Dan J. Grauman National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services Bethesda, Maryland, USA Interactive Cancer Mortality Mapping on the Internet Part II: Customizable Maps
Dec 27, 2015
Dan J. Grauman
National Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human ServicesBethesda, Maryland, USA
Interactive CancerMortality Mapping
on the Internet Part II:Customizable Maps
Associated Web sites
CustomizableCustomizableMapsMaps
The AtlasThe AtlasOn-LineOn-Line
The Atlas
Web site address
http://www.http://www.ncinci..nihnih..govgov/atlas/atlas
Direct Links
Home Page
CustomizableCustomizableMapsMaps
also called:
Dynamic Web SiteClick & Map
• “Choose & click” -- no typing
• What can user do?– Control certain map parameters• Number and type of ranges• Map colors
– Create thousands of maps– Zoom and pan– View a single geographic region
Web site features
Highlights
• Home page
• Input/Output (I/O)
• Color
• Ranges
• Zoom
• View region
HOME PAGE I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
Output Region
Input Region
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
1. Map
2. Legend3. Table
State level, highest & lowest 10%
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
1. Map
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
2. Legend
Range of rates No.
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
3. Table
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom View region
Dark = HIGH rates
Dark = LOW rates
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
white females, 1970-94by state
Home page I/O COLOR Ranges Zoom View region
“Atlas palette” (10x10%) 10x10% 2x50%
10-20-40-20-10 5-90-5
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
white females, 1970-94by state economic area
Home page I/O Color RANGES Zoom View region
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura - white females, 1970-94, by county
10 x 10%
Home page I/O Color RANGES Zoom View region
Home page I/O Color RANGES Zoom View region
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura - white females, 1970-94, by county
Highest 10%
Home page I/O Color Ranges ZOOM View region
Home page I/O Color Ranges ZOOM View region
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura - white females, 1970-94, by countyHighest 10% - Georgia
Home page I/O Color Ranges ZOOM View region
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura - white females, 1970-94, by county
Zoom in again -- county names appear
Home page I/O Color Ranges ZOOM View region
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom VIEW REGION
Glynn County, Georgia
Home page I/O Color Ranges Zoom VIEW REGION