Lindsey the GIS Professional
Lindsey the GIS Professional

Author: Tyler Danielson

Publisher: Esri Press

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781589486126

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Lindsey loves mapping! Follow along as she collects information about the world around her to make a map of her favorite park. The first in a STEAM career-themed picture book series, Lindsey the GIS Professional describes what geographic information systems (GIS) means, what information is needed to make a map, and how to collect that information. Then Lindsey shows how to take all that information to create a map of her favorite park. Perfect for encouraging spatial thinking! For grades 1-5. Includes a glossary.

Sam the Landscape Architect
Sam the Landscape Architect

Author: Madeline Peck

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781589486423

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Sam loves to design things! She plans to be a landscape architect. Follow along as she designs parks, gardens, and more to improve her community. Part of a STEAM career-themed picture book series.

Will the Civil Engineer
Will the Civil Engineer

Author: Chadd Kahlsdorf

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781589486430

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Follow along as Will learns about how everything that is built has an engineer and how he can be one, too! Part of a STEAM career-themed picture book series.

Getting to Know ESRI Business Analyst
Getting to Know ESRI Business Analyst

Author: Fred L. Miller

Publisher: Esri Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781589482357

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Miller presents a workbook that teaches entrepreneurs how to use a wide range of ESRI Business Analyst applications to develop opportunities and serve customers more efficiently.

Designed Maps
Designed Maps

Author: Cynthia A. Brewer

Publisher: ESRI, Inc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1589481607

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This sequel to the highly successful Designing Maps, offers a graphics-intensive presentation of published maps, providing cartographic examples that GIS users can then adapt for their own needs. Each chapter characterizes a common design decision and includes a demonstration map, which is annotated with specific information needed to reproduce the design, such as text fonts, sizes and styles; line weights, colors, and patterns; marker symbol fonts, sizes, and colors; and fill colors and patterns. Visual hierarchies and the purpose of each map are considered with the audience in mind, drawing a clear connection between intent and design. The book also includes a valuable task index that explains what ArcGIS 9 tools to use for desired cartographic effects. From experienced cartographers to those who make GIS maps only occasionally, all GIS users will find this book to be an indispensable resource.

GIS for Everyone
GIS for Everyone

Author: David Edward Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781879102910

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This guide to GIS explains how geographic information can be made visually understandable to users everywhere, illustrating the technology's wide variety of applications -- from monitoring all rail systems and airplane noise levels to finding the perfect vacation spot or the quickest route to work.

Designing Better Maps
Designing Better Maps

Author: Cynthia A. Brewer

Publisher: Esri Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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Describing how to build balanced map layouts suited to varied mapping goals, this guide focuses on export options that suit different media and can be edited in other applications. The wide range of text characteristics needed for expert map design as well as how to improve map readability with type effects such as character spacing, leading, callouts, shadows, and halos is detailed. Tips are included for using font tools in the Windows operating system, such as creating special characters in map text, as is information on using text characteristics to indicate feature locations, categories, and hierarchies on maps. How cartographic conventions guide placement of labels for point, line, and area features are also explained.

GIS in Telecommunications
GIS in Telecommunications

Author: Lisa Godin

Publisher: Esri Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781879102866

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GIS combines diverse kinds of geographic information, and that gives forward-thinking companies an indispensable new tool. In the toolhouse telecommunications marketplace, GIS can help firms streamline network design, find the cleanest paths for wireless operations, or solve difficult connectivity problems. Companies like the ones in this book are also finding that GIS will solve marketing and customer service needs - combining up-to-date geographic information with such data as demagraphics, service call histories, and revenue.