The geographic distribution of Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) was analyzed using a database of 12377 geo-referenced observations. In the old world (including Asia, Africa and Europe) there are ca. 2900 euploid species classified in 166 distinct sections. In this study using geographic information system (GIS) by means of DIVA-GIS (ver. 4) distribution map of some more important sections in the old wo...

Geographic information systems have been widely applied in the health sector, including to determine location of medical clinics, midwife and pharmacies. Currently, Batam City, there is no mapping-based system that used find out distribution pharmacy locations, so it very difficult for public get on pharmacies are close their location. Therefore, this study, an mapping City was made by adopting...

This presentation describes the challenges and lessons learned from teaching a totally online, semester-long GIS course. The course was the first offering in a planned online Masters in GIScience degree. The online course is compared to a similar on-campus course in several areas, including methods of content delivery, assessment of student learning, and lab exercises using ArcGIS. The lessons ...

the geographic distribution of astragalus l. (fabaceae) was analyzed using a database of 12377 geo-referenced observations. in the old world (including asia, africa and europe) there are ca. 2900 euploid species classified in 166 distinct sections. in this study using geographic information system (gis) by means of diva-gis (ver. 4) distribution map of some more important sections in the old wo...

Hippocrates already noted that geographical factors such as climate, relief, geology but also settlement patterns had influenced the distribution of diseases. The task of medical geography is to investigate the associations between geographical factors and diseases. Thereby, geographic techniques and concepts are applied on health problems. Of particular importance is the mapping of diseases wh...