Demonstrating how geographic information systems (GIS) captures, stores, analyzes, manipulates, updates, and displays all forms of geographically referenced information, this visually stunning book is a unique resource for national park visitors and managers. Filled with colorful maps, charts, and photographs, this book documents the spread of GIS into every corner of the National Park Service and details its use in repairing trails and roads, locating artifacts, restoring American battlefields, guiding development, understanding wildfires, and protecting fragile lands. Dozens of detailed examples illustrate the invaluable role of GIS mapping in national parks.
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Mark Henry is an editor for ESRI Press. He has written about national parks, archaeology, cultural history, wildlife, and conservation for The Press Enterprise, where he was a reporter and editor. Previously, he was a staff writer for Newsday and The Los Angeles Times. He lives in Redlands. California. Leslie Armstrong has served as the National Park Service GIS program manager in Denver since 1993. Previously, she worked for the National Park Service as the associate director of natural resources office and as the GIS division liaison in Washington, D.C. As a team leader she developed and implemented the first NPS web site, spatial data clearinghouse, and most recently the NPS interactive map center. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado.
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Knowledge is power, but geographic knowledge shows the way,
This review is from: Mapping the Future of America's National Parks: Stewardship Through Geographic Information Systems (Paperback)
This beautiful and intense book, stuffed with full-color maps in many formats, is not just for national park managers, those of us who are map addicts, and tech-types attracted to anything computer-based. Anyone who loves the outdoors, uses natural resources, or ponders wildlife biosystems will see how geographic information systems (GIS) have -- and will even more -- shape the future of our national park system. Although not for the purely casual reader, Mapping the Future illustrates so well the surprisingly diverse GIS applications already used in many of our parks... from snow-removal in Glacier Park to wildfire management in Southern California. The National Park Service plans extensive GIS information access for use by the general public. This book is a step towards understanding the amazing data available to all of us.
2.0 out of 5 stars
good for project ideas but wouldn't recommend,
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This review is from: Mapping the Future of America's National Parks: Stewardship Through Geographic Information Systems (Paperback)
This book is good for general park-related GIS project ideas but it lacks any real/useful content. Just reading the titles at the top of each page gives you the gist of the whole book. The images are basically useless. There are random images thrown in just to take up space and any GIS-related images are too small for interpretation. Basically, all of the images are useless. If you have to get this book, buy a cheap used copy (mine was like $5).
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Park rangers and others who share their knowledge of our national parklands are always looking for ways to inspire visitors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
turtle project, access link, national parklands, fire managers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Park Service, Civil War, New Towne, Williams Fire, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Revolutionary War, Intermountain Region, Los Angeles, Sierra Nevada, United States, Colonial National Historical Park, Alaska Peninsula, New Mexico, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Glacier Bay, Mount Rainier, Great Falls, Potomac River, Ohio Canal, Fort Smith, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jamestown Island, Backbone Trail, Rocky Mountain, Geological Survey Browse Sample Pages:
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