Knowledge discovery using the sand spatial browser

ABSTRACT

The use of the SAND Internet Browser as a knowledge discovery tool for epidemiological cartography is highlighted by recreating the results of Dr. John Snow's study of the 1854 Cholera epidemic in Soho, London.

REFERENCES

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• 2: Hanan Samet , Houman Alborzi , František Brabec , Claudio Esperança , Gísli R. Hjaltason , Frank Morgan , Egemen Tanin, Use of the SAND spatial browser for digital government applications, Communications of the ACM, v.46 n.1, January 2003 [doi>10.1145/602421.602453]
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.8 Database applications
          Subjects: Spatial databases and GIS

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design

Keywords:
distance semi-join, knowledge discovery, sand database system, snow cholera map