the internet world of vinod scaria

 

HEALTH RELATED CYBERMAPS Cybermaps Home Interesting Cybermaps Cybermaps in Health My articles on Cybermaps Visual representation of Health Information on the Internet- Interactive graphical maps.A short review on Maps in Health Information WEB REVIEWS Review on Map.net in Internet Health   HealthCybermap This unique map uses the GIS technology to map information. It utilizes GIS and Clinical coding scheme thus correlating the semantic relation of coding system to the semantic distance on the map. The map currently has six research pilot interfaces covering about 1600 documents. Not all interfaces are visual. The maps built on human body metaphors helps the user in spatially correlating information with the image feedback. There is also a colour coding system, which signifies the number of documents pertaining to that specific topic, thus giving an orientation regarding the ‘depth’ of information available. Entrez Genome View : The Entrez Genome map is a useful utility that lets you browse genes on chromosomes. This utilitu of the NCBI is a vey good example how biomedical information can be rendered on a metaphorical object [here genes on the chromosome]. Kartoo http://www.kartoo.com Kartoo is an interesting meta search engine with visual interface. The query is submitted to multiple search engines and results visually represented on interactive maps using special algorithm. The utility uses Macromedia Flash to represent maps. Classical HTML interfaces are also available. The service is available in 5 languages. Each website is represented by a ball, the size related to relevance. Pointing the cursor over the ball draws up relations to that website and allows you to dig deep by adding or subtracting terms from the query. Health on the Map As expected, the Health category occupies only a minor proportion of the whole landscape. The Health category is subdivided into 31 subcategories ranging from Ageing to women's Health, and boasts of 49094 websites. The website marks each category by a target sign which is graphically described on the basis of the thickness of each segment. The outer black circle thickness demonstrates the number of outgoing links, while that of the inner white circle describes the number of incoming links. The central red spot describes the number of pages in the website. Glancing through the health category, one can clearly visualize prominent websites like the that of the Health on the Net foundation [ http://www.hon.ch  ], alcoholics-anonymous[ http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org  ]etc. Medical Citation Map In addition, the website also hosts other demos on health related fields. The demo based on PubMed: the Medical Citation Map, based on the NLM's bibliographic database Pubmed is also very interesting and informative Mapping aging research by Katy Börner and Kevin Boyack