<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
will	O
be	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
CIET	O
group	O
to	O
help	O
build	O
the	O
community	O
voice	O
into	O
planning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
integrates	O
epidemiological	O
analysis	O
tools	O
with	O
raster	O
and	O
vector	O
mapping	O
capabilities	O
geared	O
towards	O
decision-making	O
for	O
planners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
Windows	O
interface	O
with	O
the	O
statistical	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neil	O
Andersson	O
conceived	O
of	O
and	O
designed	O
CIETmap	B-Application
and	O
,	O
with	O
Steven	O
Mitchell	O
,	O
defined	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
PyGTK	B-Language
for	O
its	O
graphical	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
raster	O
and	O
vector	O
mapping	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
a	O
custom	O
library	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
,	O
GDAL	B-Language
and	O
GtkGLExt	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NumPy	B-Application
provides	O
analytical	O
and	O
calculation	O
support	O
and	O
RPy	O
is	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
access	O
to	O
R	B-Language
.	O
The	O
CIET	O
group	O
is	O
currently	O
testing	O
CIETmap	B-Application
to	O
make	O
it	O
available	O
to	O
communities	O
and	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
released	O
,	O
CIETmap	B-Application
will	O
be	O
freely	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
integrates	O
epidemiological	O
and	O
geomatic	O
analysis	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
platform	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
commands	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
EpiInfo	B-Application
,	O
CIETanalysis	O
produces	O
basic	O
frequencies	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
proportion	O
with	O
a	O
given	O
disease	O
)	O
through	O
to	O
multivariate	O
models	O
of	O
gains	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
proportion	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
"	O
saved	O
"	O
by	O
a	O
given	O
intervention	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
interface	O
with	O
R	B-Language
gives	O
access	O
to	O
most	O
statistical	O
capabilities	O
available	O
in	O
that	O
language	O
;	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
available	O
through	O
customised	O
drop-down	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
can	O
import	O
data	O
in	O
other	O
formats	O
as	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
,	O
dBase	B-Application
or	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mapping	O
:	O
The	O
CIETmap	B-Application
module	O
creates	O
interpolated	O
raster	O
maps	O
out	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
sample	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIETmap	B-Application
can	O
also	O
classify	O
or	O
display	O
administrative	O
boundaries	O
and	O
geographic	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
pictorial	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
"	O
morph	O
"	O
maps	O
can	O
either	O
be	O
run	O
from	O
within	O
CIETmap	B-Application
or	O
exported	O
to	O
external	O
animated	O
gifs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
published	O
use	O
of	O
CIETmap	B-Application
's	O
population	O
weighted	O
raster	O
maps	O
came	O
from	O
Afghanistan	O
.	O
</s>
