How government officials, educators, and social welfare experts can put GIS to use.
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Greene-Staff writer for ESRI Press & former fellow of the Kiplinger Public Affairs Reporting Program at Ohio State University
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating but Fluffy,
By Michael D. Yee (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GIS in Public Policy: Using Geographic Information for More Effective Government (Paperback)
Since I was just getting into GIS at my work place at a government agency, I was curious when I saw this book from Amazon's search engine. It has many fascinating accounts of various widely diverse applications of GIS systems being used all over the world to solve previously intractable problems. Anything from mapping mine fields in the Balkans to coordinating ride services for seniors in Portland. While the stories themselves are quite interesting, the writing style and quality is a bit uneven between the 15 or so stories. My only other complaint is that it uses a liberal amount of white space and fluffy fillers (i.e., big font quotes, etc.) to make the book seem longer than it really is. I'm not quite sure it's really worth the price for what you get, but it is a good idea book for what GIS could possibly be used for.
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The increasing use of GIS in education shows how well the technology reaches across diverse fields of human endeavor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, First Steps, Fresno County, Yakima County, Business Partner, Internet Map Server, Central America, Life Zones, Clean Air Act, School Planner, Data Viewer, Digital Atlas, Shelley High, Snow Fighter, South Florida, Spatial Analyst, Mapping Needs, Mapping Truths, Merrill Road, Miami-Dade County, Customer Entrance, Mapping the War, Sarah Toy, Focusing Federal Funding, New Approach New!
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The increasing use of GIS in education shows how well the technology reaches across diverse fields of human endeavor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data viewer, allowance trading Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, First Steps, Fresno County, Yakima County, Business Partner, Internet Map Server, Central America, Life Zones, Clean Air Act, School Planner, Data Viewer, Digital Atlas, Shelley High, Snow Fighter, South Florida, Spatial Analyst, Mapping Needs, Mapping Truths, Merrill Road, Miami-Dade County, Customer Entrance, Mapping the War, Sarah Toy, Focusing Federal Funding, New Approach New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg on page 63
- Health and Safety (Statutory Instruments) by The Stationery Office in Front Matter
- Hydraulic Modeling by Environment, Ecology, Socio-economics, and Health Engineering (1999 : Soul Taehakkyo) International Conference on Water in Back Matter
- Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook by R W Greene in Back Cover
- Opening Access: GIS in e-government by R. W. Greene in Back Cover
- Geographic Information Systems and Science by Paul A. Longley in Front Matter
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