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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 27, 2005
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Building Geographic Information System Capacity in Local Health Departments: Lessons From a North Carolina Project

Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD, Jennifer M. Silva, MS, M. Alicia Overstreet Galeano, BS, Jeffrey P. Brown, MCRP, Douglas S. Campbell, MD, MPH, Evelyn Coley, RN, MSA, Christopher S. Cowan, BS, Dianne Harvell, REHS, RS, Jenny Lassiter, RN, MSN, Jerry L. Parks, MPH and Wanda Sandelé, MBA

Marie Lynn Miranda and M. Alicia Overstreet Galeano are with the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC. Jeffrey P. Brown is with the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Raleigh. Douglas S. Campbell is with the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh. Evelyn Coley and Christopher S. Cowan are with the Wayne County Health Department, Goldsboro, NC. Dianne Harvell is with the New Hanover County Health Department, Wilmington, NC. Jenny Lassiter is with the Pamlico County Health Department, Bayboro, NC. Jerry L. Parks is with Albemarle Regional Health Services, Elizabeth City. NC. Wanda Sandelé is with the Craven County Health Department, New Bern, NC. At the time of the project, Jennifer M. Silva was with the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham.



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  		FIGURE 1—— GIS steps to permitting a septic system on a parcel in Craven County, North Carolina: (a) selecting the parcel and measuring dimensions, (b) viewing area soils, (c) observing the parcel landscaping with digital aerial photographs, and (d) sketching the construction permit.

 


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  		FIGURE 2—— Mosquito spray considerations for properties in an area of New Hanover County, North Carolina, which can be visualized along with true color photographs as shown (in black and white) at upper right.

 




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