Maps Made Easy Using SAS (Art Carpenter's SAS Software)

Bring your data to life and add meaning to your information with Maps Made Easy Using SAS. Abundant real-world examples and a tutorial approach help new users create maps easily and quickly. You will learn the basic mapping components, including map and response data sets as well as simple SAS/GRAPH statements. With in-depth examples you will move on to more advanced mapping techniques, such as annotating maps and producing customized maps and output. The process used to annotate maps is demystified and described in clear, easy-to-follow steps. You will produce data-driven, updatable maps in GIF format for use in Web-based presentations and other applications. Also presented are details on creating more complicated choropleth maps. These include maps that combine geographic areas with internal boundaries removed, maps that display multiple geographic areas, and clipped maps. Enhance your data presentations with this well-organized guide.

Mike Zdeb, a research scientist at the Center for Community Health in the New York State Department of Health, is also an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University at Albany School of Public Health. He has completed numerous projects involving the creation of maps to illustrate health-related data. Most recently, Mike worked on a project that uses maps to help county health departments develop community health assessment plans.

As part of a course on advanced topics in SAS, Mike instructs his class on the use of SAS/GRAPH¨ to produce maps. He is also a co-instructor of a course on GIS and public health.

Mike has been a SAS user since 1986 and has presented at SUGI, NESUG, and local SAS users group meetings.