Information about a disease is placed on a map that also has information about the environment. It becomes clear if the disease occurs more often in certain places. By looking at places where a disease occurs more often, the environmental factors in that place can be studied to see if they are involved with the disease.

I will be graduating with my bachelor's degree on May 15, 2004. By 2005, my plan is to be back at SDSU working towards a master's degree in Geographic Information Science. I have loved maps since I was a child. With GIS, I can make maps in new and creative ways. I want to thank my professor, Ming Tsou for introducing me to the world of GIS!

Using Internet GIS technologies for public health could centainly facilitate the distribution of geo-referenced health information and analysis of them by analysts and even geneal public users across the network.