Esri Map Book, Volume 26 (Esri Map Books, 26)

The Esri  Map Book, Volume 26 features how GIS enables change and provides innovative, spatially-based solutions to wide-ranging issues affecting business, the environment, utilities, transportation, and government, among others.  The full-color maps in this edition clearly show how GIS users around the globe contribute ever-increasing amounts of data and other resources to help achieve sustainable development and a more hopeful future.  Featured are dozens of maps from distinct industries spread across many countries, regions, and cities.  Each map is accompanied by text that describes how it was produced, for what purpose, and by whom. The Esri Map Book, Volume 26, is an important collection of maps for GIS users, cartographers, collectors, and map libraries.

More than 100 map authors from organizations around the world were selected to contribute to the Esri Map Book. Included maps are based on submissions displayed at the 2010 Esri International User Conference and other sources. Contributors come from various industries such as conservation, government, natural resources, sustainable development, tourism, and utilities.