Women and GIS

Mapping Their Stories
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-58948-567-9
Verlag: Esri Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 202 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 736 g

Eighteen stories about how ordinary girls with very different passions have become extraordinary women and made significant contributions to our world.

Women look to other women as role models and for inspiration. Seeing confidence, leadership, and accomplishments in other women helps a young woman envision herself with those qualities. Women and GIS: Mapping Their Stories tells the tales of how 18 women applied themselves and overcame obstacles, using maps, analysis, and geographic information systems (GIS) to contribute to their professions and the world. Sharing the experiences of their childhoods, the misstarts and challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned, each story is a celebration of a woman’s unique path and of the perseverance and hard work it takes to achieve success.

From oceanographers to activists, archaeologists to entrepreneurs, the women in Women and GIS: Mapping Their Stories can serve as mentors to motivate readers who are developing their own life stories and inspire their potential in a new way.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Catherine Ball, rising high with ‘drones for good
- Elena Shevchenko, forging an international bond in tense times
- Holley Moyes, archaeologist explores Maya ritual caves
- Karen Firehock, connecting people to green infrastructure
- Kass Green, providing the big picture on natural resources
- Kate Chapman, open to helping others benefit from technology
- Kristen Kurland, the heart of a giving teacher
- Madison Vorva, taking her seat at the table
- Mary Spence, a cartographer worthy of queen’s honors
- Miriam Olivares, mentoring from rural Mexico to Yale
- Molly Burhans, turning landownership into land stewardship
- Nancy La Vigne, using quantitative research to tip the scales
- Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, conservation ecology on the wing
- Paulette Brown-Hinds, bringing community awareness to life with story maps
- Ranu Basu, pushing for power to the people worldwide
- Sylvia Earl, ‘Her Deepness’ works to save the ocean
- Wan-Hwa Cheng, green sea turtles the apple of her eye
- Wangari Maathai, the power of one little hummingbird

Über Autor(innen)

Since 1997, Esri Press has grown to be an award-winning leader in publishing books about the science, application, and technology of GIS. With books offered in print, e-book, and web formats, it continues to develop its dedication to facilitating access to and dissemination of geographic literature through publications.