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Esri Press BooksA Variety of Topics |
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Community Geography: GIS in ActionCommunity Geography: GIS in Action, edited by Kim Zanelli English and Laura S. Feaster, encourages readers, whether students or active citizens, to seek out and study important issues facing their towns and communities. Seven case studies describe innovative GIS projects. Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS HandbookConfronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook, by R.W. Greene, is a hands-on manual for GIS practitioners and decision makers alike whose communities face the threat of large-scale disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks. The book shows how data for an affected geographic area becomes vitally important in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Cartographica ExtraordinaireCartographica Extraordinaire; The Historical Map Transformed, Works from the David Rumsey Collection is groundbreaking and visually stunning. This important work by noted map collector David Rumsey and Esri Press cartographic editor Edith M. Punt is a large format, hardcover atlas. Esri Press Books can be purchased directly from Esri at 1-800-447-9778, or online at the Esri Store (www.esri.com/esripress). |