GIS, Geostatistics, and Machine Learning in Medical Geology

Geographical information system (GIS) is gaining its popularity beyond geography and information technology (IT) with its strong power in managing and analysing spatial data. In medical geology, GIS provides two main useful functions: (a) mapping and (b) spatial analysis. It contains specialised computer software and hardware designed to process data with locational information. Besides geology and medical information, data in medical geology usually contain locational information which is suitable for mapping and spatial analysis using GIS.