{"id":320291,"date":"2014-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-press-publishes-the-gis-guide-for-elected-officials\/"},"modified":"2014-01-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T08:00:00","slug":"esri-press-publishes-the-gis-guide-for-elected-officials","status":"publish","type":"announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-press-publishes-the-gis-guide-for-elected-officials","title":{"rendered":"Esri Press Publishes The GIS Guide for Elected Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <!-- Image insert start -->     <\/p>\n<div id=\"press-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/~\/media\/B024EF5EC6B045E4A7162AE6E7573613.jpg\" class=\"colorbox-image\" alt=\"A valuable resource for government officials who want to better understand how to use GIS to answer location-based questions.\" title=\"A valuable resource for government officials who want to better understand how to use GIS to answer location-based questions.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/~\/media\/BAF0139D5B184CF6829E99AD7AD91FDB.jpg\" class=\"press-image\" \/><\/a>       <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">A valuable resource for government officials who want to better understand how to use GIS to answer location-based questions.<\/p>\n<p>     <\/p><\/div>\n<p>     <!-- Image insert stop-->     <strong>Redlands, California&mdash;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esripress.esri.com\/display\/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=245&amp;moduleID=0\"><em>The GIS Guide for Elected Officials<\/em><\/a> from Esri Press shows how geographic information system (GIS) technology helps government officials analyze and model location-based information to make better decisions on behalf of their constituents.<\/p>\n<p>The book is a valuable resource for government officials who want to better understand how to use GIS to answer location-based questions such as<\/p>\n<ul class=\"singleline\">  <\/p>\n<li>Can work crews respond more efficiently to service calls?<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Where do police and fire department calls for service originate?<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Does citizen satisfaction with city services vary across the community?<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Are calls for service originating from the same neighborhood about the same problem, and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The GIS Guide for Elected Officials<\/em> contains dozens of case studies that cover a wide range of public issues and challenges. In addition, it provides a brief history of GIS technology and includes a review of what it takes to build and maintain a strong GIS program.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our quality of life depends greatly on the health and sustainability of our communities,&quot; says Esri president Jack Dangermond. &quot;We depend on our government leaders to set wise policies and plan for the smooth delivery of necessary services. <em>The GIS Guide for Elected Officials<\/em> will assist government leaders in understanding how GIS technology can aid their work and what applications are needed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esripress.esri.com\/display\/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&amp;websiteID=245&amp;moduleID=0\"><em>The GIS Guide for Elected Officials<\/em><\/a> is available in print (ISBN: 9781589482722, 212 pages, US$19.99) at online retailers worldwide, at <a href=\"https:\/\/esripress.esri.com\/display\/index.cfm\">esri.com\/esripress<\/a>, or by calling 1-800-447-9778. Outside the United States, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/landing-pages\/esri-press\/orderoptions\">esri.com\/esripressorders<\/a> for complete ordering options, or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about-esri\/offices\">esri.com\/distributors<\/a> to contact your local Esri distributor. Interested retailers can contact Esri Press book distributor Ingram Publisher Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320291","announcements","type-announcements","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":null,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":null,"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esri Press Publishes The GIS Guide for Elected Officials - Esri<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-press-publishes-the-gis-guide-for-elected-officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esri Press Publishes The GIS Guide for Elected Officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A valuable resource for government officials who want to better understand how to use GIS to answer location-based questions. 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