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Marine and coastal applications of GIS are finally gaining wide
acceptance in scientific as well as GIS communities, and cover the
fields of deep sea geology, chemistry and biology, and coastal
geology, biology, engineering and resource management. Comprising
rigorous contributions from a group of leading scholars in marine
and coastal GIS, this book will inspire and stimulate continued
research in this important new application domain.
Launched as a project to mark the UN International Year of the
Ocean (1998) and supported by the International Geographical
Union's Commission on Coastal Systems, this book covers progress
and research in the marine and coastal realms, in the areas of
theory, applications and empirical results. It is the first book of
its kind to address basic and applied scientific problems in deep
sea and coastal science using GIS and remote sensing technologies.
It is designed for GIS and remote sensing specialists, but also for
those with an interest in oceans, lakes and shores. Coverage ranges
from seafloor spreading centres to Exclusive Economic Zones to
microscale coastal habitats; and techniques include submersibles,
computer modelling, image display, 3-D temporal data visualization,
and development and application of new algorithms and spatial data
structures. It illustrates the broad usage of GIS, image
processing, and computer modelling in deep sea and coastal
environments, and also addresses important institutional issues
arising out of the use of these technologies.
'The series provides an outlet for high quality studies on GIS research that are longer than those normally published in academic journals'. - The Professional Geographer.
This book offers an up-to-date snapshot of the compexity of GIS applications in coastal and marine environments, and is particularly timely in 'setting the stage' at a point in time when more and more attention is being focused on using geospatial technologies to develop and improve our knowledge and understanding the complex. - David R. Green and Stephen D. King, The Geographical Journal, March 2002. Vol 168:1
Merging the rigor of the scientific method with the technologies of
GIS GIS for Science, Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial
Analytics brings to life a continuing collection of current,
real-world examples of scientists using geographic information
systems (GIS) and spatial data science to expand our understand of
the world. Co-edited by Esri Chief Scientist Dawn Wright and Esri
Technology Writer and Information Designer Christian Harder and
with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond, these case
studies are part of a global effort to find ways to sustain a
livable environment for all life on this planet. The contributors
of GIS for Science, Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial
Analytics represent a cross section of scientists who employ data
gathered from satellites, aircraft, ships, drones, and myriad other
remote-sensing and on-site technologies. This collected data is
brought to life with GIS and the broader realm of spatial data
science to study a range of issues relevant to our understanding of
planet Earth-including epidemiology in light of the COVID-19
pandemic; sustainable precision agriculture; predicting geological
processes below the surface of the earth; leveraging GIS
near-realtime disaster response, recovery, resilience and
reporting; the latest innovations in monitoring air quality; and
more. Their stories also show in very practical terms how ArcGIS
software and the ArcGIS Online cloud-based system work as a
comprehensive geospatial platform to support research,
collaboration, spatial analysis, and science communication across
many settings and communities. A rich supplementary web
site-gisforscience.com-includes actual data along with additional
maps, videos, web apps, story maps, workflows and snippets of
computer code, including Python notebooks, for readers curious to
learn more. Written for professional scientists, the swelling ranks
of citizen scientists, and anyone interested in science and
geography, GIS for Science, Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial
Analytics offers wonderful examples of our impulse to dream,
discover, and understand, as coupled with the rigor and discipline
of the scientific method and the foundation of geography. See how
scientists from a variety of disciplines are solving some of the
world's most pressing problems using geographic information
systems-GIS.
GIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights
real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life
on Earth and preserving biodiversity. With Earth and the natural
world at risk from various forces, geographic information system
(GIS) mapping is essential for driving scientifically conscious
decision-making about how to protect life on Earth. In volume 3 of
GIS for Science, explore a collection of maps from scientists
working to save the planet through documenting and protecting its
biodiversity. In this volume, learn how GIS and data mapping are
used in tandem with global satellite observation forestry marine
policy artificial intelligence conservation biology, and
environmental education to help preserve and chronicle life on
Earth. This volume also spotlights important global action
initiatives incorporating conservation, including Half-Earth, 30 x
30, AI for Earth, the Blue Nature Alliance, and the Sustainable
Development Solutions Network. The stories presented in this third
volume are ideal for the professional scientist and conservationist
and anyone interested in the intersection of technology and the
conservation of nature. The book's contributors include scientists
who are applying geographic data gathered from the full spectrum of
remote sensing and on-site technologies. The maps and data are
brought to life using ArcGIS (R) software and other spatial data
science tools that support research, collaboration, spatial
analysis, and science communication across many locations and
within diverse communities. The stories shared in this book and its
companion website present inspirational ideas so that GIS users and
scientists can work toward preserving biodiversity and saving
planet Earth before time runs out.
GIS for Science presents a collection of real-world stories about
modern science and a cadre of scientists who use mapping and
spatial analytics to expand their understanding of the world. The
accounts in this book are written for a broad audience including
professional scientists, the swelling ranks of citizen scientists,
and people generally interested in science and geography.
Scientific data are brought to life with GIS technology to study a
range of issues relevant to the functioning of planet Earth in a
natural sense as well as the impacts of human activity. In a race
against the clock, the scientists profiled in this volume are using
remote sensing, web maps, Esri StoryMaps, and spatial analysis to
document an array of issues with a geographic dimension that range
from climate change, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity,
to political strife, polar ice loss, and resource shortages. These
stories present GIS ideas and inspiration that users can apply
across many disciplines, making this volume relevant to diverse
scientific audience. See how scientists working on the world's most
pressing problems apply geographic information systems-GIS.
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