide some unique tools such as the sunflower scatter plot that are  not widely used within commercial statistical software packages. The  Antaeus tool lacks some of the other scatter plot metrics that would  accompany scatter plots within commercial software and is not a  statistical tool as much as it is a visual and exploratory tool. The  Antaeus tool makes some interesting arguments in a similar manner to Dr.  John Tukey in terms of the importance of exploratory data analyses and  visualizations of the data to provoke new questions about existing data.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>REFERENCES: </strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tukey, J. 1977. Exploratory Data Analysis. ISBN 0-201-07616-0.</span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">R: </span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.r-project.org/\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://www.r-project.org/</span></span></a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RGL: </span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://rgl.neoscientists.org/\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://rgl.neoscientists.org/</span></span></a></span></span><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> and </span></span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://rgl.neoscientists.org/gallery.shtml\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http://rgl.neoscientists.org/gallery.shtml</span></span></a></span></span></p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 19:36:19',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',4,0,9,'','',0,2,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(63,'GGobi and Rggobi','ggobi-','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=63:ggobi-&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">GGobi and Rggobi</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 8/12/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/12/2010<br /> <strong>Platform:</strong> Desktop | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">An Exploratory Data Analysis Tool</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong>Source:¬† (<a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/\">http://www.ggobi.org/</a> )</p>\r\n<p><strong>Executive Summary:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The GGobi tool is an exploratory data analysis tool that extends the  work of Dr. John Tukey and his famous text and work on exploratory data  analyses (Tukey, 1977).</p>\r\n<p>The GGobi tool is a second or third generation tool that has evolved  from XGobi and S language to GGobi and working with the R statistical  programming language.</p>\r\n<p>It is also important to note that GGobi has a track record of success  with visualizing disease progression (Lazic et al, 2009) and  visualization for genomic studies (Rasko et. al, 2005).¬†¬† It should also  be noted that the epidemiology literature has many more examples of  successful use of GGobi and XGobi over the last decade.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>\r\n<p>GGobi is an open source visualization program for exploring high-dimensional data.</p>\r\n<p>It provides highly dynamic and interactive graphics such as ‚Äútours‚Äù,  as well as familiar graphics such as the scatterplot, barchart, and  parallel coordinates plots.¬† Plots are interactive and linked with  brushing and identification.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/\">http://www.ggobi.org/</a> ).</p>\r\n<p>It is also worth noting that GGobi is a descendent of XGobi (Swayne  et. al, 1992 and 1998).¬†¬† It is also worth noting that GGobi researchers  have a long history with S and R languages and extending the work of  Dr. John Tukey and his text on exploratory data analyses (Tukey,  1977).¬†¬† Much of this work involves¬† the Bell laboratories.</p>\r\n<p>Rggobi is an extension package for the R statistical programming language.</p>\r\n<p>The rggobi package provides a command-line interface to GGobi.</p>\r\n<p>Rggobi complements GGobi‚Äôs graphical user interface, providing a way to fluidly</p>\r\n<p>transition between analysis and exploration, as well as automating common tasks.</p>\r\n<p>(Source:¬† <a href=\"http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rggobi/index.html\">http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rggobi/index.html</a> ).</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Results</strong><strong></strong></p>\r\n<p>This summary report presents our finding from three perspectives: <em>general information,</em></p>\r\n<p><em>system features, and functionality.</em></p>\r\n<p><em> </em></p>\r\n<p><strong>General Information</strong>:¬†¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/docs/\">http://www.ggobi.org/docs/</a> )<strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>The GGobi website includes a Learning section which provides links to  GGobi books, courses, sample lectures, video demos, and tours:</p>\r\n<p>Parallel Coordinate Plots:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/docs/parallel-coordinates/\">http://www.ggobi.org/docs/parallel-coordinates/</a></p>\r\n<p>Teaching with GGobi:¬†¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/demos/teaching-with-ggobi.html\">http://www.ggobi.org/demos/teaching-with-ggobi.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Simple Brushing:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/demos/brushing-simple.html\">http://www.ggobi.org/demos/brushing-simple.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Point-Line Brushing:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/demos/brushing-biotin.html\">http://www.ggobi.org/demos/brushing-biotin.html</a></p>\r\n<p>Tours:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/demos/tours.html\">http://www.ggobi.org/demos/tours.html</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>System Features</strong>:¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/\">http://www.ggobi.org/</a> and¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/features.html\">http://www.ggobi.org/features.html</a> ).</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Linked Brushing (if you click on dot in scatter plot that record is highlighted in all plots).</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Easily transfer results of R analyses with rggobi package for R.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† ‚ÄúTours‚Äù of your data including a ‚Äúhelicopter tour in high dimension‚Äù.</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Graphically display / layout network data and link to other plots</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Create high quality publication graphics with display plugin</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Draw dotplots and scatterplots, barcharts, spineplots and histograms, parallel coordinate plots, scatterplot matrices</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Link data points and lines between plots using persistent or transient brushing, and identification</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Pan and zoom</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Rotate data in 3D, and tour high-dimension data using  sequences of 1D, 2D, and 2x1D projections augmented by manual control  and automatic projection pursuit guidance</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Acts as a high-dimensional drawing tool, by adding, moving, and drawing lines between points</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Connects with R to perform statistical analyses</p>\r\n<p>-¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† Can be extended using modular plugins</p>\r\n<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The GGobi website suggests alternatives such as Mondrian and Manet  from the RoSuDa group at the University of Augsburg.¬†¬† They mention that  these tools have much stronger categorical features and if you have  categorical analyses these tools may be better than GGobi for these  purposes.¬† (Source:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/\">http://www.ggobi.org/</a>)</p>\r\n<p><strong>Recommendation:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The GGobi tool has a strong statistical foundation and history in  connection with the R and S programming languages and the extension of  exploratory data analyses.¬† The scientific literature is packed with  examples of successful use of this tool within epidemiology and  bioinformatics contexts.¬†¬† The researchers behind GGobi (Swayne et. al)  have continued to revise and evolve the GGobi tool for scientific use.</p>\r\n<p>The recommendation to use GGobi for public health studies is not difficult.<strong></strong></p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>GGobi can enable scientists to visualize their data and explore their  data in ways that integrate with statistical analyses from the R  programming language.¬†¬† These methodologies extend the important  concepts outlined by Dr. John Tukey in his text on</p>\r\n<p>Exploratory data analyses (Tukey, 1977).¬† The inventor of the box  plot wanted us to visualize our data and use these visualizations to ask  new questions about existing data.¬†¬† GGobi is a logical extension of  these ideas and it is no surprise that scientists around the globe agree  and have been using this tool for these purposes.<strong></strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>REFERENCES: </strong></p>\r\n<p>Cook, D. and Swayne, D.F.¬† 2007.¬† Interactive and Dynamic Graphics for Data Analysis.</p>\r\n<p>Springer.¬† ISBN 978-0-387-71761-6.¬†¬† Softcover.¬† 190 pages.</p>\r\n<p>URL: <a href=\"http://www.springer.com/statistics/statistical+theory+and+method/book/978-0-387-71761-6\">http://www.springer.com/statistics/statistical+theory+and+method/book/978-0-387-71761-6</a></p>\r\n<p>Lang, D.T. and Swayne, D.F.¬† 2001.¬† GGobi meets R:¬† an extensible  environment for interactive dynamic data visualization.¬† DSC 2001  Proceedings of the 2<sup>nd</sup> International Workshop on Distributed Statistical Computing.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-dsc.pdf\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-dsc.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Lang, D.T., Swayne, D., Wickham, H., and Lawrence, M.¬† 2009.¬† Package ‚Äòrggobi‚Äô.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rggobi/rggobi.pdf/\">http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rggobi/rggobi.pdf/</a></p>\r\n<p>Lazic, S.E., Mason, S.L., Michell, A.W., and Barker, R.A.¬† 2009.¬†  Visualizing disease progression on multiple variables with vector plots  and path plots.¬† BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:32¬† URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-228-9/32\">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-228-9/32</a></p>\r\n<p>Rasko, D.A., Myers, GSA, and Ravel, J.¬† 2005.¬† Visualization of  comparative genomic analyses by BLAST score ratio. BMC Bioinformatics  2005, 6:2</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/2\">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/2</a></p>\r\n<p>Swayne, D.F.,¬† Buja, A., and Lang, D.T.¬† 2004.¬† Exploratory Visual  Analysis of Graphs in GGobi. (PDF 300k).¬† CompStat:¬† Proceedings in  Computational Statistics, 16<sup>th</sup> Symp.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2003-dsc.pdf\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2003-dsc.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Swayne, D.F., Lang, D.T., Buja, A., and Cook, D.¬† 2006.¬† GGobi:¬†  evolving from XGobi into an extensible framework for interactive data  visualization (PDF, 1meg).¬† Computational Statistics &amp; Data  Analysis, 2003, 43:423-44.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-dataviz.pdf\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-dataviz.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Swayne, D.F., Lang, D.T., Buja, A, and Cook, D.¬† 2001.¬† GGobi:¬† XGobi  Redesigned and Extended.¬†¬† Proceedings paper for Interface conference,  summer 2001.</p>\r\n<p>URL: <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-interface.pdf\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-interface.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Swayne, D.F., Cook, D., and Buja, A.¬† 1992.¬† XGobi:¬† Interactive  dynamic graphics in the X Window System with a link to S.¬† American  Statistical Association 1991 Proceedings of the Section on Statistical  Graphics, pg 1-8.</p>\r\n<p>Swayne D.F., Cook, D., and Buja, A. ¬†1998.¬† XGobi:¬† Interactive  dynamic data visualization in the X Window System.¬† Journal of  Computational and Graphical Statistics, 7(1): 113-130.</p>\r\n<p>Swayne, D.F., Lang, D.T., Buja, A., and Cook, D.¬† 2001.¬† GGobi.</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-newsletter.pdf\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2001-newsletter.pdf</a></p>\r\n<p>Symanzik, J., Swayne, D.F., Lang, D.T., and Cook, D.¬† 2002.¬† Software  Integration for Multivariate Exploratory Data Analysis.¬† Proceedings  paper for workhop on tools for exploring spatial data (Spring 2002).</p>\r\n<p>URL:¬† <a href=\"http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2002-spatial-tools.pdf/\">http://www.ggobi.org/publications/2002-spatial-tools.pdf/</a></p>\r\n<p>Tukey, J.¬† 1977.¬†¬† Exploratory Data Analysis.¬† ISBN¬† 0-201-07616-0.</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 19:42:31',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',3,0,7,'','',0,4,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(65,'Flot for Public Health Data','flot','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=65:flot&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Flot for Public Health Data</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/05/2010 | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Flot JavaScript Library</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>The PHGrid project had a <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/phgrid/Home/service-registry/quicksilver-service-registry-entry\">component</a> that used the <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/flot/\">Flot </a>JavaScript  library to visualize aggregate syndromic surveillance data and perform a  C2 algorithm to detect outliers and abnormal events. This demonstration  will extract the JavaScript library and demonstrate using it as a web  widget or embeddable gadget. The JavaScript library is extremely  lightweight and was received well by users. The Flot library</p>\r\n<p>The potential impact of using Flot will allow programs to easily embed basic visualization and analysis into web applications.</p>\r\n<p>Flot is a pure Javascript plotting library for <a href=\"http://jquery.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">jQuery</a>. It produces graphical <strong>plots</strong> of arbitrary datasets on-the-fly client-side. The focus is on <strong>simple</strong> usage (all settings are optional), <strong>attractive</strong> looks and <strong>interactive</strong> features like zooming and mouse tracking. The plugin works with  Internet Explorer 6/7/8, Firefox 2.x+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+ and  Konqueror 4.x+ with the HTML canvas tag (the <a href=\"http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">excanvas</a> Javascript emulation helper is used for IE).</p>\r\n<p>¬†</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 20:19:17',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',5,0,5,'','',0,7,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(66,'Mobile Development for Public Health','mobile','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=66:mobile&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Mobile Development for Public Health Data</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/13/2010 | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Recommendation: How to Develop Mobile Applications for Public Health Practitioners</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>An open question within the lab and with the groups we‚Äôve met with  within CDC and external to CDC is ‚ÄúWhat is CDC‚Äôs strategy for developing  on mobile platforms?‚Äù Initially the research and development unit has  targeted iOS applications for the iPhone and iPad based on market  penetration, level of vendor support, developer tools and public  perception; but as the mobile application marketplaces mature our group  needs a position on how we target and develop for mobile platforms.  Specifically, the Android, Blackberry and WindowsMobile marketplaces are  maturing and available for use by public health practicioners and the  consumers they work with.</p>\r\n<p>This recommendation will examine the mobile environment and create a  recommendation for how the research and development unit-and CDC as a  whole- can develop applications that are used by public health  praticioners to perform public health surveillance, interventions and  other activities as well as how the public consumes information from CDC  and other public health data sources. With the HHS and CDC iniatives to  better engage citizens with publicly-available data sets like those  available on <a href=\"http://www.data.gov/\">data.gov</a> and <a href=\"http://wonder.cdc.gov/\">WONDER</a>,  we need to know how citizens can use their mobile devices to view and  work with public health data released to the public by CDC programs.</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 20:30:21',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',3,0,4,'','',0,3,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(64,'Google Maps for Public Health Data','googlemaps','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" title=\"OpenJUMP GIS icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=64:googlemaps&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Google Maps for Public Health Data</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/13/2010 | <strong>Version: </strong>Prelim</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Google Maps Demonstration</p>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>Porting the google maps functionality from PHGrid‚Äôs <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/phgrid/Home/service-registry/gridviewer\">GridViewer </a>and <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/phgrid/Home/service-registry/quicksilver-service-registry-entry\">Quicksilver </a>projects.</p>','',0,1,0,3,'2010-12-08 15:22:02',62,'','2011-04-25 20:08:43',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 15:22:02','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,6,'','',0,2,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(67,'Structured Evaluation Tool','eval-tool','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Structured Evaluation Tool icon\" title=\"Structured Evaluation Tool icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=67:-epi-collect-&amp;catid=2:structuredevaluations&amp;Itemid=4\">Structured Evaluation Tool</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Structured Evaluation | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/01/2010 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 4/01/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> Evaluation | <strong>Version: </strong>Draft</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">Public Health Informatics Technology Evaluation Tool</p>\r\n<p>CDC Informatics Research and Development Unit (IRDU) Guide to Public Health Informatics Structured Technology Evaluations.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />This document serves as a guide for completing a structured technology evaluation – for the public health community. Each section of the outline describes how specific portions of the evaluation should be performed. The scope of this tool is to examine specific technology-based tools or resources that have the capacity to provide specific value to the public health community. The tool is not designed to evaluate public health programs. Though suboptimal, it can be used to evaluate public health surveillance systems. There are, however much more specific tools to achieve this task.1 This tool is best used to evaluate the component technologies within a larger system (e.g., a surveillance system).</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Structured Evaluation Tool [PDF]</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release.doc\" target=\"_blank\">Structured Evaluation Tool [Word]</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release-template.doc\" target=\"_blank\">Structured Evaluation Blank Template [Word]</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/irdu-guide-to-public-health-informatics-structured-evaluation-release-aides.xls\" target=\"_blank\">Structured Evaluation Figure Aides [Excel]</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,2,'2011-05-23 23:54:00',63,'BAL','2011-12-01 17:20:39',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-05-23 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',7,0,1,'','',0,29,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(68,'MMWR for the iPad','wwmr-ipad','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MMWR iPad icon\" title=\"MMWR iPad icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=68:-mmwr-ipad-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">MMWR for the iPad</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 12/10/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">MMWR Reading App for the iPad</p>\r\n<p>The goal of this prototype has been to examine existing MMWR content, and structure the content to best fit the iOS iPad platform.   You can see from the screenshots that two prototypes were created- one that focuses on a standard method for displaying content - while the other prototype leverages a novel map-based navigation interface.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\"> (view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwr1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwr2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwr3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwr4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a><br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwr5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwr5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MMWR Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/mmwrmapnav6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WWMR Screenshot\" title=\"WWMR Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a></p>',1,1,0,1,'2010-12-08 14:19:04',62,'','2011-05-24 15:24:00',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 14:19:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',11,0,10,'','',0,27,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(69,'2010 STD Treatment Guidelines for the iPhone','2010-std-iphone','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/std_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"2010STD icon\" title=\"2010STD icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=69:-2010-std-iphone-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">2010 STD Treatment Guidelines for iPhone</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 1/15/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">STD Treatment Guidelines App for the iPhone</p>\r\n<p>The goal of this prototype has been to collaborate with CDC\'s STD team to develop a mobile app for the iPhone (and eventually other devices) that can serve as a reference for doctors and related parties on the identification of and treatment regimen for STDs.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />These guidelines for the treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were updated by CDC after consultation with a group of professionals knowledgeable in the field of STDs who met in Atlanta on April 18–30, 2009. The information in this report updates the 2006 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (MMWR 2006;55[No. RR–11]).</p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\"> (view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #1\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #1\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #1\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #2\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #2\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #2\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #3\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #3\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #3\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #4\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #4\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #4\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #5\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #5\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #5\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"12px\" height=\"1px\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/std6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #6\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/std6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"STDApp Screenshot #6\" title=\"STDApp Screenshot #6\" width=\"60\" height=\"91/\" /></a></p>',1,1,0,1,'2010-12-08 14:19:04',62,'','2011-05-24 15:25:40',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 14:19:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',6,0,9,'','',0,29,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(70,'Public Health News','ph-news','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/health_news_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHNews icon\" title=\"PHNews icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=70:-ph-news-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Public Health News</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 11/15/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Treemap Representation of Public Health Related News</p>\r\n<p>Inspired by <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://newsmap.jp\">http://newsmap.jp</a>, this app uses the Google News API to visualize public health related news according to relevance.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />This tool extracts data from Google News and leverages the \"Treemap\" algorithm to view the information in a very efficient way:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The larger the rectangle and font size the more popular the article topic.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">The brighter the background color, the more recent the news article.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />This \"Public Health News\" prototype has the potential to improve the timeliness of decision making by federal, state and local public health programs by augmenting their ability to rapidly gather and filter relevant public health news. Unlike the existing Newsmap tool, this prototype does not require flash, and, once optimized, can be used on handheld devices (e.g., iPad &amp; iPhone) which do not support flash. In addition, this prototype allows for extensive customization- to meet the specific need of the public health user.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Source code</strong>: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://code.google.com/p/informaticslab/source/browse/#svn/HealthNews\">http://code.google.com/p/informaticslab/source/browse/#svn/HealthNews</a></p>\r\n<!--\r\n<p><b>Launch Application</b>: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/phhealthnews\" mce_href=\"http://bit.ly/phhealthnews\">http://bit.ly/phhealthnews</a></p>\r\n-->\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phhealthnews1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHNews Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phhealthnews1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHNews Screenshot\" title=\"PHNews Screenshot\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" /></a></p>',1,1,0,1,'2010-12-09 19:02:00',62,'','2012-01-17 15:49:30',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-09 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',18,0,8,'','',0,33,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(71,'SAMWise+','samwise-plus','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/samwise_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMWise+ icon\" title=\"SAMWise+ icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=71:-samwise-plus;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">SAMWise+</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 2/05/2010 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Health Literacy Index Web Tool</p>\r\n<p>The goal of this prototype has been to work with subject matter experts to ultimately create a digital version of a Health Literacy Index (HLI). As an intermediate step to creating an HLI, a digital tool, Samwise+, has been created based on the Suitiablity Assessment of Materials (SAM) tool. SAMWise+ has the potential to be an important step forward, has it encourages individuals to use a scoring tool, other than readability formulas. One other core goal is to scan existing literature to identify which of the SAM criteria can be automated/digitized and if so, the level of effort necessary to automate the scoring.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br /><strong>Source code</strong>: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://code.google.com/p/informaticslab/source/browse/#svn/Samwise\">http://code.google.com/p/informaticslab/source/browse/#svn/Samwise</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Launch Application</strong>: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://207.138.115.204/Samwise/\">http://207.138.115.204/Samwise/</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/samwise1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/samwise1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/samwise2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/samwise2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/samwise3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/samwise3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/samwise4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/samwise4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMwise+ Screenshot\" title=\"ATSDR ToxGuide Screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" /></a></p>',1,1,0,1,'2011-01-02 22:10:00',62,'','2011-12-01 17:19:23',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-02 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',9,0,7,'','',0,29,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(72,'2011 iFund Challenge funding recipient','ifund-challenge','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/news/ifund_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"iFund Challenge logo\" title=\"iFund Challenge logo\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><span style=\"position: relative; top: 10px;\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=72:ifund-challenge&amp;catid=4:news&amp;Itemid=6\">2011 iFund Challenge Funding Recipient</a></span></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">IRDU collaborates with Laboratory Science Policy Practice Program Office (LSPPPO) and is selected to receive funding through CDC\'s 2011 iFund Challenge.</p>\r\n<p>The Informatics Research &amp; Development Unit (IRDU) was competitively selected, in collaboration with LSPPPO, to receive financial support from the Innovation Fund Challenge to develop smartphone/smartpad applications to improve clinical decision support related to abnormal laboratory test results (e.g., a prolonged partial thromoboplastin time).  Out of 140 submitted proposals, only 11 projects were awarded funding.</p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,2,0,4,'2011-05-23 14:11:00',62,'TGS','2011-05-23 20:55:42',62,62,'2011-08-09 15:13:49','2011-05-23 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',14,0,2,'','',0,12,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(74,'Prolonged PTT Advisor for iPhone','prolonged-ptt-advisor-for-iphone','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt_advisor_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Advisor icon\" title=\"PTT Advisor icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=74:-prolonged-ptt-advisor-for-iphone-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Prolonged PTT Advisor for the iOS Platform</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 4/1/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Prolonged PTT Advisor for the iPhone</p>\r\n<p>The prototype is a smartphone application (for the iOS platform) to assist clinical providers with management of patients requiring complex coagulation testing, which when misused can result in adverse patient outcomes. The application leverages five coagulation testing algorithms.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />These five algorithms were developed by a group of volunteer laboratory experts working together on a CDC-sponsored team as part of the Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHC)™ project. The prototype leverages the algorithms as documented in flow charts and turns them into electronic, interactive, decision support tools for clinical provider use. The algorithms will be organized digitally to allow the user to easily walk through a complicated flow diagram by answering one question at a time in an interactive format. The prototype will also include the ability to obtain real-time information about the effectiveness and use of the application.</p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ptt1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #1\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt1.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Screenshot #1\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #1\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ptt2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #2\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt2.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Screenshot #2\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #2\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ptt3.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #3\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt3.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Screenshot #3\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #3\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ptt4.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #4\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt4.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Screenshot #4\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #4\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/ptt5.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #5\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/ptt5.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PTT Screenshot #5\" title=\"PTT Screenshot #5\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/ptt6-fact-sheet-algorithm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHC)™ Diagnostic Algorithms Subgroup Activities Overview</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/ptt7-fact-sheet-labgroup-summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHC)™ Subgroups Overview</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,1,'2011-06-13 04:03:00',62,'','2011-12-01 17:18:21',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 14:19:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',38,0,5,'','',0,96,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(75,'NIOSH Facepiece Respirator Guide for iPhone','niosh-facepiece-respirator-guide-for-iphone','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/niosh_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NIOSH icon\" title=\"NIOSH icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=75:-niosh-facepiece-respirator-guide-for-iphone-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">NIOSH Facepiece Respirator Guide for iPhone</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 3/1/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> iOS | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">NIOSH Facepiece Respirator Guide for iPhone</p>\r\n<p>The goal of this prototype has been to collaborate with the The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to develop a moble app for the iPhone (and eventually other devices) that can serve as a resource for those who want to quickly and easily explore the database of all NIOSH-approved particulate filtering facepice respirators.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/niosh1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #1\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/niosh1.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NIOSH Screenshot #1\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #1\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/niosh2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #2\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/niosh2.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NIOSH Screenshot #2\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #2\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/niosh3.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #3\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/niosh3.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NIOSH Screenshot #3\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #3\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/niosh4.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #4\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/niosh4.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NIOSH Screenshot #4\" title=\"NIOSH Screenshot #4\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/\" target=\"_blank\">NIOSH-Approved Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,1,'2011-06-13 23:23:00',62,'','2011-12-01 17:18:39',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-08 14:19:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',11,0,4,'','',0,43,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(76,'Centers of Excellence','coe-link','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"default logo\" title=\"default logo\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><span style=\"position: relative; top: 10px;\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=76:coe-link&amp;catid=4:news&amp;Itemid=6\">Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Public Health Informatics</a></span></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>The Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Public Health Informatics was established to support a broadly based research program to share knowledge and common resources with a few selected research partners. The program was initiated by a funding opportunity announcement that was released on February 9, 2009.</p>\r\n<p>The Centers support research that will develop, translate, and disseminate informatics knowledge and expertise to public health professionals that is essential to maximizing the potential of information systems to improve the health of the nation. The research supported should be innovative and supportive of programs linking recent advances in evidence-based public health intervention, systems development, information processes, and computer science to advance and improve the public\'s health.</p>\r\n<p><a class=\"smallish\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/osels/ph_informatics_technology/coe.html\">More information is available at the CDC PHITPO hosted Centers of Excellence web site...</a></p>','',1,2,0,4,'2011-08-09 18:42:00',62,'TGS','2011-12-01 17:22:14',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-08-09 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',13,0,1,'','',0,7,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(77,'An example of the use of Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic','phgrid-2009-h1n1','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/grid_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Public\" title=\"Public Health Grid icon\" align=\"left\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=77:-phgrid-2009-h1n1-&amp;catid=5:publications&amp;Itemid=7\">An example of the use of Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Grid Computing</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\"><br />Boyd T, Lee B, Savel T, Stinn J, Kesarinath G</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.</p>\r\n<p class=\"small_type\">Int J Grid and Utility Computing 2011 - Vol.2, No.2 pp. 148-155</p>\r\n<p><br />ABSTRACT:</p>\r\n<p>Historically, public health surveillance systems in the USA have been designed as registries targeting specific public health issues that collect data from certain population groups to answer particular questions.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p>This resulted in disparate public health information systems that can rarely address new needs without extensive redesign. Such a design limits the ability of public health professionals to address emerging public health threats when data need to be collected from different areas of public health practice; the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic posed such a challenge. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\'s Public Health Informatics and Technology Program Office (CDC/PHITPO) and its partners explored a decentralised information architecture using the Public Health Grid (PHGrid). Through the exploration of PHGrid capabilities, CDC/PHITPO developed a pilot project to demonstrate a method for secure and timely data exchange using simulated data in aggregate format.</p>\r\n<p><br />KEYWORDS:</p>\r\n<p>grid computing; opportunistic networks; distributed databases; service-oriented framework; middleware; security; privacy; trust; public health surveillance; United States; USA; H1N1 influenza pandemic; decentralised information; public health grid; network security; timely data exchange; flu pandemic.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&amp;rec_id=40602&amp;prevQuery=&amp;ps=10&amp;m=or\" target=\"_blank\">Article Abstract</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,3,0,5,'2011-09-22 19:42:00',62,'','2011-12-01 17:22:30',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-09-22 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',11,0,1,'','',0,7,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(78,'Yahoo Pipes','yahoo-pipes','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoo_pipes.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes icon\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes icon\" width=\"80\" height=\"53\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=78:yahoo-pipes&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Yahoo Pipes</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 9/19/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 9/22/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> Web/HTML5 | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">Data Mashup Tool</p>\r\n<p>Yahoo Pipes is a free web tool that can allow public health programs to pull together existing data feeds into a combined, transformed and processed RSS feed.</p>\r\n','\r\n<h2>Introduction:</h2>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/\">Yahoo Pipes</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference1\">[1]</a> is a free tool that has been designed to combine multiple, disparate data feeds and allows for rules processing, transformation and combination of data into a new feed (called a “pipe”) that is accessible by a unique URL. Each pipe is developed using Yahoo’s graphical editor and can be either private or available to the public. <br /><br />Pipes is a free tool released and maintained by Yahoo that allows for the mashup, transformation and re-publication of data feeds- primarily RSS, but multiple feed types are supported. It was released to public beta on 2/7/2007 where is has been maintained without any service level agreement (SLA) by Yahoo. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference2\">[2]</a> <br /><br />Pipes was built by Pasha Sadri, Ed Ho, Jonathan Trevor, Kevin Cheng and Daniel Raffel (all Yahoo employees) who describe the tool as \"…a hosted service that lets you remix feeds and create new data mashups in a visual programming environment. The name of the service pays tribute to Unix pipes, which make it easy to chain simple utilities together on the command line.\" <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference3\">[3]</a> Although not available as open source, the tool is available free of charge. Although no support options exist, Yahoo maintains an <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/\">active blog</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference4\">[4]</a> and <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://discuss.pipes.yahoo.com/\">discussion forum</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference5\">[5]</a> where Yahoo has consistently updated the tool based on community feedback with 5,608 posts since 2007.</p>\r\n<h2>Description:</h2>\r\n<p>Yahoo Pipes was created as a general purpose tool, not specifically for use within public health or health. In spite of this, there are existing public health related public pipes such as the 34 feeds created by the user <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/person.info?guid=QNVHIZBA2IB7CX6KEVL4TNWCQM\">\"Public Health\"</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference6\">[6]</a> that monitor health publications for articles related to specific public health related terms such as Women’s Health and Neurology. <br /><br />Pipes allows input from a variety of structured and unstructured web data sources: RSS, RDF, iCal, basic HTML, CSV; as well as web site specific inputs from Yahoo sites such as Flickr. Pipes parses these data feeds and allows an analyst or developer to perform basic operations on the content of the feed based on the direct contents of the feed or based on specific metadata associated with the feed. Although these operations are text based and may seem basic to informaticians they allow powerful text manipulation without the need to create independent systems or new web services. These operations include the ability to filter by regular expression, filter by text (either inclusive or exclusive), count, substring, sort, union/join/combine, loop, split and more. All of these processing rules can be combined together graphically to create and output a new feed in a variety of formats, including: RSS, CSV. JSON, and custom formats. <br /><br />Analysts or developers create work-flows within the Pipes web site using an HTML5 graphical user interface that allows users to drag components into the design pane and connect work-flow steps together using predefined operations and relationships <a class=\"reg\" href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot1-fullworkflow.png\">[see Screenshot 1]</a>. The Pipes designer provides a basic set of components that allow users to manipulate data by source <a class=\"reg\" href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot2-sourcescomponents.png\">[see Screenshot 2]</a>, user input <a class=\"reg\" href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot3-userinputcomponents.png\">[see Screenshot 3]</a>, programmatic operators <a class=\"reg\" href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot4-operatorscomponents.png\">[see Screenshot 4]</a> or with string manipulation <a class=\"reg\" href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot5-stringmanipulationcomponents.png\">[see Screenshot 5]</a>. <br /><br />While the designer tool does not require a knowledge of programming, our evaluator found his knowledge of basic programming principles useful for working with pipe work-flows; specifically: variables, flow control, string manipulation and regular expressions. The designer also provides a debugger and debugging tools that help to develop work-flows and work-flow steps. While familiar to a developer, the debugger may be initially confusing to a non-developer as they gain familiarity with the tool. There is limited formal training available, there are many explanatory videos, tutorials and self-paced training pages available through Yahoo’s <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/category/how-tos/\">how-to blog</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference7\">[7]</a>. <br /><br />Although the performance of the processing for a particular work-flow will depend on the availability of the input feeds and complexity of the processing rules, our experience is that run-time is extremely quick. In our example pipe processing/run time was .008 seconds to read in an RSS feed, filter it by regular expression and output a new, modified RSS feed. <br /><br />Yahoo makes no claim for availability, nor integrity of data. Although access to pipes can be restricted by Yahoo or Google userid, no claim is made for the NIST-compatibility of the authentication and authorization mechanisms. This makes Pipes inappropriate for use with PHI/PII or other sensitive data. Additionally, Pipes cannot be a dependency of systems or system components where availability is a critical characteristic.</p>\r\n<h2>Lab testing:</h2>\r\n<p>The lab, in collaboration with the Situation Awareness team of CDC’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), created a test pipe to 1) explore the learning curve necessary to create a pipe, and 2) test the extent of Pipes’ text filtering. The Situation Awareness team monitors USGS for earthquakes that register over 6.0 on the Richter scale. USGS provides an <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/eqs7day-M5.xml\">RSS feed</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference8\">[8]</a> of all earthquakes that register 5.0 or higher. The SA team monitors this feed manually and investigates only earthquakes over 6.0. We thought this simple scenario would be appropriate for testing Pipes’ ability to automate simple human review to allow SA to focus their resources on more complex aspects of situation awareness and emergency response. Our architect had no prior experience with Yahoo Pipes, yet within 1 hour was able to register for an account, create a pipe using a USGS’s feed, filtering for any earthquake above 6.0 and outputing the results in <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=7ab28fc2bcb60ac4264747598f2f5646&amp;_render=rss\">GeoRSS enabled RSS</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference9\">[9]</a>. Since the output of this new pipe was in GeoRSS, the feed could be easily sent through another web service like Google Maps to plot the earthquakes on a global map without any additional development effort, nor specialized GIS expertise. Although a simple example of a mashup using Pipes’ capabilities, this test showed that Pipes can be useful to extend the investigative capability of public health while respecting the availability, integrity and confidentiality requirements of public health.</p>\r\n<h2>Conclusion:</h2>\r\n<p>While severely limited by Pipes’ lack of security controls (no CDC compliant authentication/authorization, no FIPS-compliant data integrity controls), lack of SLA and lack of commercial support; this tool is useful for public health programs that:</p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum33\">\r\n<li>Deal with public data from public data sources (i.e., publicly available and addressable RSS feeds),</li>\r\n<li>Do not have critical dependencies or require a specific level of availability.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>If programs can work with these restrictions then Yahoo Pipes is an inexpensive, rapid method to automate routine tasks or prototype approaches that depend on internet-based data feeds.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot1-fullworkflow.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #1\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot1-fullworkflow.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #1\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #1\" width=\"91\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot2-sourcescomponents.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot2-sourcescomponents.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #2\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #2\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot3-userinputcomponents.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #3\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot3-userinputcomponents.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #3\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #3\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot4-operatorscomponents.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #4\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot4-operatorscomponents.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #4\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #4\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot5-stringmanipulationcomponents.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #5\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/yahoopipesscreenshot5-stringmanipulationcomponents.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #5\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes Screenshot #5\" width=\"60\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Yahoo Pipes, <a name=\"reference1\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/\">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Wikipedia Yahoo Pipes Article, <a name=\"reference2\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Pipes\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Pipes</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Yahoo Pipes Blog Release Announcement, <a name=\"reference3\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/2007/02/07/introducing-pipes/\">http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/2007/02/07/introducing-pipes/</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Yahoo Pipes Blog, <a name=\"reference4\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/\">http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Yahoo Pipes Forum, <a name=\"reference5\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://discuss.pipes.yahoo.com/\">http://discuss.pipes.yahoo.com/</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">\"Public Health\" user Yahoo Pipes Profile Page, <a name=\"reference6\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/person.info?guid=QNVHIZBA2IB7CX6KEVL4TNWCQM\">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/person.info?guid=QNVHIZBA2IB7CX6KEVL4TNWCQM</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Yahoo Pipes Developer How-To, <a name=\"reference7\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/category/how-tos/\">http://blog.pipes.yahoo.net/category/how-tos/</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">USGS 5+ Earthquake RSS Feed, <a name=\"reference8\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/eqs7day-M5.xml\">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/eqs7day-M5.xml</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Custom IRDU developed 6+ Earthquake GeoRSS Feed, <a name=\"reference9\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=7ab28fc2bcb60ac4264747598f2f5646&amp;_render=rss\">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=7ab28fc2bcb60ac4264747598f2f5646&amp;_render=rss</a> Accessed 2011.09.19 </li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2011-09-19 22:42:00',62,'BAL','2011-12-01 17:21:37',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-09-22 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',29,0,3,'','',0,58,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(79,'Biosurveillance Registry Alternatives Analysis for Selecting an Integrated Software Solution','biosurveillance-aa','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/nphsb_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Biosurveillance Alternatives Analysis icon\" title=\"Biosurveillance Alternatives Analysis icon\" width=\"80\" height=\"70\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=79:biosurveillance-aa&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">Biosurveillance Alternatives Analysis for Selecting an Integrated Software Solution</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 3/1/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/31/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> Web/Enterprise Architecture | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">R&amp;D Lab Engagement Report: Alternatives Analysis for Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting</p>\r\n<p><em>Guest authors Drs. Prachi Mehta and Christine Bradshaw from Biosurveillance Coordination, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services and Jay Govindan from Deloitte Consulting share their experience within the R&amp;D Lab in this first engagement summary post.</em></p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Conducting an Alternatives Analysis for Selecting an Integrated Solution to Support the National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance (NPHSB) Registry for Human Health.</strong></p>\r\n','\r\n<p><br />The National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance Registry for Human Health (NPHSB Registry) is a new electronic resource available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides essential high-level information on 285 identified human health surveillance assets operating within the agency. The Registry enables surveillance experts at CDC to find and connect with each other in order to foster collaboration and harness the power of their collective knowledge to detect, characterize, and monitor population health threats and trends.<br /><br />The current technology is not optimal to support the Registry’s long term data collection, analysis and reporting needs. To ensure the selection of an appropriate integrated solution, we conducted a thorough and systematic alternatives analysis. This analysis was based on a methodology that was aligned to the Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon – Capability Maturity Model) COTS Software Product Evaluation framework. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference1\">[1]</a> In addition, we accounted for HHS IRM Policy for Conducting Information Technology Alternative Analysis requirements. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference2\">[2]</a> We developed evaluation criteria and reviewed them against “Gartner’s critical capabilities for Business Intelligence tools.” <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference3\">[3]</a> Finally, we evaluated our approach against “Keil, Tiwana, “Beyond Cost: The Drivers of COTS Application Value.” IEEE Software May/June (2005). <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference4\">[4]</a> <br /><br />Our analysis illustrates a detailed methodological approach for assessing a large suite of technological options against objective, qualitative and quantitative criteria. As part of the analysis, we evaluated over 30 different products based on a wide range of characteristics including usability, security, scalability and value vs. cost. We narrowed our selection pool to 4 potential integrated solutions based on a product score that was a composite of the characteristic weight, importance and whether or not the criteria were met. These options are further evaluated in the “Proof of Concept” phase, ultimately leading to the selection of a final integrated solution.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<div><strong>Product Score = ∑ [Characteristic Weight * ((Criteria Importance * Criteria Met) / # of criteria)]</strong></div>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\nThe elements of the methodological approach include:\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Characteristic Weight</strong> – Assign weights to the criteria</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Importance</strong> – Assign importance to established criteria (must have=2, nice to have=1, not needed=0).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Met</strong> – Assess degree to which each product meets each criteria (meets criteria=2, partially meets criteria=1, does not meet criteria=0) – Conducted by Systems Architect based on extensive product research with vendors, demos, literature, SMEs.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Assign Importance</strong> - To established criteria (must have=2, nice to have=1, not needed=0).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Met</strong> - Assess degree to which each product meets each criteria (meets criteria=2, partially meets criteria=1, does not meet criteria=0).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>The four short-listed solution options were prototyped in the CDC/ OSELS R&amp;D laboratory. Based on the prototype evaluation findings coupled with a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis and review by an expert informatics panel, we selected one integrated solution to support the next generation of the NPHSB Registry. The R&amp;D lab’s support was instrumental in the successful completion of this analysis. They provided remote access to virtual machines (VMs) to build and test these prototypes and in addition, provided server administration and hosting services to support development efforts. The R&amp;D lab provides an excellent option for CDC Programs that want to conduct a prototype evaluation prior to making significant monetary investments in a final product.<br /><br />We presented our alternatives analysis methodology at the American Medical Informatics Spring Conference in May 2011 and at the Public Health Informatics Conference in August 2011. For more information regarding our approach, and to view our poster presentation please click on the attachment below.<br /><br />For more information about this analysis or the NPHSB Registry, please contact the NPHSB Registry Helpdesk at {emailcloak=off} <a class=\"reg\" href=\"mailto:NPHSBRegistry@CDC.gov\">NPHSBRegistry@CDC.gov</a> or call 404-498-0600.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/nphsb-alternatives-analysis-poster.pdf\" title=\"Alternatives Analysis Poster\">NPHSB Alternatives Analysis Poster</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"Referencesicon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference1\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&amp;doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&amp;AD=ADA443491\">http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&amp;doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&amp;AD=ADA443491</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference2\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/2003-0002.html\">http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/2003-0002.html</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Sallam R, Richardson J, Gartner Report Critical Capabilities for Business Intelligence Platform Integration, 29 December 2009<a name=\"reference3\"></a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference4\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/01438331.pdf\">http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/01438331.pdf</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p> </p>',1,1,0,3,'2011-11-22 09:56:23',62,'BAL','2011-12-06 21:51:28',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-11-22 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',70,0,2,'','',0,123,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(80,'User Experience (UX)','userexperience','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/stories/generic_icon_80x53.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yahoo Pipes icon\" title=\"Yahoo Pipes icon\" width=\"80\" height=\"53\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=79:biosurveillance-aa&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">User Experience (UX) Design</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 3/1/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 8/31/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> Web/Enterprise Architecture | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">Lab Engagement Report: Alternatives Analysis for Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting</p>\r\n<p><em>Guest authors Drs. Prachi Mehta and Christine Bradshaw from the National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance Registry and Jay Govindan from Deloitte Consulting share their experience within the R&amp;D Lab in this first engagement summary post.</em></p>\r\n<p>Conducting an Alternatives Analysis for Selecting an Integrated Solution to Support the National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance (NPHSB) Registry for Human Health.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p>The National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance Registry for Human Health (NPHSB Registry) is a new electronic resource available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides essential high-level information on 285 identified human health surveillance assets operating within the agency. The Registry enables surveillance experts at CDC to find and connect with each other in order to foster collaboration and harness the power of their collective knowledge to detect, characterize, and monitor population health threats and trends.</p>\r\n<p>The current technology is not optimal to support the Registry’s long term data collection, analysis and reporting needs. To ensure the selection of an appropriate integrated solution, we conducted a thorough and systematic alternatives analysis. This analysis was based on a methodology that was aligned to the Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon – Capability Maturity Model) COTS Software Product Evaluation framework. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference1\">[1]</a> In addition, we accounted for HHS IRM Policy for Conducting Information Technology Alternative Analysis requirements. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference2\">[2]</a> We developed evaluation criteria and reviewed them against “Gartner’s critical capabilities for Business Intelligence tools.” <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference3\">[3]</a> Finally, we evaluated our approach against “Keil, Tiwana, “Beyond Cost: The Drivers of COTS Application Value.” IEEE Software May/June (2005). <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference4\">[4]</a></p>\r\n<p>Our analysis illustrates a detailed methodological approach for assessing a large suite of technological options against objective, qualitative and quantitative criteria. As part of the analysis, we evaluated over 30 different products based on a wide range of characteristics including usability, security, scalability and value vs. cost. We narrowed our selection pool to 4 potential integrated solutions based on a product score that was a composite of the characteristic weight, importance and whether or not the criteria were met. These options are further evaluated in the “Proof of Concept” phase, ultimately leading to the selection of a final integrated solution.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<div><strong>Product Score = ∑ [Characteristic Weight * ((Criteria Importance * Criteria Met) / # of criteria)]</strong></div>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\nThe elements of the methodological approach include:\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Characteristic Weight</strong> – Assign weights to the criteria</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Importance</strong> – Assign importance to established criteria (must have=2, nice to have=1, not needed=0).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Met</strong> – Assess degree to which each product meets each criteria (meets criteria=2, partially meets criteria=1, does not meet criteria=0) – Conducted by Systems Architect based on extensive product research with vendors, demos, literature, SMEs.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Assign Importance</strong> - To established criteria (must have=2, nice to have=1, not needed=0).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><strong>Criteria Met</strong> - Assess degree to which each product meets each criteria (meets criteria=2, partially meets criteria=1, does not meet criteria=0).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>The four short-listed solution options were prototyped in the CDC/ OSELS R&amp;D laboratory. Based on the prototype evaluation findings coupled with a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis and review by an expert informatics panel, we selected one integrated solution to support the next generation of the NPHSB Registry. The R&amp;D lab’s support was instrumental in the successful completion of this analysis. They provided remote access to virtual machines (VMs) to build and test these prototypes and in addition, provided server administration and hosting support to support development efforts. The R&amp;D lab provides an excellent option for CDC Programs that want to conduct a prototype evaluation prior to making significant monetary investments in a final product.</p>\r\n<p>We presented our alternatives analysis methodology at the American Medical Informatics Spring Conference in May 2011 and at the Public Health Informatics Conference in August 2011. For more information regarding our approach, and to view our poster presentation please click on the attachment below.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Resources icon\" title=\"Resources icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Resources\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"downloads/nphsb-alternatives-analysis-poster.pdf\" title=\"Alternatives Analysis Poster\">NPHSB Alternatives Analysis Poster</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ol class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"Referencesicon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference1\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&amp;doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&amp;AD=ADA443491\">http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&amp;doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&amp;AD=ADA443491</a> </li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference2\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/2003-0002.html\">http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/2003-0002.html</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Critical Capabilities for Business Intelligence Reporting - James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Rita L. Sallam - 2009 <a name=\"reference3\"></a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference4\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/01438331.pdf\">http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/01438331.pdf</a></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p> </p>',-2,1,0,3,'2011-11-22 00:00:00',62,'BAL','2011-11-29 19:26:38',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-11-22 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',2,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(81,'User Experience (UX) Design','user-experience-ux-design','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/ux_design_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"User Experience Design icon\" title=\"User Experience Design icon\" width=\"80\" height=\"53\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; border: 0;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=81:user-experience-ux-design&amp;catid=3:brief-reviews&amp;Itemid=5\">User Experience (UX) Design</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Brief Review | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 11/10/2011 | <strong>End Date:</strong> 11/17/2011 <br /><strong>Platform:</strong> Any | <strong>Version: </strong>Complete</p>\r\n<p class=\"tagdouble\">User Experience Design for Digital Media</p>\r\n<p>User Experience (UX) Design is a design approach that focuses on how the end user perceives the product. Its aim is to provide the user with the most pleasing experience possible in terms of utility, emotional appeal, ease of use, and overall value. UX design can be applied to many different media, but for the sake of this review, I am referring to UX design in relation to digital media, such as applications and websites.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\"><strong>Overview:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The term <em>user experience</em> was coined by a cognitive science researcher, Dr. Donald Norman, in the mid-1990’s while he was Vice President of the Advanced Technology Group at Apple. He felt that it was important to make design decisions based foremost on the needs and desires of users. Many of his thoughts on user experience design were shared in his seminal book, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322678358&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Design of Everyday Things</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference1\">[1]</a>. Norman has also actively championed the idea that product design should make users feel happy by being fun and/or beautiful. You can learn more about his thoughts on the emotions associated with good design by viewing his <em>TED</em> talk from 2003, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion.html\" target=\"_blank\">Don Norman on 3 Ways Good Design Makes You Happy</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference2\">[2]</a>.<br /><br /> Another key contributor to the field of UX design is Jesse James Garrett, who wrote the landmark book, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Elements of User Experience</a> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference3\">[3]</a>. In his book, Garrett depicts the interaction and relationships of UX design components as a project comes to fruition. The book features a valuable diagram that explains what is involved for creating both interactive, utilitarian websites and content-delivery websites. This diagram was key in providing a common vocabulary to describe the different components of UX design, and it may be viewed on the <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://uxdesign.com/assets/Elements-of-User-Experience.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">User Experience.UX Design website</a>. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference4\">[4]</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\"><strong>Principles:</strong></p>\r\n<p>So, how does one go about designing for the optimal user experience? Here are some of the basic principles that guide user experience design.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Know thy user. </strong>To create a great user experience, you have to understand your users’ needs, desires, motivations, and the contexts in which your user will use the product. This also means acknowledging that the user is not necessarily like you. Don’t just assume that you innately understand the needs of your users.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Goals are more important than features. </strong>In many cases, product development teams pile on new features for each release without really analyzing whether these features help the users achieve their goals. In fact, sometimes more features get in the way. Users don’t want to think too much about your application or website; they just want to complete their tasks. </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Do no harm.</strong> Digital media should be helpful and considerate. It should not make the user feel humiliated, frustrated, confused, or as if his/her socio-cultural position is being insulted. For example:                                                                                                                                               \r\n<ul style=\"padding-right:15px; padding-left:15px;\">\r\n<li style=\"padding-top:5px;\">The wording of messages should be polite, deferential, and not make the user feel stupid.</li>\r\n<li style=\"padding-top:9px;\">Applications should use safeguards so the user does not accidentally lose or modify data in a way not intended. Preventing errors is much better than having to recover from them. </li>\r\n<li style=\"padding-top:9px;\">The iconography and terminology should respect the users’ socio-cultural position. For example, don’t use gestures in your iconography that your users’ culture might find offensive (e.g., a <em>thumbs-up</em> is positive to Americans, but negative to Italians). Another example is to ensure that the humans featured in your iconography are diverse (e.g., don’t feature <em>all</em> white men in business suits). Also, avoid having the authority figures in illustrations or photographs always be male, and the subordinate figures always be female. Be sensitive to such issues. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Provide for the possible case, but design for the probable case.</strong> When you are designing, keep the majority of your users in mind. Sure, there will always be edge cases, but they should not get the foremost attention in the user interface. You should accommodate the possible case in that there should be a way to handle that situation, but the emphasis should be on the interactions that most people use most of the time. For example, avoid displaying rarely used features in prominent positions. </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Simplicity is key.</strong> Avoid unnecessary interactions (e.g., too many clicks to accomplish a task). Avoid cluttered or busy layouts. Make use of white space so the look is clean and not distracting. Strive for <em>elegance</em> in the user interface — have just enough — no more, no less. Your user interface should get out of the way, so to speak, and let the user accomplish his/her goals.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Give feedback and use signposting.</strong> A user interface should always keep the user informed about what is happening, and where he/she is within the application or website. Easy-to-read and well-positioned titles and labels are important for pages, screens, and controls. A clear navigation structure is crucial. Also, feedback about the interactions helps the user feel comfortable and builds trust. For example, if a process is loading, notify the user and provide feedback regarding how much longer the process will take. This is commonly done with a process bar graphic and a percentage indicating how much has loaded thus far.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\"><strong>Disciplines:</strong></p>\r\n<p>The notion of <em>user experience</em> is quite broad, and involves more than just user experience design. Design is a crucial piece, but the other parties participating in the development of the product should also adhere to the goal of providing the best user experience possible. After all, producing an application or a website is usually a team effort. A production team increases its chances of providing a positive user experience through tight collaboration between designers, developers, product managers, project managers, engineers, and quality assurance specialists who are working towards the same goal.<br /><br /> That being said, user experience design is quite broad in itself. It can be broken down into the disciplines below. In some organizations, the same designer will wear many hats — performing several of the duties below. In larger organizations, there may be a team of designers focused on the same discipline.</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>User research:</strong> consists of investigating the needs of the user, typically before any design work is done. This may be through ethnographic studies that involve observing the users in their day-to-day environment, typically performing the tasks that the product strives to address. It can also consist of interviews or surveys. The goal is to come away with a clear understanding of what types of users will use the product, the users’ goals, and the context in which the user will be using your product. <em>User personas</em> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference5\">[5]</a> are a valuable deliverable of the research, and help the rest of the team put a “human face” on the users of the application or website.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Requirements analysis:</strong> this is the process of determining exactly what the product needs to address and the specific <em>use cases</em> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference6\">[6]</a>. The analyst documents precisely what the product is expected to do — the features (or <em>requirements</em>) must be specific and quantifiable. Requirements analysis also involves determining the needs and constraints of the organization producing the product (e.g., revenue goals, time frames, etc.), as well as the desires of other stakeholders.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Information architecture:</strong> pertains to organizing the information within the user interface in a way that helps the user find what he/she is looking for. An information architecture designer determines how the user will navigate through the interface and what terms (e.g., page titles, link names, etc.) will most strongly resonate with the user. There is a good bit of overlap between information architecture and interaction design, and they should compliment each other.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Interaction design:</strong> is about how the user interacts with the product. The interaction designer must determine how users flow through the product — what behaviors the users will exhibit, and the structure of the user interface. The designer decides which user interface controls and patterns support the users’ tasks. Interaction design involves actually laying out the user interface — what goes where, which buttons do what, and so forth. The disciplines described above culminate into the interaction design. Therefore, sometimes <em>interaction design</em> is used as an umbrella term to describe user experience design. At the interaction design stage, wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes of the user interface are often created. Interaction design is usually iterative, and the designer may go back and reassess the findings and deliverables from the previously described design disciplines, as well as incorporate findings from the usability analysis.</li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Usability analysis:</strong> once artifacts for the design have been created, no matter how rough (e.g., prototypes, sketches, cards for <em>card sorting</em> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference7\">[7]</a>, etc.), a usability analyst can get feedback from users. The earlier the feedback is acquired, the better (so you don’t waste time and resources going down the wrong design path). Usability testing techniques can vary from organization to organization, and from project to project (often based on funding and other constraints). But generally, the usability analyst creates a test plan, and has users evaluate the application or website based on the tasks described in the test plan. Quantifiable measurements are taken on the users’ ability to use the product, such as how long it takes to do something, how many mistakes the user makes, how easily the user can recall the interactions and elements of the user interface, and how the product makes the user feel. Usability analysis can also be done without involving users — this is typically called <em>usability inspection</em> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference8\">[8]</a>. Ideally, both usability inspection and usability testing are used to determine a product’s usability. Usability analysis should be done iteratively — at an early stage, and as the interaction design comes to fruition. It is also helpful to perform usability analysis once the visual design is applied because visual elements can play into a product’s usability. Once the design is nearly or completely finished, validation of the product’s usability is often done through a final usability test and/or inspection. </li>\r\n<br />\r\n<li class=\"sum2\"><strong>Visual Design:</strong> this is the user interface’s <em>look and feel</em>. Once the interaction design is entering its final stages, the visual designer can create the appropriate graphics and visual assets that will comprise the final look. Branding is taken strongly into consideration, as well as how the product should portray itself personality-wise (for example, a website for a conservative law firm will have a very different visual design than one for a trendy coffee house). Visual design should also help convey the behavior and functionality of the application or website. Some people mistakenly see visual design as simply the \"polish\" that is put on at the end of the design process to make the interface attractive, but visual design is a big part of the user experience and should be treated as such. Color choice, font choice, the look and size of on-screen controls, and other visual elements contribute much to how the user will interact with and feel about the product. Ideally, the visual designer works in close concert with the interaction designer, and has a good understanding of interaction design and usability.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\"><strong>Benefits:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Below are some of the many benefits of a positive user experience:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum3\">\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Stronger customer loyalty.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">More revenue.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Less customer support, documentation, and training are required.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Development time is saved. Developers do less re-work if the design is solid and user-tested before development (on average, developers spend 50% of their time doing re-work that is avoidable <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference9\">[9]</a>).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Better communication to the audience (for content-delivery websites).</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Less user drop-off (abandonment) from websites.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum2\">Users will be able to perform their tasks better, which could help them do their jobs more efficiently (which could have an array of benefits for the wider community).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>More organizations are interacting with their audiences and customers through digital media, so the user experience is having a stronger and stronger impact on how an organization is perceived. In fact, some experts have gone as far as to say that the user interface <em>is</em> your brand <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference10\">[10]</a>. For organizations that rely on digital media to interact with their audiences and customers, user experience design is no longer an option. It is a necessity.</p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum2\"> <img src=\"images/stories/project_notes.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Notes icon\" title=\"Notes icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Notes\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference1\"></a>Norman, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322678358&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Design of Everyday Things</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference2\"></a>Norman, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion.html\" target=\"_blank\">Don Norman on 3 Ways Good Design Makes You Happy</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"><a name=\"reference3\"></a>Garrett, <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elements-User-Experience-User-Centered-Design/dp/0321683684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322679035&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Garrett, <a name=\"reference4\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://uxdesign.com/assets/Elements-of-User-Experience.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Elements of User Experience (diagram)</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">O’Connor, <a name=\"reference5\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://uxmag.com/articles/personas-the-foundation-of-a-great-user-experience\" target=\"_blank\">Personas: The Foundation of a Great User Experience</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Reiber,  <a name=\"reference6\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.jiludwig.com/reiber/requirements_trace.html\" target=\"_blank\">Requirements Trace-ability and Use Cases</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, <a name=\"reference7\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.usability.gov/methods/design_site/cardsort.html\" target=\"_blank\">Card Sorting</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Nielsen, <a name=\"reference8\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/inspection_summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">Usability Inspection Method Summary</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Weinschenk, <a name=\"reference9\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O94kYyzqvTc\" target=\"_blank\">HFI Animate — The ROI of User Experience with Dr. Susan Weinschenk</a>.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Myers, <a name=\"reference10\"></a><a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.cooper.com/journal/2011/08/what_marketers_should_know_abo.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Marketing Executives Should Know About User Experience</a>.</li>\r\n</ol> \r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"References icon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> References\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Cooper, Alan, Reimann, Robert, &amp; Cronin, David. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Essentials-Interaction-Design/dp/0470084111/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322684366&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">About Face 3.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design</a>. Wiley; 3rd edition. 2007.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Garrett, Jesse James. The Elements of User Experience (diagram), 2000. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/sTIfc1\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/sTIfc1</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Garrett, Jesse James. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elements-User-Experience-User-Centered-Design/dp/0321683684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322679035&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web</a>. New Riders Press; 2nd edition. 2010.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Gube, Jason. 2010. What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools, &amp; Resources. Smashing Magazine. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/u0noy9\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/u0noy9</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Hess, Whitney. 2010. Guiding Principles for UX Designers. UX Magazine. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/scttj6\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/scttj6</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Myers, Nick. 2011. What Marketing Executives Should Know About User Experience. Cooper Journal. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/uqrTHw\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/uqrTHw</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Nielsen, Jakob. Usability Inspection Method Summary. Useit.com: Jakob Nielsen’s Website. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/sFuqHv\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/sFuqHv</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Norman, Donald. <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322678358&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Design of Everyday Things</a>. Basic Books, 2002.</li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Norman, Donald. 2003. Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy. TED: Ideas Worth Spreading. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/rSbNxg\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/rSbNxg</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">O’Connor, Kevin. 2011. Personas: The Foundation of a Great User Experience. UX Magazine. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/uKrgLL\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/uKrgLL</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Reiber, Terry. 2004. Requirements Trace-ability and Use Cases. Managing Requirements. Ludwig Consulting Services, LLC. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/uKy5AA\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/uKy5AA</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Card Sorting. Usability.gov: Your Guide for Developing Useful &amp; Usable Web Sites. <br />URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://1.usa.gov/w0F4r1\" target=\"_blank\">http://1.usa.gov/w0F4r1</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">User Experience.UX Design. 8/16/2010. UX Design Defined. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/rXSp3q\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/rXSp3q</a></li>\r\n<li class=\"sum3\">Weinschenk, Susan. 2011. HFI Animate — The ROI of User Experience with Dr. Susan Weinschenk. Human Factors International Video. <br /> URL: <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://bit.ly/sXaxdP\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/sXaxdP</a></li>\r\n</ul>',1,1,0,3,'2011-11-29 19:28:04',62,'','2011-11-30 21:14:13',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-11-29 19:28:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',89,0,1,'','',0,141,'robots=\nauthor=');
  
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  	(82,'PHIX','phix-prototype','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phix_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHIX Prototype icon\" title=\"PHIX Prototype icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 80px; float: left; height: 53px; border: 0px none;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=82:-phix-&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Public Health Information eXchange (PHIX)</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Pilot Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 11/17/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.2.0.1</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Public Health Information eXchange (PHIX) Pilot Project</p>\r\n<p>The CDC PHITPO sponsored Public Health Information eXchange pilot project provides access to an information exchange solution designed to assist clinical care and public health partners with preparing and communicating quality, standards based electronic messages as defined by the applicable laboratory, surveillance and immunization use case and messaging standards.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">To make the PHIX solution readily available to public health organizations and health care providers and to further expand the capabilities of the PHIX, the team has launched an open source community portal as part of the CDC Informatics Research and Development portal. The web portal includes components for Showcase and local message validation, downloads of software and support documentation, and a Community User component for user collaboration designed to support tasks to further development and deployment of PHIX.<br /><br /> The PHIX has been designed to perform a full range of functions and features to support interoperable data exchange including message transformation, vocabulary validation and translation, component routing based on appropriate business rules and organizational requirements, and message component analysis of incoming data streams for specific conditions of interest. As a new solution for interoperable data exchange, PHIX features will be added incrementally based on input from development partners and participants.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><br /><strong>Launch Application:</strong> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://phix.phiresearchlab.org\">http://phix.phiresearchlab.org</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phix_screenshot.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phix_screenshot.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\" title=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\" width=\"91\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>',1,1,0,1,'2011-12-01 11:57:11',62,'','2011-12-01 20:29:08',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-12-01 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',13,0,3,'','',0,69,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(83,'RSS Feeds','rssfeeds','','<h3><img src=\"images/stories/rss_feeds.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" />RSS Feeds</h3>\r\n<p><br />Stay up-to-date with the lab\'s projects, news, and resources. Choose from our RSS feeds below.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px;\"><img src=\"images/stories/all_rss.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=3&amp;format=raw\"><strong>All Content</strong></a>: a comprehensive feed that covers all the content provided on our website. You can stay current with any updates to the site.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px;\"><img src=\"images/stories/projects_rss.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=1&amp;format=raw\"><strong>Projects</strong></a>: covers all projects within the R&amp;D lab. The lab has 3 major types of projects: prototypes, structured evaluations, and brief reviews. All types are listed together, by the most recently created project.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-left:55px; margin-right:45px;\"><img src=\"images/stories/rss_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=2&amp;format=raw\"><strong>Prototypes</strong></a>: investigations or experiments that build software, data and/or hardware devices.<br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/rss_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=5&amp;format=raw\"><strong>Structured Evaluations</strong></a>: systematized quantitative &amp; qualitative technology evaluations for public health.<br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/rss_arrow.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=4&amp;format=raw\"><strong>Brief Reviews</strong></a>: short reports on technologies that have the potential to benefit public health.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px; margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px;\"><img src=\"images/stories/news_rss.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=6&amp;format=raw\"><strong>News</strong></a>: all news related to the R&amp;D lab.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px;\"><img src=\"images/stories/downloads_rss.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left;\" /><a class=\"reg\" href=\"index.php?option=com_ninjarsssyndicator&amp;feed_id=7&amp;format=raw\"><strong>Downloads &amp; Tools</strong></a>: useful downloads and tools created by the R&amp;D lab to assist the public health community with its research.</p>\r\n<p> </p>','',1,0,0,0,'2011-12-06 15:05:28',62,'','2011-12-06 20:38:07',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-12-06 15:05:28','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=0\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',73,0,2,'','',0,211,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(84,'PHTweet','phtweet-prototype','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phix_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHIX Prototype icon\" title=\"PHIX Prototype icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 80px; float: left; height: 53px; border: 0px none;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;sectionid=1&amp;task=edit&amp;cid[]=84\">PHTweet</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Pilot Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 11/17/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.2.0.1</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Public Health Information eXchange (PHIX) Pilot Project</p>\r\n<p>The CDC PHITPO sponsored Public Health Information eXchange pilot project provides access to an information exchange solution designed to assist clinical care and public health partners with preparing and communicating quality, standards based electronic messages as defined by the applicable laboratory, surveillance and immunization use case and messaging standards.</p>\r\n','\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">To make the PHIX solution readily available to public health organizations and health care providers and to further expand the capabilities of the PHIX, the team has launched an open source community portal as part of the CDC Informatics Research and Development portal. The web portal includes components for Showcase and local message validation, downloads of software and support documentation, and a Community User component for user collaboration designed to support tasks to further development and deployment of PHIX.<br /><br /> The PHIX has been designed to perform a full range of functions and features to support interoperable data exchange including message transformation, vocabulary validation and translation, component routing based on appropriate business rules and organizational requirements, and message component analysis of incoming data streams for specific conditions of interest. As a new solution for interoperable data exchange, PHIX features will be added incrementally based on input from development partners and participants.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><br /><strong>Launch Application:</strong> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://phix.phiresearchlab.org\">http://phix.phiresearchlab.org</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phix_screenshot.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phix_screenshot.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\" title=\"PHIX Screenshot #1\" width=\"91\" height=\"91\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>',-2,1,0,1,'2011-12-01 11:57:11',62,'','2012-01-25 20:00:37',62,0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-12-01 00:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=0\nlink_titles=0\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=0\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=0\nshow_pdf_icon=0\nshow_print_icon=0\nshow_email_icon=0\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=',4,0,0,'','',0,0,'robots=\nauthor='),
  	(85,'PHTweet','phtweet-prototype','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Prototype icon\" title=\"PHTweet Prototype icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 80px; float: left; height: 53px; border: 0px none;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:phtweet-prototype&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">PHTweet</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/07/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> 1.0</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Social Media and Situational Awareness: Monitoring the Twitter Stream for Public Health-Related Trends.</p>\r\n<p>PHTweet is a web application prototype created by the Informatics R&amp;D Lab team to monitor the Twitter stream for a specified set of public health terms. This project helps with situational awareness needs by leveraging the ubiquity of this social medium to survey public health-related trends. The user has several options for how he/she would like to view the Twitter data: Bubble View, Graph View, or Relationship View. Additionally, there are temporal options for displaying the data: daily, hourly, or in 2-week periods (the temporal options depend upon the selected view).</p>\r\n','\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Goals:</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">This application was designed for obtaining high-level information at a glance, as well as drilling down to detailed information when needed. The context of use was a strong design consideration because it is unique to a Situation Awareness setting. The application has the potential of being displayed on a large screen for viewing by CDC Emergency Operations staff, where dramatic changes to a term’s tweet frequency should be prominent and easily noticed by the user(s).</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Because it is important to provide access to any quantitative data collected from the Twitter streams, users may delve into a Detailed View which displays specific information for each tweet. Such granular information includes: user name, message, exact date &amp; time, location, number of retweets, hash tags, and more. Please see the top-right screenshot below for an example of the Detailed View.  Please note that in our prototype, this \"deep dive\" Detailed View feature has not been activated.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">In keeping with our mission as the CDC’s Informatics Research and Development lab, we pursued a modern approach to the application’s data visualizations. We want to demonstrate that data can be represented in a manner that is clean, elegant, descriptive, and visually engaging. Design considerations such as color, form, ease of interaction, and negative space were applied. We also created a unique visualization for the Relationship View that properly fits its data variants: the relationships of the key terms to each other (i.e., how often multiple key terms are tweeted together), and the strength of the relationships based on tweet frequency (e.g., strong, medium, and weak). Please see the bottom-right screenshot below for an example of the Relationship View.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Design Philosophy:</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">To present the Twitter stream data efficiently, we embraced an important tenet of Information Design, as advocated by Edward Tufte and other experts in the field: the use of multifunctioning graphical elements. Multifunctioning graphical elements make the most of their space by displaying multivariate data. However, the graphical elements must still be clean and clearly understandable. Otherwise, their intent has been undermined.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">We also felt the design should feature different perspectives for viewing the information so users can obtain a complete picture of the data’s relevance. Each of the major views, Bubble, Graph, and Relationship, illustrates the data in a distinctive way.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The Bubble View displays a bubble chart which correlates the tweet frequency for each specified term with the size of a bubble graphic. The bubbles change sizes dynamically in real time, and can also be viewed for specific past hours or days. Each bubble is color-assigned and labeled with its corresponding term. The number of tweets for the term is displayed directly on the bubble, so the quantifiable data is easily viewable. The Bubble View provides a high-level and concise perspective, but each bubble is also a link leading further into detail about the term’s tweet stream — all the way to the very granular Detail View. The bubble graphical elements display multivariate data, and allow for interaction. Yet, the Bubble View maintains a clean, minimal look. To see the Bubble View, please refer to the top-left and top-center screenshots below.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The Graph View (as pictured in the bottom-left screenshot below) allows users to view the tweet frequency for selected terms over a period of time — either over a 12-hour period, or a 2-week period. All terms in the specified set may be viewed at once so they can be compared to each other. Or, the user can eliminate particular terms from the view to focus in on a smaller set. This time-series plot gives the tweet frequency analysis a historical context, which allows trends to be clearly spotted and assessed.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The Relationship View (bottom-right screenshot below) illustrates the selected public health terms in the context of <em>co-occurrences</em> — when two terms exist within the same tweet. The user can quickly see the relationships that exist, and the strength of those relationships. The block graphics correlate to the term, and the size of the corresponding blocks indicates the strength of the relationships to other terms. Through a few easy interactions, the user can remove particular terms from view, or fade out the graphic transparency of certain terms. This helps the user hone in on the analysis of specific data. The result is a concise, interactive infographic which makes a large amount of data easy to digest.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p>Social Media clearly has the potential to have significant impact on many aspects of public health practice. Without a doubt, there is much work to be done to best use this new source of data.  Of the many challenges, PHTweet focused its examination on the user experience/user interface aspects.  Work by other institutions has been taking place, examining issues around data quality.<sup>1</sup> We look forward to feedback and collaboration with the public health community.  The code for PHTweet is available from the R&amp;D Lab\'s code repository.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Code Repository:</strong> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://code.phiresearchlab.org/viewvc/informaticslab/PHTweet/\">http://code.phiresearchlab.org/viewvc/informaticslab/PHTweet/</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Launch Application:</strong> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"http://edemo.phiresearchlab.org/PHTweet2/\" target=\"_blank\">http://edemo.phiresearchlab.org/PHTweet2/</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phtweet1.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet1.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phtweet2.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot Terms\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet2.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot thumbnail Terms\" title=\"PHTweet Bubble View Screenshot thumbnail Terms\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /> </a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phtweet2b.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHTweet Detail View Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet2b.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Detail View Screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"PHTweet Detail View Screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <br /><br /><img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phtweet3.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHTweet Graph View Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet3.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Graph View Screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"PHTweet Graph View Screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> <a href=\"images/prototypes/phtweet4.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"PHTweet Relationship View Screenshot\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/phtweet4.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PHTweet Relationship View Screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"PHTweet Relationship View Screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>\r\n<ul class=\"sum2\">\r\n<img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"References icon\" title=\"Referencesicon\" align=\"absMiddle\" /> Reference\r\n<li class=\"sum3\"> You are what you tweet: Tracking public health trends by Twitter. 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  	(86,'Situation Awareness Dashboard','situation-awareness-dashboard','','<p class=\"icon\"><img src=\"images/prototypes/sa_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Situation Awareness Dashboard Prototype icon\" title=\"Situation Awareness Dashboard Prototype icon\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 80px; float: left; height: 53px; border: 0px none;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=86:situation-awareness-dashboard&amp;catid=1:prototypes&amp;Itemid=3\">Situation Awareness Dashboard</a></p>\r\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>Project Type: </strong>Prototype | <strong>Start Date:</strong> 7/14/2011 | <strong>Platform:</strong> Web | <strong>Version:</strong> Pre-alpha</p>\r\n<p class=\"tag\">Interactive Dashboard Supporting Situational Awareness Requirements</p>\r\n<p>The Situation Awareness Dashboard prototype has been designed by the Informatics R&amp;D Lab team as a comprehensive tool which can provide critical information to the Situation Awareness Section within the CDC. 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Business intelligence (BI) applications allow organizations to gather, store, and analyze their raw data efficiently so they may quickly gain insights into their critical operations, such as revenues, expenditures, etc. Such insights help organizations act in an informed and expedient manner. We felt this general concept could be leveraged to assist CDC in its Situation Awareness activities.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The information presented by the dashboard is determined by the user’s role (based on log-in credentials). This allows users at various levels and positions within the organization to see information that is tailored to their job responsibilities.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The dashboard is organized into several tabs, and the user can specify which tab he/she wants to be the <em>Home</em> tab. We included many customizable features in the application so users can maximize their productivity.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">On the <em>My Apps</em> tab, various widgets provide summary information by topic, and each widget can launch a full application — thus allowing the user to dive deeper into the data. This tool is very scalable; as applications are developed and added, they can be launched by widgets on the dashboard. The user customizes which apps (applications) he/she sees on his/her <em>My Apps</em> tab (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #1</a> below). The user can also organize related apps into collections, and drag &amp; drop them into view from the <em>Collections</em> panel.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">An <em>App Library</em> tab (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #2</a> below) lists the applications available to the user (availability is based on user role), and the user can add applications as desired. For example, a data entry application could be available for users who need to submit entries for a daily report. A different application might be designed to aggregate and display critical information for executive leadership. The App Library is conceptually similar to the Apple App Store or the Android Market, and it gives users the freedom of selecting applications for his/her particular needs. Such customization options have the potential to streamline and optimize workflows.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">On the <em>Alerts</em> tab (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #3</a> below), alerts are listed based on urgency, date &amp; time, alert type, status, and reporting period. There is also a persistent <em>Alerts</em> panel on the right side of the screen — to reduce the chances of a user missing any important alerts.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The <em>Events</em> tab provides a wealth of information about events in both a map and a tabular format (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshots #4 and #5</a>). As with the overall structure of the design, a high-level picture is presented (e.g., the map with events indicated worldwide), as well as the option of drilling down into detailed information about each event (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #6</a>). Events can be filtered by the level of CDC involvement, event type, and reporting period.  Leveraging user-provided content for collaboration and knowledge-sharing, the notes area, provided with each event, allow users to share and comment on critical information.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Verified and validated RSS feeds related to situational awareness activities can be \"subscribed to,\" and then aggregated and displayed on the <em>Feeds</em> tab (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #7</a> below). The user can add, manage (i.e., configure), and read feeds in this central location. The ability to share and print articles is also built into the interface (<a class=\"reg\" href=\"#screens\">screenshot #8</a>).</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">An intuitive global search tool is provided to allow the user to quickly look for specific words - segregated by content type (e.g., Alerts, Events, Feeds).</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Essentially, the dashboard brings all relevant situational awareness data to the user in a centralized user interface — making the information easy to access and digest.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Design Philosophy:</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">Most design challenges associated with a dashboard user interface relate to the fact that a lot of information needs to be displayed, and it must be displayed clearly and succinctly. When bringing together this amount of information, it’s important to apply the <em>prägnanz</em> law of Gestalt psychology. The law of <em>prägnanz</em> (a German term translating to <em>conciseness</em> or <em>pithiness</em>) says that the human brain tends to group things together in a way that is consistent, simple, orderly, and symmetrical <a class=\"reg\" href=\"#reference2\">[2]</a>. Of course, this is important any time you’re visualizing data, but it is imperative when large amounts of data are brought together in a dashboard interface. For example, a designer’s careful attention to the similarity and proximity of onscreen elements can greatly expedite the user’s ability to differentiate groups of data. When a user is viewing a dashboard, it is crucial that he/she is able to decipher and comprehend the information quickly. A glance should provide the user with a snapshot of the information, and he/she can then probe into the details if needed.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">With a dashboard interface, it is also important to consider the urgency and priority of the data being presented. A plethora of data is made available, but where should the user place his/her primary focus, or focus first? We confronted this challenge in several situations. For example, the list of alerts on the <em>Alerts</em> tab provides a way to see any alert and explore its details, but what about the alerts that are occurring in real time while viewing a different tab within the application? Notification about those alerts in a timely manner could be critical. So we designed a persistent panel on the right side of the screen that displays alerts as they occur, and lists them in sequential order from top to bottom. The level of urgency is indicated, and users can dismiss any alert from the panel, if desired, when it is not important to his/her role. The user can also click into more information about an alert directly from the panel.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px;\">The Situation Awareness Section provides a critical function within CDC, and applying the appropriate technology to support that mission is essential. Organizing and presenting information effectively is a key component of applied technology, for it augments the interaction between user and computer. Our team explored a dashboard user interface because a well-designed dashboard is an effective antidote to information overload, and having the right information at the right time can greatly improve public health response.</p>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p><strong>Launch Interactive Demonstration:</strong> <a class=\"reg\" href=\"sa_dashboard_demo/1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Start demo</a> <br /><em>(NOTE: you must click the cursor icon on each screenshot to move forward)</em></p>\r\n<p><a class=\"reg\" href=\"sa_dashboard_demo/1.html\"> </a></p>\r\n<p class=\"sum2\"><a class=\"reg\" href=\"sa_dashboard_demo/1.html\"></a><a name=\"screens\"></a><img src=\"images/brief_reviews/screenshot_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"screenshots icon\" title=\"screenshots icon\" align=\"middle\" /> Screenshots <span style=\"font-size:10px; color:#777575; padding-left:3px;\">(view screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below)</span> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #1 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/1_my_apps.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, My Apps tab\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/1_my_apps.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, My Apps tab screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, My Apps tab screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #2 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/5_app_library.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, App Library tab\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/5_app_library.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, My Apps tab screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, App Library tab screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #3 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/7_alerts.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Alerts tab\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/7_alerts.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Alerts tab screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Alerts tab screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a><br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #4 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/8_events_map.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Events map\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/8_events_map.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Events map screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Events map screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #5 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/12_events_table.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Events table\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/12_events_table.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Events table screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Events table screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #6 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/9_events_map_drilldown.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Events map drilldown\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/9_events_map_drilldown.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Events map drilldown screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Events map drilldown screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <br /><br /> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #7 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/13_feeds.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Feeds tab\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/13_feeds.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Feeds tab screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Feeds tab screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a> <img src=\"images/stories/pixel_shim.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"spacer\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" /> #8 <a href=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/16_feeds_article_dd.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SA Dashboard Screenshot, Feeds article\"> <img src=\"images/prototypes/SAdashboard/16_feeds_article_dd.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SA Dashboard, Feeds article screenshot thumbnail\" title=\"SA Dashboard, Feeds article screenshot thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" style=\"border:1px solid black\" /></a></p>\r\n<ol class=\"sum2\"> <img src=\"images/stories/project_resources.png\" border=\"0\" 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