The world on a box [videorecording] : geographic information systems

Explains GIS and how it's changing people's lives. Shows how GIS is helping prevent famine in Africa, break the cycle of urban crime in California, resolve environmental conflict over the forests of the Pacific Northwest, understand global warming in the Arctic, plan our cities decades int...

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Gepubliceerd in: New York, NY : Insight Media, 2002
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Samenvatting:Explains GIS and how it's changing people's lives. Shows how GIS is helping prevent famine in Africa, break the cycle of urban crime in California, resolve environmental conflict over the forests of the Pacific Northwest, understand global warming in the Arctic, plan our cities decades into the future, prevent disease, speed rescue in time of disaster and protect endangered species.