From tbscott@umich.edu Fri Nov 5 09:02:02 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA60208 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:02:01 -0800 Received: from girlsgirlsgirls.rs.itd.umich.edu (girlsgirlsgirls.rs.itd.umich.edu [141.211.144.17]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA29158 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:02:00 -0800 Received: from pcm2525z (host177-15.sph.umich.edu [141.211.15.177]) by girlsgirlsgirls.rs.itd.umich.edu (8.9.3/3.2r) with SMTP id MAA12062 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:02:00 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <010e01bf27af$787d4960$b10fd38d@pcm2525z.sph.umich.edu> From: "Tiffany Scott" To: Subject: Re: Reference Books Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:01:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 -Haven't done a review myself but a colleague suggested GIS & Health by Taylor & Francis, 1998 which looks at Geography, Medical Stats, & Info Systems. -----Original Message----- From: fleishe1@ix.netcom.com To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Reference Books Hi: Can anybody recommend some good books on GIS... I took a course at Clark U and i am looking for a book that will provide statistical analysis in a readable fashion, a book on the use on GIS in public health and a book on the fundamentals of GIS... I am using IDRISI.... Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated Jay Jay M. Fleisher Ph.D. Department of Preventive Medicine SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn TELEPHONE 718-270-1075 FAX 718-270-2533 Email fleishe1@ix.netcom.com WEB http://www.netcom.com/~fleishe1 " If one lives alone in a mountainous wilderness, the only thing close to fame one could create, would simply be an echo" .