Methodology
Tracking the polio virus down the Congo River: a case study on the use of Google Earth™ in public health planning and mapping
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Correspondence: Raoul Kamadjeu cqq1@cdc.gov
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Global Immunization Division (GID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:4 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-4
Published: 22 January 2009Additional files
Additional file 1:
DRC kml district boundaries. The file shows a sample output of shape-to-kml conversion using a shape-to-kml converter. (Open with Google Earth).
Format: KML Size: 669KB Download file
Additional file 2:
JavaScript XML parser code. This file shows the code of the JavaScript XML parser we used to extract values of kml tags <name> and <coordinates> to output a | separate file which can de secondarily loaded into a database (Open with a PDF reader).
Format: PDF Size: 17KB Download file
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Additional file 3:
Density map php code generator. This file shows the PHP code we used to generate population density kml map for DRC. (Open with a PDF reader).
Format: PDF Size: 19KB Download file
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Additional file 4:
DRC population density map. The file shows the population density map of the Democratic Republic of Congo dynamically generated with php. (Open with Google Earth).
Format: ZIP Size: 147KB Download file