Salton Sea Atlas

In a joint effort with the Salton Sea, California, Database Program at the University of Redlands, Esri Press will publish its first atlas-Salton Sea Atlas.

The Salton Sea Database Program has been using GIS technology to provide the Salton Sea community of stakeholders with data and analytical tools that will foster better understanding of the Salton Sea's complex and unique environment. Salton Sea Atlas is one important outcome of that work. The atlas provides comprehensive statistical information about the Salton Sea's plant and animal life, as well as other aspects of its environment, in a variety of visually compelling maps.

The issues at the center of the restoration effort at the Salton Sea are the same issues affecting literally thousands of other plant, animal, and human communities around the world. Esri Press hopes Salton Sea Atlas will serve as a template for other regional and environmental communications to stakeholders in the future.

Salton Sea Atlas (ISBN 1-58948-043-0) is available from www.esri.com/esripress or call 1-800-447-9778 to place an order. Visit www.esri.com/shop to purchase Esri Press books online.

GIS Means Business, Volume Two

GIS Means Business, Volume Two, by David Boyles, is both a stand-alone work and companion volume to ArcView GIS Means Business (Esri Press, 1997). Aimed at both Business professionals and the general reader who is seeking to learn more, GIS Means Business, Volume Two presents real-world stories of how companies, organizations, and other entities have used Esri software to their benefit-to improve site selection, streamline routing, save time and costs, promote growth, educate a workforce, and sell products. GIS Means Business, Volume Two presents "snapshots" of GIS applications in a variety of different fields including insurance, pest extermination, sales, real estate, education, and government.

Packed with full-color illustrations, maps, and other interesting graphics designed to engage the reader and visually support this book, GIS Means Business, Volume Two is offered as a starting point to the reader's education of what GIS means to Businesses worldwide. The book also includes a foreword by Christian Harder, author of ArcView GIS Means Business and Serving Maps on the Internet.

GIS Means Business, Volume Two (ISBN 1-58948-033-3) is available from www.esri.com/esripress or www.esri.com/shop or call 1-800-447-9778 to place an order.