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Through these stories, this book illustrates how police departments and law enforcement organizations use GIS to enable data-driven crime-analysis strategies and drive decision making in everyday operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe case studies in this book cover:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding data and crime analysis\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStreamlining improvements to police operations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDeveloping methods for engaging citizens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also includes a section on next steps that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS for law enforcement. A collection of online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, complements this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLearn how location intelligence and the geographic approach can improve crime analysis, streamline operations, and promote community policing initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849913651436,"sku":"9781589487291","price":67.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25493043482753.jpg?v=1759061916"},{"product_id":"mapping-community-health-9781589486997","title":"Mapping Community Health","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover a modern approach to help build healthier communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImproving health outcomes, increasing access to health care, and building healthier communities requires a modern approach to understanding health and human service issues that are more complex, costly, and devastating than ever before. Public health service agencies around the world rely on geographic information systems (GIS) technology every day to address the opioid epidemic, homelessness, food insecurity, health and racial inequities, and more. By applying GIS, you too can be better able to prepare for and respond to health emergencies and human crises and build the resilience your community will need for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMapping Community Health: GIS for Health and Human Services\u003c\/em\u003e explores a collection of real-life case studies about using geographic information system (GIS) technology to help build communities that improve health outcomes and increase accessibility to health care. A \"next steps\" section provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS for health and human services. Supplementary online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, extend the value of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Christopher Thomas, Director of Government Marketing at Esri, Shannon Valdizon, State and Local Government Marketing Lead at Esri, and Matt Artz, an Esri content strategist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431529365740,"sku":"9781589486997","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781589486997.jpg?v=1774557604"},{"product_id":"learning-from-covid-19-9781589487116","title":"Learning from COVID-19","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow that the health community is in a state of reflection, how do we put the lessons learned into practice?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs we step back to examine the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to think about how to raise the bar for our response to the next public health emergency. Now is the time to revisit health preparedness strategies and plans. And now is the time to review what the health community did that worked—and how we can do that again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning from COVID-19: GIS for Pandemics\u003c\/em\u003e tells real-life stories about how spatial thinking became invaluable in both local and full-scale outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeeding to answer the question of \"where\" sat at the forefront of everyone's mind, and using a geographic information system (GIS) for real-time surveillance transformed possibly overwhelming data into location intelligence that provided agencies and civic leaders with valuable insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-edited by Esri chief medical officer Dr. Este Geraghty, this book highlights best practices, key GIS capabilities, and lessons learned during the COVID-19 response that can help communities prepare for the next crisis. GIS has empowered:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOrganizations to use human mobility data to estimate the adherence to social distancing guidelines\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCommunities to monitor their health care systems' capacity through spatially enabled surge tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eGovernments to use location-allocation methods to site new resources (i.e., testing sites and augmented care sites) in ways that account for at-risk and vulnerable populations\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCommunities to use maps and spatial analysis to review case trends at local levels to support reopening of economies\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOrganizations to think spatially as they consider \"back-to-the-workplace\" plans that account for physical distancing and employee safety needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning from COVID-19\u003c\/em\u003e also includes a \"next steps\" section that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS, either as a citizen scientist or a health professional. 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From new residential construction to planning a modern urban experience to building a high-speed rail system, a geographic approach helps pave the way to better, more sustainable designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDesigning Our Future: GIS for Architecture, Engineering \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/em\u003e, see how the AEC industry is implementing geographic information systems (GIS) to improve workflows, bring context to large undertakings, and increase collaboration between governments, contractors, partners, and the public. With GIS, architects, engineers, and construction professionals are discovering new efficiencies, gaining deeper insights about complex projects, and transforming the way they plan, design, build, and operate in the built and natural environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of case studies and \"how to\" guidance, gain an overview of how GIS was used to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReduce the carbon footprint and mitigate future climate-related damage from a cross-country, high-speed rail project in the US\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDocument all above and below ground assets such as utility services, electric, gas, surface water and sewer drainage for a local transportation agency\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlan maintenance for and respond to hazards from ageing structures and vulnerable hillsides using drones in Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Our Future: GIS for Architecture, Engineering \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/em\u003e also includes a \"next steps\" section that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS. 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It gives educators a new opportunity to teach problem-solving to a tech-savvy generation of learners. Researchers can use GIS for data visualization and integration, and IT professionals can improve the offerings of their cloud-based platforms. GIS offers administrators a way to visualize and manage everything from mapping campus buildings to planning where and when to close schools and open new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating a Smarter Campus: GIS for Education\u003c\/em\u003e explores a collection of real-life stories about education organizations doing just that with GIS. Through their ideas, plans, and goals, they help readers understand how to use GIS and integrate spatial reasoning into teaching, research, and management. A \"next steps\" section provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help you jump-start using GIS for education. 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