Use of Google EarthTM to strengthen public health capacity and facilitate management of vector-borne diseases in resource-poor environments

• Main Authors: Saul Lozano-Fuentes (Author), Darwin Elizondo-Quiroga (Author), Jose Arturo Farfan-Ale (Author), Maria Alba Loroño-Pino (Author), Julian Garcia-Rejon (Author), Salvador Gomez-Carro (Author), Victor Lira-Zumbardo (Author), Rosario Najera-Vazquez (Author), Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas (Author), Joaquin Calderon-Martinez (Author), Marco Dominguez-Galera (Author), Pedro Mis-Avila (Author), Natashia Morris (Author), Michael Coleman (Author), Chester G Moore (Author), Barry J Beaty (Author), Lars Eisen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Novel, inexpensive solutions are needed for improved management of vector-borne and other diseases in resource-poor environments. Emerging free software providing access to satellite imagery and simple editing tools (e.g. Google EarthTM) complement existing geographic information system (...