Mapping the Deep: Innovation, Exploration, and the Dive of a Lifetime
By Dawn J. Wright with Esri Press
The author, Dawn J. Wright, made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and least-explored place on Earth. Mapping the Deep: Innovation, Exploration, and the Dive of a Lifetime focuses on Wright’s historic dive, personal journey, and the cutting-edge technology that made the expedition possible. Wright, chief scientist of Esri, is a specialist in marine geology, geography, and oceanography. This book, with a foreword by oceanographer and former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, highlights the crucial importance of mapping the ocean and its profound impact on our future. September 2024, 190 pp, print ISBN: 9781589487888 and ebook ISBN: 9781589487895.
The Geography of Hope: Real-Life Stories of Optimists Mapping a Better World
By David Yarnold
Through nine stories of people across the world who are using GIS to help communities and organizations prosper, The Geography of Hope: Real-Life Stories of Optimists Mapping a Better World puts human faces to GIS mapping and technology. These stories highlight the application of GIS to solve problems in health care, law enforcement, equity, conservation, national defense, and business profitability. The author, former National Audubon Society CEO and award-winning writer and photographer David Yarnold, traveled the world to introduce readers to the people who are effecting substantial change. October 2024, 246 pp., print ISBN: 9781589487413 and ebook ISBN: 9781589487420.
The Locators: Adventure in Oceania
By Kyle Bauer, Colleen Conner, Wesley Jones
The Locators: Adventure in Oceania chronicles the latest adventures of the Locators—Lucy, Oliver, and Moe the Parrot—as they solve real-world problems using maps and spatial thinking to complete their missions. This book is the second in the series that began with The Locators: Adventure in South America. Readers help the Locators by completing illustrated activities—such as map-based activities, puzzles, and word searches—that accompany each chapter and encourage critical and spatial thinking and improve reading comprehension. These tales are perfect for children aged 8–11 who love geography and exploring the world. The book’s authors, Kyle Bauer and Colleen Conner, and illustrator, Wesley Jones, are all Esri staff members. Esri Press, 2024, 132 pp., print ISBN-10: 1589487567 and ebook ISBN-13: 978-1589487567.
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