Since Google Maps is incapable of importing more than 100 cells of patient data into each map, my client has decided that making multiple Google Maps of patients' age ranges, which will not include all 2,800 will no longer be the direction of this project. He has stressed that the pertinence of this project for his wife (the pediatrician) is mapping all patients' locations within the school district boundary lines - and from then on to place a representative number within each boundary of the total number of patients that reside there. So although utilizing Google Maps was originally a means to keep this project a live link for post completion, my objective now is to get all points mapped. Therefore from here on out I will solely be using ArcGis. This will however hinder my client's wife from being able to add/remove patients from the map once it is complete.
Dr. Meierdiercks has taken all of my patients' data and quickly converted the batch into lat/long coordinates so that I can finally import them all into ArcGis to start putting the project all together. I am definitely behind on my projected timescale, so I know that I will need to work extremely efficiently for the remainder of the semester. As far as mapping local resources (within 25 mi of the office), I am not sure of this is still part of my client's desired outcomes (or something that I will have time to do at this point), which is something I will need to follow up with him on as soon as possible.
Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that you and your client figured out a plan in the end, given the limitations with these programs. With regard to the resources, I guess it would depend on how many resources, as we know it takes a long time to plot them using a GPS. If this is something you think you have time to do, I would decide on a reasonable number given your time constraint. And whatever isn't completed can always be continued by another student next semester. Given this project has multiple aspects that require a lot of time, I think that this is pretty reasonable for this semester. I'm glad you will at least have a map of the clients in the end. Good luck wrapping things up and I can't wait to see the finished product!