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Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

 

Located in the heart of Fairfax, just a few miles from Washington DC, the Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science (GGS) offers an outstanding environment to study and perform cutting-edge research in remote sensing, geography, geoinformatics, earth systems science, and their various sub-disciplines.

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  • Assessing the methods needed for improved dengue mapping: a SWOT analysis 
    Attaway, David Frost; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.; Falconer, Allan; Manca, Germana; Waters, Nigel M. (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2014-04-16)
    Introduction: Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection, is a growing threat to human health in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. There is a demand from public officials for maps that capture the current ...
  • Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques 
    Attaway, David F.; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.; Falconer, Allan; Manca, Germana; Bennett, Lauren Rosenshein; Waters, Nigel M. (International Society of Geospatial Health, 2014-11-01)
    Outbreaks, epidemics and endemic conditions make dengue a disease that has emerged as a major threat in tropical and sub-tropical countries over the past 30 years. Dengue fever creates a growing burden for public health ...
  • Improving remote sensing flood assessment using volunteered geographical data 
    Schnebele, E.; Cervone, G. (Copernicus Publications, 2013-03-19)
    A new methodology for the generation of flood hazard maps is presented fusing remote sensing and volunteered geographical data. Water pixels are identified utilizing a machine learning classification of two Landsat remote ...