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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Crediting his critics' concerns: remaking John Snow's map of Broad Street cholera, 1854.

25 Aug 2009 Few cases in the history of epidemiology and public health are more famous than John Snow's investigation of a neighborhood cholera outbreak in the St. James, Westminster, area of London in 1854. In this study Snow is assumed to have proven that ... Read more...

A palaeolithic map from 13,660 calBP: engraved stone blocks from the Late Magdalenian in Abauntz Cave (Navarra, Spain).

19 Jul 2009 An engraved block from the cave of Abauntz is interpreted as a Magdalenian map in which the actual surrounding landscape, including mountains, rivers, and ponds, is represented. Some possible routes or avenues of access to different parts of the ... Read more...

Development of risk maps to minimize uranium exposures in the Navajo Churchrock mining district.

7 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Decades of improper disposal of uranium-mining wastes on the Navajo Nation has resulted in adverse human and ecological health impacts as well as socio-cultural problems. As the Navajo people become increasingly aware of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Maps as Topic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Crediting his critics' concerns: remaking John Snow's map of Broad Street cholera, 1854. 25 Aug 2009
• A palaeolithic map from 13,660 calBP: engraved stone blocks from the Late Magdalenian in Abauntz Cave (Navarra, Spain). 19 Jul 2009
• Development of risk maps to minimize uranium exposures in the Navajo Churchrock mining district. 7 Jul 2009
• The importance of accurate road data for spatial applications in public health: customizing a road network. 29 Apr 2009
• Visualization of simulated urban spaces: inferring parameterized generation of streets, parcels, and aerial imagery. 29 Apr 2009
• Mapping the spread of malaria drug resistance. 12 Apr 2009
• A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007. 22 Mar 2009
• Spatial representation across species: geometry, language, and maps. 17 Mar 2009
• East China plains: a "basin" of ozone pollution. 13 Mar 2009
• Putting China's wetlands on the map. 10 Mar 2009
• Gravity mission to launch. 10 Mar 2009
• Mapping field-scale spatial patterns of size and activity of the denitrifier community. 28 Feb 2009
• Virtual CSI. 27 Feb 2009
• The global prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 21 Feb 2009
• Landscape character assessment using region growing techniques in geographical information systems. Feb 2009
• A criterion method for measuring route distance in physically active commuting. 30 Jan 2009
• Human factors in GIScience laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University. 8 Jan 2009
• Resident-defined neighborhood mapping: using GIS to analyze phenomenological neighborhoods. 30 Dec 2008
• Mapping urban revitalization: using GIS spatial analysis to evaluate a new housing policy. 30 Dec 2008
• Website review: worldmapper. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Maps as Topic'

Definition: Representations, normally to scale and on a flat medium, of a selection of material or abstract features on the surface of the earth, the heavens, or celestial bodies.

Descriptor UI: D008377

Alternative terms: Maps as Topic; Maps as Topics;

Tree Number: J01.897.280.500.426; L01.178.820.090.426;

History Note: 2008 (1963)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with Publication Type MAPS