Web-Based Public Health Analysis with MapObjects and SAS

Author: Bruce A Ralston
Organization: University of Tennessee

Department of Geography
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1420
USA

Phone: 865-974-6043
Fax: 865-974-6025
bralston@utk.edu

Public health officials must look at a variety of factors that contribute to society's health and welfare. Two useful tools for exploring the relationships between variables are Web-based GIS and statistical analysis. In this paper we discuss how to use MapObjects along with SAS to build a powerful public health family of Web sites. Using MapObjects thematic mapping and geocoding features we are able to implement area-based and point-based analyses.