Finnian O'Cionnaith

Finnian O'Cionnaith has been working in the geospatial industry for the past seven years. He has a background in mining, a research masters in remote sensing, and is currently the GIS manager of a major environmental company in Dublin, Ireland. He is also conducting PhD research into the surveying industry in eighteenth-century Ireland through the National University of Ireland. He can be reached at Finnian.ocionnaith@gmail.com.

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GIS on the Front Lines in Fighting Disease December 19, 2007
By: Finnian O'Cionnaith

Epidemiology - tracking the spread of disease, in order to better control and prevent it - benefits greatly from the use of mapping tools. Public health departments worldwide are employing GIS, demographic information, and remote sensing data in their battles with bird flu, malaria, and cancer.

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