Building on solid foundations: Spatial data architecture for GIS surveillance in public health programs

Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD1, Michele Casper, PhD2, Joshua Tootoo, MCP, GISP1, Ben Strauss, MS3, Linda Schieb, MSPH2, Mei Ding, M.D., MS4, Jay Meehl, GISP5, Terry Meek6, John Warming7, Jean Streetar8 and Adam Snegosky9
(1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, (3)Children's Environmental Health Initiative, Durham, NC, (4)Hennepin County, Minneapolis, MN, (5)Minneapolis, MN, (6)Iowa Department of Public, Des Moines, IA, (7)Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA, (8)Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment, Stillwater, MN, (9)Washington County IT, Stillwater, MN