A major problem in the geospatial analysis of health events is identifying “true” excesses in health outcomes and disease risk. Most cancers, for example, occur at a “background” rate, often due to the underlying DNA mutation rate. This background mutation rate is...
BioMedware is delighted to announce the release of Vesta 2.0, a state-of-the-art geospatial analysis software funded with grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Vesta is an acronym for “Visualization and...
Geostatistics—a branch of statistics tailored for spatial data analysis—has seen significant advancements in recent years. Kriging and Co-Kriging are popular geostatistical techniques for spatial interpolation and prediction. These methods are essential in various...
Our team recently published a blog on missing data and how it can be handled in GIS applications such as Vesta. This topic resonated with several of our readers, who raised important points we would like to discuss further. The first blog observed that missing data...
Maps play a crucial role in representing spatial information, allowing us to visualize and analyze data in a geospatial context. However, one critical aspect that significantly influences the interpretation and accuracy of data analysis on maps is its level of detail...
In geostatistics, a spatial support refers to the size and shape of the area or volume over which a variable of interest is measured or observed. Examples of spatial support include the volume of a soil core analyzed to measure pH, the pixel size in satellite imagery,...
Geostatistics and geospatial analysis are related concepts, but they refer to different aspects of spatial data analysis. Let’s take a look at the difference between geostatistics and geospatial analysis and how these two concepts work together. What is...
In our fast-paced world, rapid analysis is essential to reach plausible explanations with known amounts of certainty. Researchers have previously identified endeavors where Vesta provides forecasting and an understanding of the current determinants. Vesta offers...
Geospatial analytics gathers geographic information system (GIS) data from multiple types of technology to help you understand environmental, demographic, and topographic trends. But you may be surprised to learn that you use GIS technology in your daily life. Let's...
Contrary to popular belief, geospatial data is all around us. So much so that it’s difficult to think of data that is not geospatial. Geospatial data arises whenever events occur at specific geographic locations, such as disease cases in a specific area. Think of...
