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Information Systems and Measurement for Assessing Program Effects Implications for Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Facility Inventories
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... Rosero-Bixby illustrated how, using GIS, researchers can prepare maps for an entire country, combining data on the geographic location of health clinics and population distribution, to overcome these shortcomings. Such maps, which could include
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... data in GIS. Satellite imagery is only one type of data that may be used, and it presents several challenges: first, commercially available satellites do not constantly monitor the earth, so the needed data may not be readily available; second, satellite maps are very expensive; third, they are not easy to read and experts are needed to decipher the photos; and fourth, validation of data at the ground level must be undertaken.
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