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Chapter 11
Remote Sensing, Public Health & Disaster
Mitigation
Gilbert L. Rochon, Joseph E. Quansah, Souleymane Fall, Bereket Araya,
Larry L. Biehl, Thierno Thiam, Sohaib Ghani, Lova Rakotomalala, Hildred
S. Rochon, Angel Torres Valcarcel, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung,
Darion Grant, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M. Maud,
and Chetan Maringanti
Abstract
The authors review advances in applications for geotechnologies, specif-
ically earth-observing satellite remote sensing, geo-positioning (i.e. USA's Global
Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya
Sistema (GLONASS), Europe's Galileo and China's Beidou/Compass) and selected
geo-spatial modeling software for public health and disaster management applica-
tions, with an emphasis on environmental health and environmental sustainability.
Specific applications addressed include the use of remote sensing for infectious
disease vector habitat identification and ecologically sustainable disease vector pop-
ulation mitigation, as well as the integration of GPS into mobile CD4 testing devices
for HIV/AIDS. Public domain software models described include the Spatio-
Temporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) and the Hydrologic Engineering River
Analysis System (HEC-RAS) for flood modeling. Examples of regional, national
and global real-time data acquisition and near-real-time data product develop-
ment and distribution for time-critical events are offered, specifically through the
Purdue Terrestrial Observatory (PTO), the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
supported AmericaView and the International Charter - Space & Major Disasters.
Keywords
Remote Sensing
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Public Health
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Infectious Disease Vector
Habitat
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Environmental Health
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Climate Change
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Africa
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Cytometry
for Life
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C4L
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IndianaView
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AmericaView
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Purdue Terrestrial
Observatory
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Disasters
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Sustainability
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Geotechnologies
11.1 Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo-Positioning
There has been demonstrable progress in the global deployment of earth observing
satellites, telecommunications satellites and geo-positioning satellite constellations.
