What affects the oceans affects terra firma. Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions gathers the insights of more than 60 ocean and coastal science researchers exploring ocean components and their relationsh
Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine is a comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease. This look at medical mapping advances t
Eighteen stories about how ordinary girls with very different passions have become extraordinary women and made significant contributions to our worldWomen look to other women as role models and for i
This is the new way of governing.The time has come for the rise of the tech savvy executive: an individual who innately understands the need to help the use of technology rise at the same level across
Many of the datasets needed to solve problems are available in the public domain for download by users of geographical information systems (GIS), but finding them among petabytes of data is like searc
The basis for most maps is imagery. Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery shows how imagery can be integrated successfully into maps and GIS projects. Readers will le
In this update of the 1999 edition, systems designer Zeiler introduces the concepts behind a geodatabase and how dataset models within such an object-relational database create a geographical informat
This book describes the why and how of green infrastructure (GI) mapping and implementation through text, maps and on-line illustrations. It explains how to utilize the national green infrastructure
Applications for geographic information systems, more commonly referred to as GIS, have grown significantly in recent years. This book by Esri writer Mitchell is the third volume in a series and expla
GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general la