Abstract
Using ArcGIS Engine to Provide Medical Decision Makers Accurate Data
Track: Water Resources
Author(s): Rainer Laudien, Alexandra Uesbeck, Valens Mulindabigwi, Sebastian Brocks, Jens Verheyen
This contribution shows the usage of ArcGIS Engine for computer based spatial decision support in the field of water quality. For a developed Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), more then 2,000 wells were digitized in the area of the Upper Ouémé Valley in Benin (Western Africa) and included in a comprehensive standpost geo-database (geoDB). Latter contains multi temporal water quality data, digital photographs, addresses in case of an emergency, etc.. This paper shows the preliminary development results of this SDSS, which provides the users developed Graphical User Interfaces and therefore the opportunity to (i) select specific wells out of the geoDB based on a chosen location, (ii) to visualize the data in a developed map panel (based on JAVA and ArcGIS Engine) and finally (iii) to save the selection in a vector file. The presented SDSS as well as other systems are developed within the interdisciplinary research project IMPETUS (www.impetus.uni-koeln.de).
Rainer Laudien
University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , NRW 50923
Germany
Phone: +49 221 470-7428
E-mail: rlaudien@uni-koeln.de
Alexandra Uesbeck
University of Cologne
Goldenfelsstr. 21
Cologne , NRW 50935
Germany
Phone: +49 221 478
E-mail: a.uesbeck@gmx.de
Valens Mulindabigwi
University of Cologne
Godesberger Str. 10
Cologne , NRW 50968
Germany
Phone: +49 221 470
E-mail: vmulinda@uni-koeln.de
Sebastian Brocks
University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , NRW 50923
Germany
Phone: +49 221 470
E-mail: sebastian.brocks@uni-koeln.de
Jens Verheyen
University of Cologne
Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56
Cologne , NRW 50935
Germany
Phone: +49 221 478
E-mail: jens.verheyen@medizin.uni-koeln.de