Completed Projects
STroodle, A GIS Foundation Class Library
Geoffrey Jacquez, BioMedware, Inc., PI
This work was supported by 2 grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: phase I in 1999 (R43-ES010220) and phase II 2001-3 (R44-ES010220).
Research Abstract
This Phase II SBIR project is completing development of a foundation class library for constructing Geographic Information Systems suited for the analysis of health data. Phase I implemented the prototype STroodle library and applied it to create a prototype health GIS that proved project feasibility. Phase II is fully implementing, documenting and testing the foundation class library.
The Phase II objectives are:
- Complete development of the Foundation Class Library, including comprehensive documentation and testing;
- Demonstrate unique benefits of the approach by developing applications in environmental exposure assessment and environmental change detection; and
- Fully Beta test the software.
Today's off-the-shelf GIS lack critical functionality required of health GIS. The Foundation Class library developed by this project will fill this need.
Software
Animation of lung cancer mortality rates. Note how the rate
rises nationally except for in Utah (outlined in white).
The Space-Time Intelligence System is currently available from our commercialization partner, TerraSeer. Learn more and/or download an evaluation version.
Conferences
BioMedware held two conferences for planning and review of the STroodle project. These conferences were held jointly with participants in other research projects that relate to the space-time information system theme (Arsenic and Atlas): January 2003 and January 2002.
Publications
Jacquez, G.M., P. Goovaerts, and P. Rogerson. 2005. Space-Time Intelligence Systems: Technology, applications, and methods. Journal of Geographical Systems 7: 1-5.
Jacquez, G.M., D.A. Greiling, and A.M. Kaufmann. 2005. Design and implementation of a Space-Time Intelligence System for disease surveillance. Journal of Geographical Systems 7: 7-23.
Greiling, D.A., G.M. Jacquez, A.M. Kaufmann, and R.G. Rommel. 2005. Space time visualization and analysis in the Cancer Atlas Viewer. Journal of Geographical Systems 7: 67-84.
AvRuskin, G.A., G.M. Jacquez, J.R. Meliker, M.J. Slotnick, A.M. Kaufmann, and J.O. Nriagu. 2004. Visualization and exploratory analysis of epidemiologic data using a novel space time information system. International Journal of Health Geographics 2004, 3:26.
Presentations
Jacquez et al. 4/2005. Case-control clustering for residential histories. Association of American Geographers.