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Automating InfectiousDiseases Surveillance with FME
April 19, 2012
Automating Infectious Diseases Surveillance with FME at the City of Hamilton
Public Health Unit
Provides surveillance activities primarily for infectious diseases
Surveillance is the process of data collection, analysis and interpretation to produce useful information to inform Public Health actions
Information Services
Provides GIS analysis and mapping services through dedicated resource
Automating Processes with FME
IS - Citizen Services section undertook a continuous improvement initiative to automate repeatable processes wherever possible
Priority was given to opportunities to utilize FME for process and production automation
Two key projects identified:
West Nile Virus Surveillance
Vehicle Dispatching and Monitoring
DesktopGIS
Google EarthKey Hole MarkupLanguage .kml
GISData
TabularData
FME for Data Visualization on a map
Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
Legionella & Cooling Towers
Future Opportunities
FME in Public Health; Discussion Topics
Positive WNv Mosquito Pools
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Years
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Public Health; West Nile Virus
About the Program
2011 was a busy year!
Document work flows and data management practices
Determine any repetitive weekly tasks
Database structure
Public Health; West Nile Virus
WNVData
GISData
FME calling
repetitive workflows translated into one dataflow
Other benefits to FME were discovered
consistent output format
FTE time savings
Data visualization integration
Public Health; West Nile Virus
<HTML>
Geographic Web Charting
Web Formatting
VirtualGlobe
Rendering
FME and Data Visualization
Keyhole Mark-up Language
Adult Mosquito Surveillance?
Blackberry in the fieldrecord Larval counts
Water Sites in GIS
Database
GIS Habitat and Water Sites for Mosquitoes
Treating Water Sites
Control of Mosquito Populations
Adult Mosquito TrapSurveillance
1.5 hrs
20 minutes
Creating the KMLrequires little user input.
Generates the file in12 minutes.
Trap Location
Habitat
Ward Bndy
Counts
Lab
KML
300mBuffer
Clip HabitatCalc. Area
StatsMosq.
Filter byWeek/Year
Classify Traps +/- WNV
StatsHabitat Web Charting
HTML formatting
CartographicStylizing
Filter Actively Tested Water Sites
Automated Data Processing
Water Sites
Data InputsUsing
Desktop
WNV data On Demand
Using
Server
•Access and run automated dataprocess through web browser
•Enter Week & Year
•Mobile, Home or Office
FME in Public HealthCooling Tower Registry
Log Book
Risk Management Plan
Legionella
TowerLocationsIn GIS
CoolingTowerRegistryDatabase
KML
GoogleEarth
Other PH FME Opportunities
Safe EatingSafe Drinking Clinics
Whereare the wellsThat contain waternot fit to drink?
Wheredo weneed to sendInspectors?
Whereare theClinics with the Longest line-ups?
Vehicle Dispatching and Monitoring
Ambulance dispatching:
Use FME to create continuous KML to consume in Google Earth
Functionality includes:
Current Vehicle location
Dynamic Vehicle status with attributes
Instant Replay
Hospital boundary detection and alerting
FME / Google Earth Examples
Vehicle Specific Information
Replay of vehicle travel
Thank You!
Questions?
For more information:
Dave Salter, [email protected]
City of Hamilton
Shane Thombs, [email protected]
City of Hamilton
