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ArcGIS (Mapping)
What is ArcGIS?: ArcGIS is a software used for working with maps, demographic, and geographic data. It helps people create, analyze, and share information about places. With ArcGIS, you can make maps, study patterns in data, and understand how things relate to each other in the world.
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How is it useful?: With ArcGIS, you can create detailed maps of communities, showing where houses, farms, and important landmarks are located. You can also overlay other information, like demographics or socioeconomic status (or where inequities take place), how the environment might have changed over time, or where important ceremonies happen. This helps anthropologists see patterns and connections that they might not notice otherwise, helping them learn more about how people live and interact with their environment.
ArcGIS Story Mapping
This StoryMap: Aging in Place: Health Disparities in Seniors in Rural U.S.: Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Disparities in Social Healthcare Resources Available to Seniors in Iowa, explores "who has access to care," using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example. More specifically, it explores who has access to vaccines, the number of hospitalizations, and death rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural and urban communities in Iowa.
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