GISCafe Voice Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Esri’s “My Place History” appNovember 8th, 2010 by Susan Smith
A new app from Esri called “My Place History” allows you to enter addresses of places you’ve lived or spent time and see public health information for those locations. The app uses publicly available data from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory and the NIH’s known chemical database. It also has a heart attack index to show where the most heart attacks occur in the country. Future versions will include additional databases for water quality, lead contamination, cancer, mortality, and poverty. Mapping API provided by ArcGIS API for iOS. So far, the areas I have lived in that I thought would have more toxic chemical exposure have had less, and the areas I thought would have less, have more! Tags: ESRI, My Place History Category: Esri |