07/04/2025
๐ง Brain Boost Friday ๐ง - An article from this month's PE&RS ๐
๐ Book Review ๐
๐ The Geography of Hope: Real-Life Stories of Optimists Mapping a Better World
๐๏ธ David Yarnold. Esri Press: Redlands, CA. 2024. 231 pp. $39.99. ISBN: 9781589487413.๏ปฟ
โ๏ธ Reviewed by Matthew Altman, Technical Fellow, ASRC Federal, Anchorage, AK.
The adage, โIf you donโt measure it, it doesnโt exist,โ has significant meaning when it comes to what gets on a map and what does not. More importantly, the ability to interact with many different datasets in our geographic information systems (GIS) plays a pivotal role in how our democracies work, how our communities receive funding, and what we prioritize for conservation and ecological work. Have you recently reflected on the difference your role in remote sensing, photogrammetry, or GIS makes to your community? If hope is an expression of faith in future improvement, The Geography of Hope invites everyone involved in mapping and remote sensing careers to consider the broad implications that maps, imagery, and geolocated data have to our modern worldโs future. Written by former Audubon CEO David Yarnold, each chapter comprises a masterful storytelling experience complete with full color photography about the differences made in community and global settings by passionate people โ those he refers to as โReal Life Optimists Mapping a Better Worldโ.
๐ Link to the PE&RS Newsletter ๐https://conta.cc/45JFqMV
