Demos

Reversing the Obesity Epidemic
View demo: Windows Media [5:27]

• ArcGlobe animation showing magnitude of the obesity epidemic at the global, national, and local levels
• How GIS helps public health agencies and researchers address the obesity epidemic
• GIS analysis tools help put research into practice
• Video developed in collaboration with Southern Regional Health Consortium, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, and Texas Health Institute

Pandemic Flu: Prepare or Panic
View demo: Windows Media [6:42]

• ArcGlobe animation showing potential effects of pandemic influenza at the global, national, and local levels
• John Snow's early efforts to understand causes of the spread of disease
• Simulations of flyways of migratory birds, poultry and population densities, and human and animal cases around the world
• 5,000 communities could be affected within 4 to 6 weeks
• Response is managed at the local level—example of Phoenix, Arizona
• Importance of information infrastructure and planning

Our World—A New View
View demo: Windows Media [4:51]

• ArcGlobe animation giving an overview of public health and hospital applications.

Dark Winter
View demo: Windows Media [3:42]

• Simulated bio-terrorist smallpox attack on three U.S. cities.
• Vaccines available for less than 10% of the population.
• Three million infected in 8 weeks; one million would die.
• Key issues in medical surveillance and outbreak management.
• Response at all levels, from national to local.

World Health Organization—Tuberculosis Cases by Country by Year
View demo: Windows Media [0:35]

• Tuberculosis susceptibility in poverty
• Tuberculosis case count
• Time series animation functionality

Visualizing Demographics of Hospital Market Areas
View demo: Windows Media [01:38]

• 3D visualization of predicted population changes across hospital market areas.

Hospital Geographics: Knowing Patient Locations, Improving Operating Efficiencies
View demo: Windows Media [02:13]

• Visualizing patient locations inside and outside of a hospital facility.

Risk Assessment with GIS
View demo: RealNetworks | Windows Media [04:06]

• Using GIS to locate threats and at-risk facilities.
• Using geocoding tools in ArcGIS StreetMap to establish a concern point.
• Analyzing hazard potential within a radius of the concern point.

Threat Preparedness with GIS
View demo: Real Networks | Windows Media [04:21]

• Sample applications of using GIS to prepare for possible threats and emergencies.
• How GIS helps emergency response teams prepare for emergencies.
• Using GIS analysis tools to plan an intelligent response plan.

GIS—A Framework for Homeland Security
View demo: RealNetworks | Windows Media [07:28]

• Discussion of ideas, concerns, and difficulties that the field of Homeland Security is creating.