Publisher's Synopsis
How do airline pilots avoid hitting flocks of birds? How do businesses know where to locate the most profitable branches? How do conservation groups monitor species, prioritize conservation efforts, and conduct environmental reviews? Find the answers to these questions in ESRI Map Book Volume 20, and learn how geographic information system (GIS) technology is the common thread among these disparate groups. Covering more than 20 disciplines, the examples in this book show us how GIS is used as a framework for collaboration and enables us to observe, measure, analyze, plan, and take action. It is helping people around the world integrate information from many sources and create the future.
