Map Book Gallery

View maps created by fellow professionals in the telecommunications community.

Volume 23—GIS—Geography in Action

City of Oxnard 2020 General Plan Map
The City of Oxnard’s vision for its future is expressed in this 2020 General Plan land use map. The challenge for the map design was to reflect the city’s vision with clarity, accuracy, and appreciative esthetics.

Volume 22—GIS—The Geographic Approach

Enhanced DFIRM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood hazard maps display flood risk. This information is used to support local floodplain management, permitting the setting of flood insurance purchase requirements and insurance ratings for the national Flood Insurance Program.

Volume 21—GIS—Communicating Our World

Electric Facilities with Joint Use Attachments
Electric utilities have long tried to save money through enterprise GIS. They have also had a difficult time managing attachments to poles that are rented to telephone and cable TV companies. Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) has implemented its Joint Use Management system, which integrates to the GIS.

Volume 20—GIS—Helping Manage Our World

Line-of-Sight Analysis for Wireless Network
The Collin County Information Technology Department was asked to study the feasibility of providing a wireless network to county facilities. As an internal department, GIS/Rural Addressing (GIS/RA) was tasked with providing the distances between buildings. A consultant provided a quote on a traditional line-of-sight analysis using mirrors. GIS/RA decided to conduct a parallel study using GIS to compare results.

Volume 19—GIS—The Language of Geography

Geographic Data Technology Telecommunications and Street Data
Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) boundaries enable users to determine market penetration by viewing the boundary extent of competitive telecommunication corporations and enable customers to analyze existing coverage of telephone service, compare markets, and examine market penetration.

The Map Book Gallery features the ESRI Map Book series dedicated to acknowledging the important and innovative accomplishments of GIS users around the world.

Published annually, each volume of the ESRI Map Book showcases a small portion of the work presented at the Map Gallery Exhibition at the annual ESRI International User Conference.