conFLUence Flu News You Can Use

Project Conceptualization Initial vision Change in plans: CDC Flu App Challenge – Use at least of one their data sources to develop an electronic platform for distributing flu-related information Course requirements – APIs and KML layers Fusion of the course and Challenge requirements

Midterm Data Sources CDC website provided data in Excel, XML, RSS, and JSON formats Health Indicator Warehouse and US Census Bureau provided health and relevant demographic data in Excel or Shapefile formats Health Indicator Warehouse, Medline and CDC APIs for integrating additional flu information (XML, RESTful, SOAP) Free/ open source resources

Site Functionalities Utilizes the Google Maps v3 API Incorporates the three CDC RSS streaming sources Uses the CDC vaccine locator API Displays one custom KML layer with the regional surveillance labs* Integrates the Flickr API to display “flu” images Employs a custom namespace

The Site

Site (Dys)Functionalities FluView and Medline XML trouble ArcGIS KML export issues KML integration problem

Next Steps Address current problems – Figure out XML issues – Use ArcServer and/or Google Fusion Tables to fix data layer display problem Add final technical requirements Beautify Potentially submit to the CDC Flu App Challenge

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