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Harvard worldmap: A tool for visualizing and sharing hydrofracking data
Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciencesOccupational health and safety
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe three features of the Harvard WorldMap.
Discuss how visualization of hydrofracking locations can generate new hypotheses.
Discuss how sharing details of the implications of hydrofracking can enhance awareness of public health issues.
Keyword(s): Environmental Health, Communication
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have organized and completed a 2.5 day training on the Harvard WorldMap through the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, am a member of a hydrofracking working group consisting of multiple NIEHS-funded collaborators, and am collecting hydrofracking data for upload to the Harvard WorldMap. The HWM is a free, open source, public domain for visualizing data.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.