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Welcome Esri Federal GIS Conference attendees! For the duration of the conference, get special event pricing on several Esri Press titles when you purchase through the Esri Merchandise Store. Scroll down to see the complete list of books curated for you for this event.   Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age Martin O’Malley Former Maryland governor, Martin O’Malley shares a more effective way to lead that is emerging, enabled by the Information Age. It provides real solutions to real problems using GIS technology and helps develop a management strategy using data that will profoundly change an organization.   Smarter Government Workbook: A 14-week Implementation Guide to Governing for Results Martin O’Malley Companion to Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age, this book distills the lessons from that book into a 14-week plan to achieve strategic performance management.      Resilient Communities Across Geographies Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg and Steven J. Steinberg Resilient Communities across Geographies is a collection of case studies examining the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to environmental and socioeconomic challenges for analysis, planning, and, ultimately, for more resilient communities. Each chapter discusses a spatially driven approach to challenges in geography, social sciences, landscape architecture, urban planning, environmental studies, sociology, economics, migration, community development, meteorology, oceanography, and other fields.   Understanding Crime: Analyzing the Geography of Crime Spencer Chainey Understanding Crime explains how to analyze the geography of crime. It explains how to apply techniques for examining spatial and temporal patterns of crime, the analysis of crime with other spatial data, and methods for evaluating the impact of geographically targeted interventions. Detailed description, explanation, and illustration of geographic analysis techniques guide readers to better understand crime, regardless of expertise, experience, and the type of GIS used.   Ethics in Everyday Places: Mapping Moral Stress, Distress, and Injury Tom Koch Published in coordination with MIT Press, this book explores the ethical dilemmas of mapmakers and others in the popular media and the sciences, including graphic artists, journalists, researchers, and social scientists when developing maps as a means of investigation.   GIS and the 2020 Census: Modernizing Official Statistics Amor Laaribi and Linda Peters Now that the data has been collected, this book answers the growing post-census needs for statistical data analysis, integration and dissemination, with innovative solutions. While centered on the use of GIS and other geospatial technology in support of census operations, it offers guidelines on the basic foundations for building a statistical-geospatial information infrastructure in support of the 2020 Round of Censuses, evidence-based decision making and sustainable development.    The International Geodesign Collaboration Thomas Fisher, Brian Orland and Carl Steinitz Co-edited by the author of A Framework for Geodesign (Carl Steinitz), this collection demonstrates how a geodesign approach can allow multiple disciplinary teams to collaborate using GIS and design tools to explore alternative future scenarios through 51 university projects. Readers wanting to understand how other groups or organizations strategize for their own future are encouraged to dive into this collection.   Green Infrastructure: Map and Plan the Natural World with GIS Karen E. Firehock and R. Andrew Walker Understand the why and how of green infrastructure (GI) mapping and implementation. A six-step process provides a framework for thinking strategically about GI planning and details how to set goals to inform GI maps to meet real needs on the ground. Using actual data to create two case studies, this book shows how the Esri model and data from the Esri Living Atlas can be adapted using local data to create a custom GI plan.   Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap Maribeth H. Price Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap transitions a user who is familiar with ArcMap into the mechanics of using ArcGIS Pro. Rather than teaching ArcGIS Pro from the start, this book focuses on how ArcGIS Pro is different from ArcMap. Covering the most common and important workflows required for most GIS work, Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap leverages the user’s prior experience to enable a more rapid adjustment to ArcGIS Pro.    Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science Esri From planetary scientists to civil engineers, entrepreneurs to urban planners, the strong, passionate women in Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science serve as guiding stars to motivate readers who are developing their own life stories and to inspire their potential to meaningful achievements. Foreword by Jane Goodall. ... View more

Before considering GIS in your industry or business, ask yourself how you think you might apply mapping and spatial analysis to your daily work. This means thinking about what you and your organization do within a geographic context and asking yourself, where are problems occurring and how does location affect your decision-making? This strategy may sound simple enough, but converting to a spatial thinking mode requires a spark of imagination and a practical application of GIS technology. Beginning in 2021, Esri Press is launching a new series of books designed to light the way for taking a spatial thinking approach. The Applying GIS series explores tried-and-true ideas and strategies to build location intelligence into your profession, industry, or discipline—allowing you an inside look at where GIS might lead you before taking your first steps. Each book in the Applying GIS series is developed in coordination with Esri industry experts and divided into themes related to an industry or discipline, focusing on where GIS is particularly helpful. Each theme contains a short set of real-life cases studies, followed by a section of ideas, strategies, tools, and actions you might use to get started with GIS. Applying GIS books are also designed to be compact and give you quick insight into how you might solve problems and modernize processes using location intelligence. Developed for professionals and decisions makers, the Applying GIS series is also suitable for educators teaching courses in these and related topics. The first in the series The first books in the Applying GIS series are Delivering Water and Power, which focuses on GIS in gas, electric and water utilities, and Dealing with Disasters, about applying GIS to emergency management.           Both books will be available in print and e-book formats in early 2021.   Delivering Water and Power concentrates on the use of GIS for utility operations, ranging from uncovering network vulnerabilities, creating detailed inventories of assets and structures, managing and communicating network outages, and creating better customer experiences online. Pat Hohl, Esri’s director of electric industry solutions and co-editor of the book, says, “Delivering Water and Power directly reflects the committed professionals that work around the clock to provide the safe and reliable utility services sustaining our modern society. These are the behind-the-scenes stories of challenges conquered, and customers well served. Using the universal context of proximity, these examples harness location technology to maintain and improve vital infrastructure.”   Dealing with Disasters explores how emergency management agencies use GIS for real and potential hazards, including fires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and pandemics. The three themes in the book are preparedness, response, and recovery. Ryan Lanclos, Esri’s director of public safety solutions and disaster response, co-edited Dealing with Disasters. He believes that this book offers readers an understanding into the potential that GIS can bring to their respective organizations. He says, “Our current environment requires that emergency management professionals better understand the integrated nature of risk and vulnerabilities that exist today, and that they anticipate where to respond to incidents that are more complex and demanding than ever before. The stories in Dealing with Disasters show how organizations around the world are changing the dynamic in emergency management using GIS throughout all phases of emergency management.” More Applying GIS series books are in the works. Upcoming books cover natural resources, state and local government, public safety, transportation, and more. Delivering Water and Power and Dealing with Disasters are available for pre-order at your favorite online book retailer. ... View more

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Besides continuing to offer authoritative books to support your use of Esri products and applications, we   now offer:      Free e-book access for students :   Students who have been impacted by campus closures can access any of our e-books via VitalSource for free through May 25, 2020. Those outside of the US, the United Kingdom, and Canada can contact us directly at   esripress@esri.com .   Courseware options for select e-books :   To support students and educators in a digital classroom environment, we’re introducing courseware options with our e-books available through the VitalSource platform. Students can easily identify which e-books have a software trial included and choose to either rent or purchase their e-textbook. Included instructions on how to activate the trial make it easy for you to start your coursework right away.     Starting in 2020, n ew   ArcGIS Pro books   will be published , based on the Summer release of   ArcGIS   Pro . These books will be r eady for the Fall semester   and will give students access to the latest information and resources. For example,   Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro   2.6,   GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro   2.6,   and   Understanding GIS :   An ArcGIS Pro 2.6 Project Workbook , will be available for Fall 2020 classes; first in e-book formats then in print. Visit the   Esri Press Books GeoNet Community , for more information.    GeoNet Community for Esri Press :   Come hang out with us. Meet Esri Press staff. Meet authors. Exchange ideas with your peers using Esri Press books in classroom settings. See titles Esri Press is working on. Contribute to conversations about design and development of new instructive modalities. We want to hear from you. Join the newest GeoNet community: Esri Press Books.     Lindsey the GIS Professional : the first Esri Press offering for K-12 students, teachers, and parents , and t he first in a series of STEAM-based career picture books,   it includes   fun,   online activities   as well as,   teaching resources, including how it applies to educational standards (NGSS, C3, and international).       And we continue to offer all new titles (since 2015) in print and e-book formats, for purchase or rental. Plus, if   your instructor introduces our book into your classroom, you will have access to the new digital platform VitalSource and all its features, as well as e-textbook rentals (with up-to 70% off the list price).   ... View more

Here’s the list of new   2020   titles that   have been published by Esri Press. You will be able to purchase them from the online Esri Merchandise Store , during UC. If you can’t wait until then, they are available to you now for purchase or pre-order, from your favorite online retailer.       Getting to Know Web GIS, fourth edition . Written by Pinde Fu; features how-to's for the latest advances in Esri’s entire Web GIS platform, with no previous programming experience required. Includes new content and tutorials about ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS QuickCapture, the new Map Viewer, the new ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Notebooks, ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, ArcGIS Indoors, and ArcGIS Tracker, as well as, discussions about IA, AR, and VR.           Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro .   Written by Paul Zan d bergen;   the definitive, easy-to-follow guide to writing Python code to solve problems and increase your productivity in ArcGIS Pro, whether you’re new to programming or not.   Advanced Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro .   Written by Paul Zandbergen; builds on   Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro   and is an easy-to-follow guide to writing specialized Python scripts and developing tools for spatial data in ArcGIS Pro.          Lindsey the GIS Professional . Written by Tyler Danielson and available in   English   and   Spanish. Follow Lindsey as she collects information about the world around her to make a map of her favorite park. Written for K-5 students, teachers, and parents , it   includes   online activities and teaching resources , including how it applies to educational standards (NGSS, C3, and international).            Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science . Compiled by Esri Press; features 30 inspiring stories of diverse women using geospatial technology to improve the world. These women serve as guiding stars to motivate all readers.                 Smarter Government Workbook: A 14-week Implementation Guide to Governing for Results . Written by Martin O’Malley; Companion to   Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in   the Information Age , it distills the lessons from that book into a 14-week plan to achieve strategic performance management.             The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1: Geographic Patterns and Relationships, second edition .   Written by Andy Mitchell; updates a classic text that lays the foundation for all GIS users to find spatial patterns, relationships, and trends that lead to better decision-making.   (Volume 2 will publish Fall 2020.)                GIS for Science: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics, Volume 2 .   Edited by Dawn J. Wright and Christian Harder ; shows readers how scientists working on the world's most pressing problems apply geographic information systems—GIS.               The International Geodesign Collaboration: Changing Geography by Design . Edited by Thomas Fisher, Brian Orland, and Carl Steinitz explains how researchers, scientists, designers, and students can use geodesign principles to work together through analysis, technology, and collaboration.           Also publishing in late-Summer 2020, just in time for the Fall Semester:      Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6 Written by Michael Law and Amy Collins;   the latest editing in this series  introduces the basic tools and capabilities of ArcGIS Pro through practical project workflows that demonstrate best practices for productivity. Explore spatial relationships, building a geodatabase, 3D GIS, project presentation, and more. Learn how to navigate ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online by visualizing, querying, creating, editing, analyzing, and presenting geospatial data in both 2D and 3D environments. Using figures to show each step,   Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6   demystifies complicated process like developing a geoprocessing model, using Python to write a script tool, and the creation of space-time cubes. Cartographic techniques for both web and physical maps are included, as well as,  180-days access to ArcGIS   Pro .    GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 2.6: A Platform Workbook  Written by Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland; an introductory text for learning ArcGIS Pro that shows users how to make maps, how to create and analyze spatial data, and how to manage systems with GIS,   shown   through a series of   lessons and exercises that user ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and other ArcGIS apps. Includes teacher resources (classroom slides, videos, quizzes, tests, and additional lessons), data, and 180-days access to ArcGIS   Pro .    GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Desktop 10.8   Written by Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland;   the last   book   in the GIS Tutorial series   that teaches   ArcMap, this text introduces GIS tools and functionality, including querying interactive maps, collecting data, and running geoprocessing tool, shown through a series of lessons and exercises. Includes teacher resources (classroom slides, videos, quizzes, tests, and additional lessons), maps, data, and 180-days access to ArcGIS Desktop. ... View more

In-person or distance learning? How to help students with so many families out of work? Uncertainty. Frustration.  GO! At a time hungry for good news, Esri Press offers free desk copies to educators, discounted digital rental options and courseware to higher-ed students, eagerly awaited new titles, and indispensable updates for ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop, Web GIS development, and Python scripting for ArcGIS Pro. In addition, 2020 marks the introduction of several resources for teachers in K-12 classrooms (and parents at home!). K-12 Resources We couldn't be more excited to announce Esri Press is publishing several books to support teaching spatial awareness, spatial thinking and spatial analysis in K-12 classrooms. Spatial Awareness For the lower grade levels, we're announcing, in partnership with engineering and consulting firm Bolton & Menk, a new career-focused series, STEAM at Work!. The first book to publish is titled, Lindsey the GIS Professional. Books in this series come with teacher guides, plus online and downloadable activities. Lindsey the GIS Professional    Available in English and Spanish. Follow Lindsey as she collects information about the world around her to make a map of her favorite park. Lindsey the GIS Professional describes what it’s like to work with a geographic information system (GIS). Lindsey explains the information needed to make a map and how to collect it. Then she shows how to take all that information to create a map of her favorite park. Perfect for encouraging spatial thinking. Written for K-5 students, teachers, and parents, the book includes  online activities and teaching resources , including how it applies to educational standards (NGSS, C3, intl.).    Will the Civil Engineer   Will’s dad is a civil engineer. He uses math and science to make the world a better place. Civil engineers have been around for a loooong time, but what do they do? Ever wonder where the water you drink comes from? Engineers designed the water system! Follow along as Will learns about how everything that is built has an engineer. Will the Civil Engineer introduces kids to all the amazing things engineers have created and shows them they can solve problems like an engineer, too. Available for pre-order from popular online book retailers.   Parker the Planner    Parker’s city is a mess. It’s full of traffic and has no sidewalks or parks. But Parker has a plan! He’ll build his own city—with parks, zoos, transportation, environmental benefits, and more. Planning a city is a big project, but Parker is up for the challenge. He has all kinds of ideas about how to create a place that will benefit everyone. Parker the Planner shows kids they can help create change in their own communities. Like Parker, they can use their passion and ideas to make the world a better place.  Available for pre-order from popular online book retailers.   Sam the Landscape Architect   Sam loves to design things! She plans to be a landscape architect—to make the world green. Follow along as she designs parks, gardens, and more to improve her community. Sam is full of ideas and uses her imagination to solve problems in her city. Sam the Landscape Architect shows kids how they can take something they love and are passionate about and use it to make the world a better place. Available for pre-order from popular online book retailers.     Spatial Thinking The Playground Problem   Emma  and David find a chain and padlock across the playground entrance.  Where are they going to play with their friends?  With help from neighbor Kayla, Emma and David set out on an adventure to find a new place to play.  The Playground Problem is a comic book / activity book with a story and spatial games for ages 6 through 10. As Emma and David learn about maps and use spatial reasoning, readers follow along with their own activities. Solving interesting puzzles and learning about spatial data, young learners not only boost their math skills, they also give themselves a head start in vital careers. Readers learn basic mapping, distance, direction, spatial pattern, buffer, and overlay skills to find the best location for a new play place. Available early 2021. The Locators   in this chapter book, characters explore South America, learning about animals, ecosystems, and solving real-world problems like habitat loss.  Available early 2021. Spatial Analysis Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online    Birth rates are higher in one country than another. Why? Are there patterns? Are there correlations? With Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online readers are doers, using sophisticated software to actively explore, analyze, and answer these questions and many more. ArcGIS Online exercises in each chapter dig into the numbers and their spatial relationships, enhancing students’ grasp of geographic concepts. This book combines a comprehensive examination of human geography with engaging activities using ArcGIS Online. Appropriate for high school and introductory college courses. Instructors can tailor classroom examples and homework assignments to local geography.  Higher Education Now to feed higher academia educators: The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1: Geographic Patterns and Relationships, 2nd ed.   With this foundational text readers learn the basic concepts of spatial analysis and GIS and build on that understanding with essential mapmaking skills to unveil and display patterns and relationships. This second edition of  also is a guide to online lessons that reinforce these concepts and demonstrate real-world GIS application. The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, 2nd ed.    Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, second edition introduces readers to some of the most common spatial statistics tasks: measuring distributions, identifying patterns and clusters, and analyzing relationships. It shows how spatial statistical tools can address these tasks and shows how they can be applied in a range of disciplines, from public health to habitat conservation. Readers will learn basic statistical concepts but needn't understand complex mathematical theories to apply the statistical tools to get meaningful results in projects.  Available Fall 2020. Getting to Know Web GIS, fourth edition   The fourth edition of this popular title features how-to's for the latest advances in Esri’s entire geospatial cloud. Includes new content and tutorials about ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS QuickCapture, the new Map Viewer, the new ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Notebooks, ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, ArcGIS Indoors, and ArcGIS Tracker, as well as, discussions about IA, AR, and VR.  Students need no previous programming experience.  This book is the result of the author’s extensive working experience at Esri and teaching experience at Harvard University Extension, University of Redlands, Henan University, University of California at Riverside, and University of Texas at Dallas. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6 Updated to ArcGIS Pro 2.6, t his book introduces the basic tools and capabilities of ArcGIS Pro through practical project workflows that demonstrate best practices for productivity. Explore spatial relationships, building a geodatabase, 3D GIS, project presentation, and more. Learn how to navigate ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online by visualizing, querying, creating, editing, analyzing, and presenting geospatial data in both 2D and 3D environments. Using figures to show each step, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6 demystifies complicated process like developing a geoprocessing model, using Python to write a script tool, and the creation of space-time cubes. Cartographic techniques for both web and physical maps are included, as well as, 180-days access to ArcGIS Pro. GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 2.6  Written by Carnegie Mellon professors, Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland, this is an introductory text for learning ArcGIS Pro that shows users how to make maps, how to create and analyze spatial data, and how to manage systems with GIS, shown through a series of lessons and exercises that user ArcGIS Pro,  ArcGIS Online, and other ArcGIS apps. Includes teacher resources, including free downloadable video lectures and lecture slides covering the entire book.    GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Desktop 10.8  Also written by Gorr and Kurland, this book focuses on ArcMap tools and functionality. Readers  use and make maps, work with spatial data, then analyze spatial data doing proximity analysis, site suitability analysis and cluster analysis. They also get hands-on experience using the ArcGIS Desktop 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and Network Analyst extensions. Includes 180-days access to ArcGIS Desktop. Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro  This is the definitive guide to writing Python code to solve problems and increase your productivity in ArcGIS Pro, whether you’re new to programming or not.   For experienced ArcGIS Pro users who want to learn Python but lack scripting experience, Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro steps readers from understanding the difference between programming and scripting to automating tasks in ArcGIS Pro. Imagine creating a way to easily convert 1,000 shapefiles into feature classes in a geodatabase. In this book, you will. Advanced Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro  The natural next step for those who have the skills developed in the foundational book, Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, this book guides readers in creating script tools and Python toolboxes; sharing tools with others; managing packages using conda; using third-party packages other than ArcPy; migrating scripts and tools from ArcGIS Desktop 10.x to ArcGIS Pro; and using the ArcGIS API for Python and Jupyter Notebook. Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science   As science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines continue to advance and shape people’s understanding of the world, so, too, do women who take charge and use new research and methodologies to make big changes.  In this book, with a foreword by Jane Goodall, planetary scientists, civil engineers, entrepreneurs, urban planners, and others push past challenges to become inspirational leaders in their fields.   Smarter Government Workbook: A 14-week Implementation Guide to Governing for Results    Great for public administration courses as a semester project. Written by former Maryland governor, Martin O’Malley, this book is the companion to  Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in  the Information Age . It distills the lessons from that book into a practicable 14-week plan to achieve strategic performance management: Stat. G IS for Science: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics, Volume 2     A collection of current, real-world examples of scientists using 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 International Geodesign Collaboration: Changing Geography by Design     Global social and environmental issues will increasingly become multiregional and multinational.  Preparing for issues like the outcomes of climate change and population growth requires a diversity of approaches and collaboration among all stakeholders.  The International Geodesign Collaboration: Changing Geography by Design   shows how researchers, scientists, designers, and students from around the world can use common geodesign principles to work together on shared goals. Other popular titles While published before 2020, here are some other titles worthy of educators considering for course adoption. Focus on Geodatabases in ArcGIS Pro Carefully designing a geodatabase schema and building geodatabases that include data integrity rules will pay great rewards.  Author David Allen steps readers through the process of creating the logical model, or schema, that is the foundation of a geodatabase; building and populating a geodatabase; extending data formats; creating and editing features; and working with topology.   This book is a great addition to any GIS best-practice library but is a particularly great complement to the end of an introductory GIS course. Instructor resources are available. Cartography.   Making maps has progressed from filling empty spaces with mythical creatures to trying to unravel the complexities in data to present meaning with clarity. This book sets out to demystify cartography and promote the idea that thinking is key. Maps are rich visual soups of many forms of graphical signage. Approaching mapmaking by thinking about what you want your map to say, how to build something meaningful from visual ingredients, how people read the graphical signage, and what emotions you want to spark is the magic needed to make a better map. Unlike books targeted to deep scholarly discourse of cartographic theory, this book provides sound, visually compelling information that translates into practical and useful tools for modern mapmaking. A great reference for any student interested in refining their understanding of what makes a great map. Want to know more? See our 2020 new titles catalog for even more ideas for your future curriculum. Stay informed: subscribe to the Esri Press newsletter to know quickly about new publications and other book news Higher ed students at schools that lack an Esri Enterprise Agreement can, beginning September 1, 2020, register to receive one year of ArcGIS software access. Students should contact their college/university to find out whether they already have access to Esri software. More information about the one-year free access offer can be found here. ... View more

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