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UPCOMING CONFERENCES URISA Leadership Academy December 8–12, 2008 — Seattle, WA 13th Annual GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference February 8–11, 2009 — Charleston, SC URISA’s Second GIS in Public Health Conference June 5–8, 2009 — Providence, RI URISA/NENA Addressing Conference August 4-6, 2009 – Providence, RI URISA’s 47th Annual Conference & Exposition September 29–October 2, 2009 — Anaheim, CA GIS in Transit Conference November 11–13, 2009 — St Petersburg, FL www.urisa.org Volume 20 • No. 2 • 2008 Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Contents REFE R EED 5 Using Global Position Systems (GPS) and Physical Activity Monitors to Assess the Built Environment Christopher J. Seeger, Gregory J. Welk, and Susan Erickson 13 Developing Geospatial Data Management, Recruitment, and Analysis Techniques for Physical Activity Research Barbara M. Parmenter, Tracy McMillan, Catherine Cubbin, and Rebecca E. Lee 21 Space-Time Patterns of Mortality and Related Factors, Central Appalachia 1969 to 2001 Timothy S. Hare 33 Leveling the Playing Field: Enabling Community-Based Organizations to Utilize Geographic Information Systems for Effective Advocacy Makada Henry-Nickie, Haydar Kurban, Rodney D. Green, and Janet A. Phoenix 43 Development of Neighborhoods to Measure Spatial Indicators of Health Marie-Pierre Parenteau, Michael Sawada, Elizabeth A. Kristjansson, Melissa Calhoun, Stephanie Leclair, Ronald Labonté, Vivien Runnels, Anne Musiol, and Sam Herold Journal Publisher: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Editor-in-Chief: Jochen Albrecht Journal Coordinator: Scott A. Grams Electronic Journal: http://www.urisa.org/journal.htm EDITORIAL OFFICE: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Suite 305, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-1348; Voice (847) 824-6300; Fax (847) 824-6363; E-mail [email protected]. 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US ISSN 1045-8077 2 URISA Journal • Vol. 20, No. 2 • 2008 EDITO R S AND REVIEW BOA R D Kingsley E. Haynes, Public Policy and URISA Journal Editor Article Review Board Geography, George Mason University Eric J. Heikkila, School of Policy, Planning, and Editor-in-Chief Peggy Agouris, Department of Spatial Information Development, University of Southern California Jochen Albrecht, Department of Science and Engineering, University of Maine Stephen C. Hirtle, Department of Information Geography, Hunter College City University Science and Telecommunications, University of Grenville Barnes, Geomatics Program, University of New York Pittsburgh of Florida Gary Jeffress, Department of Geographical Michael Batty, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Information Science, Texas A&M University- University College London (United Kingdom) Thematic Editors Corpus Christi Kate Beard, Department of Spatial Richard E. Klosterman, Department of Editor-Urban and Regional Information Information Science and Engineering, Geography and Planning, University of Akron Science University of Maine Claude Bernard University of Vacant Robert Laurini, Yvan Bédard, Centre for Research in Geomatics, Lyon (France) Editor-Applications Research Laval University (Canada) Thomas M. Lillesand, Environmental Lyna Wiggins, Department of Planning, Barbara P. Buttenfield, Department of Remote Sensing Center, University of Wisconsin- Rutgers University Geography, University of Colorado Madison Editor-Social, Organizational, Legal, Keith C. Clarke, Department of Geography, and Economic Sciences Paul Longley, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of California-Santa Barbara University College, London (United Kingdom) Ian Masser, Department of Urban Planning and Management, ITC (Netherlands) David Coleman, Department of Geodesy and Xavier R. Lopez, Oracle Corporation Geomatics Engineering, University of New Editor-Geographic Information Science David Maguire, Environmental Systems Research Brunswick (Canada) Mark Harrower, Department of Geography, Institute University of Wisconsin Madison David J. Cowen, Department of Geography, Harvey J. Miller, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina Editor-Information and Media Sciences University of Utah Michael Shiffer, Department of Planning, Massimo Craglia, Department of Town & Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Department of Urban Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regional Planning, University of Sheffield and Regional Planning,University of Illinois- (United Kingdom) Editor-Spatial Data Acquisition and Champaign/Urbana Integration William J. Craig, Center for Urban and Atsuyuki Okabe, Department of Urban Gary Hunter, Department of Geomatics, Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota Engineering, University of Tokyo (Japan) University of Melbourne (Australia) Robert G. Cromley, Department of Geography, Harlan Onsrud, Spatial Information Science Editor-Geography, Cartography, and University of Connecticut and Engineering, University of Maine Cognitive Science Kenneth J. Dueker, Urban Studies and Jeffrey K. Pinto, School of Business, Penn State Erie Vacant Planning, Portland State University Gerard Rushton, Department of Geography, Editor-Education Geoffrey Dutton, Spatial Effects University of Iowa Karen Kemp, Director, International Masters Max J. Egenhofer, Department of Spatial Information Jie Shan, School of Civil Engineering, Program in GIS, University of Redlands Science and Engineering, University of Maine Purdue University Manfred Ehlers, Research Center for Bruce D. Spear, Federal Highway Administration Section Editors Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, University of Jonathan Sperling, Policy Development & Osnabrueck (Germany) Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Manfred M. Fischer, Economics, Geography & Urban Development Software Review Editor Geoinformatics, Vienna University of Economics David J. Unwin, School of Geography, Birkbeck Jay Lee, Department of Geography, Kent State and Business Administration (Austria) College, London (United Kingdom) University Myke Gluck, Department of Math and Stephen J. Ventura, Department of Book Review Editor Computer Science, Virginia Military Institute Environmental Studies and Soil Science, David Tulloch, Department of Landscape University of Wisconsin-Madison Architecture, Rutgers University Michael Goodchild, Department of Geography, University of California-Santa Barbara Nancy von Meyer, Fairview Industries Michael Gould, Department of Information Barry Wellar, Department of Geography, Systems Universitat Jaume I (Spain) University of Ottawa (Canada) Daniel A. Griffith, Department of Geography, Michael F. Worboys, Department of Computer Syracuse University Science, Keele University (United Kingdom) Francis J. Harvey, Department of Geography, F. Benjamin Zhan, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota Texas State University-San Marcos URISA Journal • Vol. 20, No. 2 • 2008 3 URISA’s Second GIS in Public Health Conference Putting Health in Place with GIS June 5-8, 2009 www.urisa.org From Chuck Croner, Geographer and Survey Statistician, Editor, Public Health GIS News and Information, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Congratulations to URISA and the Planning Committee for their first-ever “GIS in Public Health” conference. I believe you advanced the key issues of public health geospatial science in this dynamic forum while engaging a very knowledgeable and responsive audience, from many disciplines and the global community. This was a successful ground breaking event for URISA and it sets the stage for what will now be a much anticipated 2009 “GIS in Public Health” conference.” Using Global Position Systems (GPS) and Physical Activity Monitors to Assess the Built Environment Christopher J. Seeger,