Undersea with GIS [Paperback]

Dawn Wright (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 1589480163 | ISBN-13: 978-1589480162

In the same way GIS has helped make analysis and mapping of the earth's surface more accessible and powerful, GIS technology allows experts to see that large portion of the planet that is underwater. This collection of works from experts in marine biology, oceanography, aquatic resource management, and other fields charts the ways in which GIS is beginning to help improve understanding of the oceans. Issues discussed are efforts to map the sea's floor, tracking the journeys of whales and tuna to preserve species in threatened areas, developing new kinds of nautical charts to give mariners an astonishing three-dimensional view of their progress through the water, and how GIS might be used to more efficiently track the location of sunken vessels.

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From the Publisher

Foreword by Sylvia Earle, one of the world's most respected marine biologists and was named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Planet in 1998. The book comes with a CD-ROM laden with marine-oriented GIS tools: ArcView extensions and ARC Macro Language (AML) scripts, ocean data, three-dimensional marine multimedia underwater fly throughs, and a sample educational module for K-12 teachers. Many of these tools are direct demonstrations of the concepts and applications described in the chapters of the book provided by ocean GIS specialists from all over the United States, men and women in the vanguard of this last, great exploration of the earth.

From the Author

Royalties from the sales of Undersea With GIS are being donated to the Oregon chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and the Oregon State University Diversity Internship Program in Marine Sciences.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: ESRI Press (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589480163
• ISBN-13: 978-1589480162
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,904,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dawn Wright is is currently professor of Geography and Oceanography at Oregon State University. Her research interests include geographic information science, benthic terrain and habitat characterization, tectonics of mid-ocean ridges, and the processing and interpretation of high-resolution bathymetry and underwater videography/photography. She has completed oceanographic fieldwork in some of the most geologically-active regions of the planet, including the East Pacific Rise, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the Tonga Trench, and volcanoes under the Japan Sea and the Indian Ocean. Dr. Wright has dived three times in the deep submergence vehicle "Alvin" and twice in the "Pisces V. Her awards include designation as a AAAS Fellow, the Milton Harris Award for Excellence in Basic Research from the OSU College of Science, a Fulbright to Ireland, an NSF CAREER award, the Raymond C. Smith Distinguished Alumni Award from UCSB, Excellence in Mentoring awards from the OSU College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, OSU Honors College Professor of the Year, and the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs Education Award. In 2007 she was named U.S. Professor of the Year for the state of Oregon by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).