Publication details
Metody kartografické vizualizace dat zdravotního stavu obyvatelstva
| Title in English | Contemporary Methods for Mapping Health Statistics |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Miscellanea Geographica |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | cartographic visualization and modelling; health status; exploratory cartography |
| Description | The presented article deals with an interdisciplinary research of health status data analysis and so called "health cartography" mapping approaches. After giving a brief summary of cartographic peculiarities dealing with the health data presentation, the issues of recommendation on map design and reliability representation is discussed. Special attention is then given to the current trends in cartographic visualization (geovizualization), non traditional methods and exploratory cartography. Following part methodically describes utilization of modern cartographic tools for dynamic presentation, publication and analysis of health data. The terms "dynamic presentation and publication" are used to describe mainly the possibility to select required scale, interactive creative communication of users and map authors, and also presence of active cartometric and statistical tools. |
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