1. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION azuka4christ@Yahoo.com, +2347039723317
SYSTEM AS A TOOL IN
MANAGING
DISEASE OUTBREAK BY
AZUKA IWEGBU

2. OBJECTIVES: OVERVIEW OF GIS APPLICATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR
DESIGNING, PUBLISHING AND DOWNLOADING OF ODK FORM FROM THE SERVER
DOWNLOADING OF QGIS SOFTWARE TO DEVICE

3. HISTORY OF GIS
The history of GIS all started in When cholera hit the city of London, England. British physician John Snow began mapping outbreak locations, roads, property boundaries and water lines.
Enter Roger Tomlinson – the father of GIS, Canadian Geographic System (CGIS, 1960).
John Snow

4. AREAS WHERE GIS APPLICATION CAN BE APPLIED

5. GIS POLIO TRACKING SYSTEM

6. www.vts.eocng.org OVERVIEW OF GIS APPLICATION IN PUBLIC
HEALTH SECTOR, USING THE WEBSITE
BELOW AS CASE STUDY

7. DESIGNING, PUBLISHING AND DOWNLOADING OF ODK FORM FROM THE SERVER
STAGE 1: OPEN AND DESIGN XLS FORM
STAGE 2: GOTO TO REGISTER AND GET AN
ACCOUNT
STAGE 3: UPLOAD XLS FORM TO SERVER
STAGE 4: SHARE USERNAME AND PASSWORD
STAGE 5: DOWNLOAD FORM FROM CLOUD AND CONFIGURE
ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE

8. DOWNLOADING OF QGIS SOFTWARE TO DEVICE

9. PROJECT WORK: EVERY PARTICIPANT SHOULD COLLECT DATA
OF RESTAURANT WHERE THEY WILL BE HAVING THEIR
DINNER TODAY AND SUBMIT TO THE SERVER

10. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING……..

12. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION azuka4christ@Yahoo.com, +2347039723317
SYSTEM AS A TOOL IN
MANAGING
DISEASE OUTBREAK BY
AZUKA IWEGBU

13. OBJECTIVES: DOWNLOADING OF ODK DATA FROM SERVER
CLEANING, MANIPULATING AND ANALYZING DATA
DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES FROM GOOGLE DRIVE; LINK
UPLOADING DATA TO QGIS AND VISUALIZE
LEARNING SOME FEATURES IN QGIS

14. DOWNLOADING OF ODK DATA FROM SERVER
GOTO:
AND DOWNLOAD
DATA

15. CLEANING, MANIPULATING AND
ANALYZING DATA
LET’S WORK ON THE DOWNLOADED
CSV FILE

16. UPLOADING OF DATA TO QGIS AND
VISUALIZE

17. LEARNING SOME FEATURES IN
QGIS

18. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING……..