Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: mapping health statistics to inform policymakers and the public.
International Journal of Health GeographicsPublished 1 January 2006Open access
Brad Bell, Richard E. Hoskins, Linda W. Pickle, Daniel Wartenberg
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The availability of geographic information systems with comprehensive mapping and spatial analysis capability for desktop and Internet mapping has greatly expanded the number of producers and consumers of health maps, including policymakers and the public.
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The biggest challenge is to ensure that maps of health statistics inform without misinforming. Advances in the sciences of cartography, statistics, and visualization of spatial data are constantly expanding the toolkit available to mapmakers to meet this challenge. Asking potential users to answer questions or to talk about what they see is still the best way to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific map design.
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