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Geospatial Information Services
Overview
The University of Mississippi Medical
Center (UMC) is one of the first medical centers in the world and in this
country to establish a Geospatial Information Services program. This department
is housed in the UMC School of Nursing where staff conduct research utilizing
this technology, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote
Sensing (RS) and Global Positioning System (GPS). Dr. Fazlay Faruque serves
as department director.
Facilities within this department include: large format plotter, hand
held GPS, digital camera and all major GIS and RS software such as ArcGIS,
ERDAS and ENVI. School of Nursing faculty members have full advantage
of writing grants that require spatiality in such technology. GIS and
RS programs offer research collaboration and technical support for funded
projects.
The School of Nursing offers an interdisciplinary graduate course on GIS
that is open to all graduate students on the campus. Currently, a non
software based course on spatial analysis is being developed for students,
researchers and faculty members so that when applicable spatial analysis
can be an integral part of research at the Medical Center.
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