Geographic Mapping MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Geographic Mapping
Tree Number(s): E05.318.389; E05.318.740.933.249; N05.715.360.750.746.249; N06.850.520.830.933.249
Unique ID: D062305
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062305
Scope Note: Creating a representation of areas of the earth or other celestial bodies, for the purpose of visualizing spatial distributions of various information.
Entry Term(s): Choropleth Mapping; Dasymetric Mapping; Geocoding; Geographic Cartography; Georeferencing
See Also: Geographic Information Systems; Maps as Topic; Topography, Medical
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

No Qualifiers

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
  - Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
    - Spatial Analysis [E05.318.740.933]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
      - Spatial Analysis [N05.715.360.750.746]
        
        Geographic Mapping [N05.715.360.750.746.249]
        
        Spatial Regression [N05.715.360.750.746.375]
        
        Spatio-Temporal Analysis [N05.715.360.750.746.500]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
      - Spatial Analysis [N06.850.520.830.933]
        
        Geographic Mapping [N06.850.520.830.933.249]
        
        Census Tract [N06.850.520.830.933.249.500]
        
        Spatial Regression [N06.850.520.830.933.375]
        
        Spatio-Temporal Analysis [N06.850.520.830.933.500]

Geographic Mapping Preferred

Dasymetric Mapping Narrower

Choropleth Mapping Narrower

Georeferencing Related

Geocoding Related

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