SuperGeo Develops GIS Platform for Epidemic Information Management

Sept. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- SuperGeo Technologies builds Epidemic Information Management GIS, a query system using Web-GIS to effectively integrate various related databases, to assist the Center for Disease Control in controlling the epidemic information entirely in Taiwan.

GIS (Geographic Information System) has been utilized for spatial analysis of communicable epidemic resources and diseases in many countries. For example, Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, is the Competent Authority responsible for the prevention and cure of domestic communicable diseases. The center is in charge of the prevention of communicable diseases and informing the epidemic cases and surveillance. Also, the center has the most complete reported epidemic information in Taiwan.

Using Web-GIS as the architecture foundation, the Center for Disease Control has developed a set of Epidemic Information Management GIS, to be the best tool to control the domestic epidemic information as well as the spatial distribution after the functions are extended several times.  

Developed with .NET technology, Epidemic Information Management GIS is mainly used to help the related staff query and map various epidemic information. The system adopts SuperWebGIS as the map server platform to publish the epidemic information and maps saved in geodatabases to the Internet. Users can easily query information through common browsers without installing any plug-ins.

In terms of databases, Microsoft SQL Server 2003 and Oracle are employed as the tools to save, maintain, and manage various types of communicable disease data. Therefore, the system can efficiently provide the real-time and valid epidemic information for the competent authorities, medical organizations, and the public.

Six functions are developed to deal with epidemic information, including Surveillance Information, Inoculation Surveillance, Investigation of Vector Mosquito, Virus Information, Goods and Materials for Disease Prevention and Mapping Analysis.

As a result, the system not only effectively integrates the related disease databases in entire Taiwan, but also allows the Center to effectively control the epidemic information and the spatial distribution, and make better policies.

For more information, visit http://www.supergeotek.com/Library_2_201009_4.aspx

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