Geographic Information Systems
"Geographic Information Systems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.
| Descriptor ID |
D040362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.313.500.750.300.314 L01.470.750.750.462
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| Concept/Terms |
Geographic Information Systems- Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Information System
- Information System, Geographic
- Information Systems, Geographic
- Geographical Information Systems
- Geographical Information System
- Information System, Geographical
- Information Systems, Geographical
- System, Geographical Information
- Systems, Geographical Information
Global Positioning Systems- Global Positioning Systems
- Positioning System, Global
- Positioning Systems, Global
- System, Global Positioning
- Systems, Global Positioning
- Global Positioning System
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geographic Information Systems" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring the Utility of Google Mobility Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Digital Epidemiological Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Aug 30; 7(8):e29957.
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Development of a Web GIS for small-scale detection and analysis of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) cases based on volunteered geographic information for the city of Cologne, Germany, in July/August 2020. Int J Health Geogr. 2021 08 28; 20(1):40.
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Pandemic hospital site selection: a GIS-based MCDM approach employing Pythagorean fuzzy sets. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jan; 29(2):1985-1997.
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Practical geospatial and sociodemographic predictors of human mobility. Sci Rep. 2021 07 28; 11(1):15389.
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COVID-19 suppression of human mobility releases mountain lions from a landscape of fear. Curr Biol. 2021 09 13; 31(17):3952-3955.e3.
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The Use of GIS Technology to Optimize COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: A Case Study of the City of Warsaw, Poland. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 05 25; 18(11).
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Contact Tracing for Covid-19 - A Digital Inoculation against Future Pandemics. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 05; 385(6):484-487.
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Mobility Change and COVID-19 in Japan: Mobile Data Analysis of Locations of Infection. J Epidemiol. 2021 06 05; 31(6):387-391.
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Exposure density and neighborhood disparities in COVID-19 infection risk. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 03 30; 118(13).
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Analyzing the Risk to COVID-19 Infection using Remote Sensing and GIS. Risk Anal. 2021 05; 41(5):801-813.