Map Book Gallery

The Map Book Gallery features the ESRI Map Book series dedicated to acknowledging the important and innovative accomplishments of GIS users around the world.

Volume 23: GIS—Geography in Action

Australian Offshore Mineral Locations—The Australian Offshore Mineral Locations map shows mineral occurrences and deposits within Australia’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf. Bathymetry shows the variable physiography of the seafloor that surrounds Australia.

Volume 22: GIS—The Geographic Approach

Seafloor Morphology and Selected Features between the Coastline and the Santa Lucia Escarpment, Central California—Geologic mapping of the seafloor in a GIS environment is being used to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework of the central California coastal region.

Volume 21: GIS—Communicating Our World

Nuances of the Law of the Sea Implementation Affecting Ocean Research and Activities—South China is a highly contentious area of the world with regard to maritime claims and boundaries. Long straight baselines connecting offshore islands are very common (e.g., Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia).

Volume 20: GIS—Helping Manage Our World

Exploration and Mining in the Coastal and Marine Environment, Namibia—Because the Namibian economy depends to a large degree on mining and fishing, it is increasingly important to monitor the activities of these sectors with a view toward sustainable development. The South African Development Community (SADC) Mining Sector Environmental Subcommittee, which is chaired by Namibia through its Geological Survey, has the mission to coordinate the development of an environmentally friendly mining sector according to the SADC Mining Sector Program of Action.

Volume 19: GIS—The Language of Geography

Using GIS for Data Integration and Visualization of a Deepwater Ocean Observatory—Six years of annual visits to the New Millennium Observatory (NeMO) at Axial Volcano in the northeast Pacific have provided the interdisciplinary science team with a large amount of data to manage. Each year a cruise report is compiled including dive logs and maps, sample and experiment information, and discipline summaries. Maps can be created using a variety of programs, and the GIS user can query the database in several ways.

National Oil Spill Contingency Plan for Cameroon—Vegetation Map— Following the recent construction of the 1,000-kilometer Chad–Cameroon oil pipeline, CSIR was commissioned by the World Bank to prepare a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan for Cameroon. Using Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite imagery, a map of the coastal vegetation of Cameroon was prepared as the basis for determining environmental sensitivity. Other ecological factors and geomorphological and socioeconomic criteria also informed the sensitivity analysis. The vegetation map is also a useful tool for general coastal zone management.

Published annually, each volume of the ESRI Map Book showcases a small portion of the work presented at the Map Gallery exhibition at the annual ESRI International User Conference.