The journal was founded in 2006 at the University of Naples Federico II by Giuseppe Cringoli, John B. Malone, Robert Bergquist and Laura Rinaldi. The focus of the journal is on all aspects of the application of geographical information systems, remote sensing, global positioning systems, spatial statistics and other geospatial tools in human and veterinary health. The journal publishes two issues per year.

該雜志于2006年在那不勒斯費德里科二世大學由朱塞佩·克林奧利、約翰·b·馬龍、羅伯特·伯格奎斯特和勞拉·里納爾迪創辦。該雜志的重點是地理信息系統、遙感、全球定位系統、空間統計和其他地理空間工具在人類和獸醫衛生方面的應用的所有方面。該雜志每年出版兩期。