Google Earth provides a global bird flu pandemic map

Flu information is always a hot and caring issue for many people. Google also did not ignore this event, and created a global bird flu map, based on Google Earth. This is a really useful tool for grasping information about bird flu, not only in Vietnam but also worldwide.

Avian influenza is raging all over the world, and Vietnam is one of the 'red alert' points with a warning that might be one of the first places to have a pandemic of human influenza, at risk. muscle 10% of the population is infected and 1% of the population dies.

With Google Earth, users can easily search and display areas of bird flu in the world in the simplest way. This is a combination of satellite images, maps and Google search functionality to become a worldwide geographic information system (GIS). To display the map, you must first download and install the Google Earth program. The world map of avian flu pandemic information demo version is available at http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=172811.

Areas of Vietnamese bird flu in Google Earth

After downloading and installing Google Earth, run the program, select File -> Open, and open the downloaded demo map file. At the Places tab, drag the mouse down under the Temporary places section, click the box next to the 'Avian flu H5N1 outbreaks in birds, and in humans' section. Wait a moment for the program to display data. Use the functions of the program to get very detailed information about the areas of bird flu that you are interested in.

In Vietnam, this program provides information about 95 cases of bird flu infection. From the program, it is also possible to connect a lot of press information, articles, related reports of Google, WHO, FAO, . about the situation of bird flu in Vietnam. This information is updated regularly. You can also view details of each translation point by clicking on each marker on the map.

Information on bird flu situation in Bac Giang and Vietnam in Google Earth

The database used in this program is mainly based on the reports of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). For cases that have been translated since October, the program will display the first outbreak locations along with information that fully describes the outbreak of FAO. For places with previous translations, data will be displayed according to geographic regions for each given time. For information about flu related to people, data is mainly taken from the World Health Organization (WHO). This program is still being improved and updated.

Trong Hieu (VIDAGIS)