Minimum Medical Database Spatial Decision Support System for the Intergovernmental Authority of Development/Nile Basin (IGAD/Nile) region of East Africa

What does this data set describe?

    Title:
    Minimum Medical Database Spatial Decision Support System for the Intergovernmental Authority of Development/Nile Basin (IGAD/Nile) region of East Africa
    Abstract:
    This manual, and the corresponding CDROM digital data resource, is part of a database for the Intergovernmental Authority of Development/Nile Basin (IGAD/Nile) region of East Africa that was produced by a working group of collaborating health workers and earth scientists dedicated to application of emerging tools in the geospatial sciences to research and control program management for schistosomiasis and other human and animal snail-borne diseases. The manual contains metadata descriptions for Geographic Information System (GIS) database resource components currently included in the 'Minimum Medical Database Spatial Decision Support System' CDROM for the IGAD/Nile region, one of five regions identified by the working group as endemic for schistosomiasis. The CDROM database resource is currently a 'Beta' evaluation version. It will be modified to produce Version 1 (v.1) based on comment by members of the GnosisGIS working group and by selected researchers and control program personnel in health agencies of the IGAD/Nile region.
    Supplemental_Information: CD ROM

  1. Malone, JB; McCarroll, JC; Kristensen, TK; , Unpublished Material, Minimum Medical Database Spatial Decision Support System for the Intergovernmental Authority of Development/Nile Basin (IGAD/Nile) region of East Africa.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: Produced under the auspices of the GnosisGIS Working Group

  2. West_Bounding_Coordinate: 22
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 51
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: -5

  3. What does it look like?
    The countries included in the IGAD Minimum Medical Database are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya.

  4. Calendar_Date: unknown

  5. ArcView Shapefiles

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

    2. Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 1km. Longitudes are given to the nearest 1km. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1km
      Altitude_Distance_Units: meters

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
  • Malone, JB; McCarroll, JC; Kristensen, TK; Yilma, JM; Erko, B; El-Bahy, MM; Corbett, JD

  1. GnosisGis Working Group (<http://www.gnosisgis.org>)

  2. Dr. John B Malone
    Louisiana State University
    Professor
    Department of Pathobiological Sciences
    Baton Rouge, LA 70803
    USA

    225-578-9692 (voice)
    225-578-9701 (FAX)
    malone@vetmed.lsu.edu

Why was the data set created?

To improve control programs for schistosomiasis and other snail-borne diseases of medical and veterinary importance.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    ESRI Digital Chart of the World (1993)
    WHO Atlas of the Global Distribution of Schistosomiasis (1987)
    EDC DAAC User Services, U.S. Geological Survey (satellite images)
    Food and Agriculture Organization - The Soil and Terrain Database (1998)
    Crop Production System Zones of the IGAD Sub-region (1995)
    Africa Data Dissemenation Service (USGS)
  1. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Satellite images (temperature maximum and NDVI) were downloaded from the USGS site, imported into ERDAS Imagine 8.3 and reprojected to the Geographic Projection. Temperature maximum images were calibrated so that the values reflect Celcius values.

    Vector files were cropped to IGAD region and exported as shapefiles using ArcView 3.2a

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Send a request to Dr John B Malone
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
malone@vetmed.lsu.edu

Use_Constraints: Copyright. The Authors do not assume any responsibilities for improper use of the data.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 02-Dec-2002

Metadata author: Jennifer Clark McCarroll
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Metadata extensions used:

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