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REDLANDS, Calif. , June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri today announced the release of My Place History 2.0 , an updated version of the original unique iPhone and iPadapplication that provides personalized access to the Toxics ReleaseInventory (TRI) from the United States Environmental ProtectionAgency's (EPA) database across the United States . The My Place History 2.0 application features the recent TRI dataand allows users to review vital environmental information fromaround the country. (Logo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO ) Users can also store in the application a permanent list of allplaces they have lived or worked, which in turn links these placesto the TRI database. The link allows the application to create ashareable report that inventories the specific toxic releasesreported within three miles of the users' addresses. "This application is useful in helping people understand thepotential link between public health data stored in one database[toxic releases] and their individual places of residence oremployment," said Bill Davenhall , Esri's global manager of health and human services. "There is agreat deal of data collected to benefit public health.Unfortunately, this information seldom gets into the hands of thehealth-seeking consumers presenting symptoms to their physicians." In 2009, more than one-third (11,700) of residential ZIP Codes, 27percent (5,300) of cities, and more than 50 percent (1,500) of allcounties in the United States contained toxic releases recorded in the database released by theEPA. No state escaped a toxic release reporting site in the 2009TRI data. The TRI database contains the geographic location(latitude and longitude) of the more than 525 chemicals known to behazardous to human health. Most agricultural uses of chemicals and automobile emissions arenot required to be reported. EPA's toxic materials reported in MyPlace History are essentially those from manufacturing processesonly. EPA has been collecting this type of data since 1983. Applications like this are just the start of how society (patientsand physicians) will benefit from the greater use of geographicallyrelevant information and geographic information systems-a processDavenhall has coined geomedicine. Other data layers featured in the application are Dartmouth's Health Atlas and regional Medicare heart attack rates. Download the My Place History application from the Apple Store now. About Esri Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world thepower to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIStechnology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States , most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esriapplications, running on more than one million desktops andthousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone forthe world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendorthat provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile,server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news . Copyright 2012 Esri. All rights reserved. Esri, the Esri globelogo, GIS by Esri, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, servicemarks, or registered marks of Esri in the United States, theEuropean Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companiesand products or services mentioned herein may be trademarks,service marks, or registered marks of their respective mark owners. SOURCE Esri Copyright 2010 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Cable Tray Accessories , Wire Cable Tray for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Wire Storage Cage.
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