Description:
See how scientists working on the world's most pressing problems apply geographic information systems--GIS.
Brief description:
Dawn J. Wright is a geographer, oceanographer, and the Chief Scientist of Esri. She is a leading authority in the application of geographic information system (GIS) to environmental science and the author and editor of numerous scientific books and articles.
Review Quotes:
"This book is beautiful as well as illuminating, and it dramatizes the ways in which the new science of geospatial information is enriching and empowering all other scientific disciplines."
--James Fallows, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and former Chief Speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter
-- "James Fallows"