{"id":187732,"date":"2015-12-02T09:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2015-12-02T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:45:59","slug":"the-gift-of-gis","status":"publish","type":"insider","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/the-gift-of-gis","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/12\/G71353_GISforChristmas_email-banner_640px-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" \/><br \/>\nHave you ever wondered how to explain what GIS is all about to your family and friends? Are you wondering what in the world to give these same family and friends as gifts this Christmas? Well, here is one idea for your consideration.<br \/>\n<em>The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying Geography to Your World <\/em>is a publication from Esri Press that lets GIS professionals like you help loved ones understand the amazing work you do every day (and even lets them experience it firsthand!).<br \/>\nAvailable at your favorite online or brick-and-mortar bookseller, the full-color, handsome print edition looks great on a coffee table and invites interest and questions. Pick it up and browse, then go to a computer or tablet device and link to the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thearcgisbook.com\/\">companion website<\/a> to see the interactive examples come alive. For those who catch the GIS bug, there are even free ArcGIS trial software and real world tutorials to complete the ultimate GIS holiday immersion.<br \/>\nThis year, give the gift of GIS.<\/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":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","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":[10862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187732","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri"],"acf":[],"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>The Gift of GIS<\/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\/insider\/the-gift-of-gis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gift of GIS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever wondered how to explain what GIS is all about to your family and friends? 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