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Figure 4

From: Combining Google Earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for developing countries

Figure 4

Bluefields, Nicaragua with the locations of reference points overlaid. Reference points can be helpful in areas with unplanned urbanization to localize patient homes as the address systems may be underdeveloped. In Nicaragua, addresses are giving based on landmarks such as "the home two blocks towards the lake from the church" so we found it useful to collect information of common reference points in Bluefields.

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