From rhoskins@home.com Tue Apr 20 06:33:19 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA107454 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:33:18 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA21335 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:33:17 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA2742 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:33:16 -0700 Message-ID: <002e01be8b32$57ec9260$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: References: <001201be8ae1$898ac400$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> <371C9C54.FD462D1F@fast.net> Subject: Re: Leveraging (Re: convertability from e00 files) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:33:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE8AF7.AB42F5C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE8AF7.AB42F5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ric: At a general level in WA we have http://www.wa.gov/gic/ which is = trying to knit GIS together in the state. I think most of the GIS = community can't imagine what the health departments (state & local) will = contribute to GIS (are we just takers and not givers?) but we are = preparing a generalized disease and health status collection of = coverages, the engine of which, will be complete by Fall. I think it = will be a while before the resource and urban planners, utility people, = community tax authorities, and so forth realize that urban development, = stream quality, (and a hundred more examples) are things public health = people see as very important in determining health status.=20 Dick Hoskins ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ric Skinner=20 To: waphgis@u.washington.edu=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 8:25 AM Subject: Leveraging (Re: convertability from e00 files) Dick (and others) --=20 I agree with Dick's last statement in the recent posting. To this = end, I have proposed to the NJ State Mapping Advisory Committee that a = statewide Health Geographics Subcommittee be formed with participation = open to government, private sector and non-profits, etc. The purpose = will NOT be to exchange data (the confidentiality issue!) but rather to = learn how others in the state are using GIS in a health (i.e., health = sciences, health services, healthcare, social services) context; sources = and use of common base map and attribute data; and to provide a forum = for discussion of issues such as data standards, confidentiality, etc. = I would be interested in learning if other states have a similar = statewide group.=20 "Richard E. Hoskins" wrote:=20 >>snip>>=20 For health GIS people, we need to leverage what other people have = done. We cannot afford to re-invent coverages that others have bigger = budgets for and greater skill to develop. And since we most always have = miniscule budgets, we need to use what will do the job and we can afford = (much less what we like). Dick Hoskins --=20 Ric Skinner=20 Research Scientist -- GIS=20 NJ Dept. of Health & Senior Services=20 Cancer Epidemiology Services=20 3635 Quakerbridge Rd.=20 P.O. Box 369=20 Trenton, NJ 08625-0369=20 Phone: 609-588-3500=20 FAX: 609-588-3638=20 wskinner@fast.net=20 and=20 Co-Chair=20 2nd International Health Geographics Conference (in planning)=20 1st IHGC website: www.jhsph.edu/ihgc=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE8AF7.AB42F5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ric:  At a general level in WA we = have http://www.wa.gov/gic/ which is = trying to=20 knit GIS together in the state. I think most of the GIS community can't = imagine=20 what the health departments (state & local) will contribute to GIS = (are we=20 just takers and not givers?) but we are preparing a generalized disease = and=20 health status collection of coverages, the engine of which, will be = complete by=20 Fall. I think it will be a while before the resource and urban planners, = utility=20 people, community tax authorities, and so forth realize that urban = development,=20 stream quality, (and a hundred more examples) are things public health = people=20 see as very important in determining health status.
 
Dick Hoskins
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ric = Skinner=20
To: waphgis@u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 = 8:25=20 AM
Subject: Leveraging (Re: = convertability=20 from e00 files)

Dick (and others) --=20

I agree with Dick's last statement in the recent posting.  To = this=20 end, I have proposed to the NJ State Mapping Advisory Committee that a = statewide Health Geographics Subcommittee be formed with participation = open to=20 government, private sector and non-profits, etc.  The purpose = will NOT be=20 to exchange data (the confidentiality issue!) but rather to learn how = others=20 in the state are using GIS in a health (i.e., health sciences, health=20 services, healthcare, social services) context; sources and use of = common base=20 map and attribute data; and to provide a forum for discussion of = issues such=20 as data standards, confidentiality, etc.  I would be interested = in=20 learning if other states have a similar statewide group.=20

"Richard E. Hoskins" wrote:=20

>>snip>>=20

For = health GIS=20 people, we need to leverage what other people have done. We cannot = afford to=20 re-invent coverages that others have bigger budgets for and greater = skill to=20 develop. And since we most always have miniscule budgets, we need to = use=20 what will do the job and we can afford (much less what we=20 like). Dick=20 Hoskins
--=20

Ric Skinner
Research Scientist -- GIS
NJ Dept. of Health = &=20 Senior Services
Cancer Epidemiology Services
3635 Quakerbridge = Rd.=20
P.O. Box 369
Trenton, NJ 08625-0369
Phone: 609-588-3500 =
FAX:=20 609-588-3638
wskinner@fast.net=20

and=20

Co-Chair
2nd International Health Geographics Conference (in = planning)=20
1st IHGC website: www.jhsph.edu/ihgc
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