GIS for Science

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.Christian Harder is a technology writer and information designer at Esri. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on GIS, including Understand GIS, The ArcGIS Book (Esri Press, 2017) and The ArcGIS Imagery Book (Esri Press, 2016).

• INTRODUCTIONThe Science of Where: A Framework and a ProcessIntroduction (How the Book and Website Work Together)What's new in the 2nd VolumeNew Reflections from Pulitzer-Prize Winner Jared DiamondPART 1: How Earth WorksUS OceanReports Tool: Intelligent Web Application for Ocean NeighborhoodsGlobal IslandsGIS as a Scientific Workbench: Pacific Gyre/Ocean PlasticsSubsurface Prediction for Earth AnalyticsPART 2: How Earth LooksMapping Human SettlementDiverse Farms, Diverse FoodsEmerging Hotspots of Forest LossSustainable Precision AgricultureAir Quality Monitoring with EPA's AirNowPART 3: How We Look at EarthUrban Tree Canopy Mapping (small areas, big data!)Utilizing the NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) Geospatial Platform for Data AnalysisNASA Disaster Mapping Portal: Leveraging GIS for Disaster Response, Recovery, Resilience and ReportingMachine Learning and Full Motion Video for Environmental MonitoringPART 4: Training Future Generations of Scientists Evolution of Students’ Spatial Skills PART 5: Technology ShowcaseLiving AtlasSpilhaus Projected Coordinate SystemExcalibur (imagery platform)InsightsSpatial Machine LearningRaster Function ChainsSpace-Time CubeAccessing multidimensional data via OpenDap and ThreddsTime Series ClusteringArcGIS Earth, or failing that, VoxelsDrone2MapSmart MappingOperations DashboardAtmospheric ModelingGlobal Polio Eradication or Ebola

"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