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Mapping America's national parks : preserving our natural and cultural treasures, U.S. National Park Service ; foreword by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan

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Summary
  • Get an insider look at the US National Park Service to see how they use maps and geospatial technology to protect and manage America's national parks
  • "Maps easily cap your first greeting upon arrival at a national park, allowing you to visualize its vastness, plan your trip, and keep a compact souvenir of your visit. But for the US National Park Service (NPS), maps do more than provide guidance and navigation. Maps help the NPS protect visitors and natural resources. They help manage fires, both unplanned and prescribed. They provide a basis for preserving cultural resources, such as archaeological sites and historic buildings, and for establishing needed facilities, infrastructure, and transportation. The maps in Mapping America's National Parks: Preserving Our Natural and Cultural Treasures are not only beautiful representations of special places. Within the maps are layers of geographic information--a bevy of research and science--that the NPS uses to perform these myriad essential services and to ultimately fulfill their mission. With over 240 full-color maps and photographs of national parks, monuments, battlefields, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, scenic rivers and trails, and more, Mapping America's National Parks takes you on a journey through our most treasured locations and shows how geographic information system (GIS) software helps the NPS keep the balance between park enjoyment and preservation. Discover how GIS helps the NPS: provide security for individual wildlife species, members of a crowd at a peaceful demonstration, and entire ecosystems; analyze where people most likely are stranded, where they are least likely stranded, and distribute assets in search and rescue operations; develop strategic plans, budgets, and protection for fire management; and share intelligence on wildlife trafficking, zoonotic diseases, field medicine protocols, and more." -- Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
ix, 189 pages
Contents
  • Cartography in the National Park Service
  • Recreation
  • Visitor and resource protection
  • Managing fire
  • Natural resources
  • Cultural resources
  • Facilities, infrastructure, and transportation
  • Working with communities and partners
  • Park management
Isbn
9781589485464
Instance
Label
Mapping America's national parks : preserving our natural and cultural treasures
Title
Mapping America's national parks
Title remainder
preserving our natural and cultural treasures
Statement of responsibility
U.S. National Park Service ; foreword by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
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Author of introduction
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Get an insider look at the US National Park Service to see how they use maps and geospatial technology to protect and manage America's national parks
  • "Maps easily cap your first greeting upon arrival at a national park, allowing you to visualize its vastness, plan your trip, and keep a compact souvenir of your visit. But for the US National Park Service (NPS), maps do more than provide guidance and navigation. Maps help the NPS protect visitors and natural resources. They help manage fires, both unplanned and prescribed. They provide a basis for preserving cultural resources, such as archaeological sites and historic buildings, and for establishing needed facilities, infrastructure, and transportation. The maps in Mapping America's National Parks: Preserving Our Natural and Cultural Treasures are not only beautiful representations of special places. Within the maps are layers of geographic information--a bevy of research and science--that the NPS uses to perform these myriad essential services and to ultimately fulfill their mission. With over 240 full-color maps and photographs of national parks, monuments, battlefields, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, scenic rivers and trails, and more, Mapping America's National Parks takes you on a journey through our most treasured locations and shows how geographic information system (GIS) software helps the NPS keep the balance between park enjoyment and preservation. Discover how GIS helps the NPS: provide security for individual wildlife species, members of a crowd at a peaceful demonstration, and entire ecosystems; analyze where people most likely are stranded, where they are least likely stranded, and distribute assets in search and rescue operations; develop strategic plans, budgets, and protection for fire management; and share intelligence on wildlife trafficking, zoonotic diseases, field medicine protocols, and more." -- Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
YDX
Dewey number
333.783/0973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
SB482.A4
LC item number
U55 2021
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1953-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Burns, Ken
  • Duncan, Dayton
  • United States
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • Cartography
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Cartography
  • Geographic information systems
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • Sustainable tourism
  • United States
Label
Mapping America's national parks : preserving our natural and cultural treasures, U.S. National Park Service ; foreword by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Cartography in the National Park Service -- Recreation -- Visitor and resource protection -- Managing fire -- Natural resources -- Cultural resources -- Facilities, infrastructure, and transportation -- Working with communities and partners -- Park management
Control code
on1201179058
Dimensions
28 x 26 cm
Extent
ix, 189 pages
Isbn
9781589485464
Lccn
2020952262
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
Label
Mapping America's national parks : preserving our natural and cultural treasures, U.S. National Park Service ; foreword by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Cartography in the National Park Service -- Recreation -- Visitor and resource protection -- Managing fire -- Natural resources -- Cultural resources -- Facilities, infrastructure, and transportation -- Working with communities and partners -- Park management
Control code
on1201179058
Dimensions
28 x 26 cm
Extent
ix, 189 pages
Isbn
9781589485464
Lccn
2020952262
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps

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