Dawn J Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 1009940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dawn J Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dawn J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Environmental Systems Research Institute (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2997-7611 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Guide to the Geographic Approach
A New Inventory and Conservation Assessment of United States Islands
To support conservation-focused research and management we developed a new 30-m resolution polygon data layer of the nonlacustrine and nonriverine islands of the United States, with associated attributes describing key physical and conservation geography characteristics. Islands were grouped into a three-tiered hierarchy of island regions (twelve), island provinces (twenty-eight), and individual islands (19,023). Islands were classified as either…
Beyond the boundaries
Comprehensive, spatially explicit data that include regulatory information are essential for evaluating the level of protection that marine protected areas (MPAs) and other marine managed areas (MMAs) provide to marine life, and to inform progress towards ocean protection targets. An analysis based on the ProtectedSeas database, which includes information on regulated activities, found that 85% of U.S. waters are in managed areas that restrict li…
A Five-Star Guide for Achieving Replicability and Reproducibility When Working with GIS Software and Algorithms
The availability and use of geographic information technologies and data for describing the patterns and processes operating on or near the Earth’s surface have grown substantially during the past fifty years. The number of geographic information systems software packages and algorithms has also grown quickly during this period, fueled by rapid advances in computing and the explosive growth in the availability of digital data describing specific …
Geography
Alexander B. Murphy. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2018. xii and 162 pp., maps, diagrams, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth (ISBN 9781509523009); $12.95 paper (ISBN 97815095230
A New High-Resolution Map of World Mountains and an Online Tool for Visualizing and Comparing Characterizations of Global Mountain Distributions
Answers to the seemingly straightforward questions “what is a mountain?” and “where are the mountains of the world?” are in fact quite complex, and there have been few attempts to map the mountains of the earth in a consistent and rigorous fashion. However, knowing exactly where mountain ecosystems are distributed on the planet is a precursor to conserving them, as called for in Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 15 of the United Nations 2030 Ag…
Toward a digital resilience
As we contend with human impacts on the biosphere, there is rightfully a great emphasis now on community adaptation and resilience to climate change. Recent innovations in information technologies and analyses are helping communities to become more resilient. However, not often discussed in this vein is a path toward digital resilience. If mapping and information tools are to help communities, it stands to reason that they must be resilient thems…
Soundings
SOUNDINGS: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor. By Hali Felt. 340 pp.: maps, ills., notes, index. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2012. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780805092158. In the early 20th century, the German polar meteorologist Alfred Wegener used fossil and glacial deposits to postulate the prior existence of a large super-continent (Pangea), which then proceeded to split into pieces over geological time. His theory …
Distance Education in Geographic Information Science
Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as ‘Tool’ versus ‘Science’
Is GIS a tool or a science? The question is clearly important in the day-to-day operations of geography departments. Departments need to know if GIS is a tool that should be taught at the undergraduate level, or a science and thus a legitimate research specialty of faculty and graduate students. We summarize the debate on this question that was conducted on GIS-L electronic listserver in late 1993. In evaluating this discussion it became clear th…
Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as ‘Tool’ versus ‘Science’
Is GIS a tool or a science? The question is clearly important in the day-to-day operations of geography departments. Departments need to know if GIS is a tool that should be taught at the undergraduate level, or a science and thus a legitimate research specialty of faculty and graduate students. We summarize the debate on this question that was conducted on GIS-L electronic listserver in late 1993. In evaluating this discussion it became clear th…
Distance Education in Geographic Information Science
A Five-Star Guide for Achieving Replicability and Reproducibility When Working with GIS Software and Algorithms
The availability and use of geographic information technologies and data for describing the patterns and processes operating on or near the Earth’s surface have grown substantially during the past fifty years. The number of geographic information systems software packages and algorithms has also grown quickly during this period, fueled by rapid advances in computing and the explosive growth in the availability of digital data describing specific …
Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as ‘Tool’ versus ‘Science’
Is GIS a tool or a science? The question is clearly important in the day-to-day operations of geography departments. Departments need to know if GIS is a tool that should be taught at the undergraduate level, or a science and thus a legitimate research specialty of faculty and graduate students. We summarize the debate on this question that was conducted on GIS-L electronic listserver in late 1993. In evaluating this discussion it became clear th…
Distance Education in Geographic Information Science
Soundings
SOUNDINGS: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor. By Hali Felt. 340 pp.: maps, ills., notes, index. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2012. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780805092158. In the early 20th century, the German polar meteorologist Alfred Wegener used fossil and glacial deposits to postulate the prior existence of a large super-continent (Pangea), which then proceeded to split into pieces over geological time. His theory …
Toward a digital resilience
As we contend with human impacts on the biosphere, there is rightfully a great emphasis now on community adaptation and resilience to climate change. Recent innovations in information technologies and analyses are helping communities to become more resilient. However, not often discussed in this vein is a path toward digital resilience. If mapping and information tools are to help communities, it stands to reason that they must be resilient thems…
A New High-Resolution Map of World Mountains and an Online Tool for Visualizing and Comparing Characterizations of Global Mountain Distributions
Answers to the seemingly straightforward questions “what is a mountain?” and “where are the mountains of the world?” are in fact quite complex, and there have been few attempts to map the mountains of the earth in a consistent and rigorous fashion. However, knowing exactly where mountain ecosystems are distributed on the planet is a precursor to conserving them, as called for in Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 15 of the United Nations 2030 Ag…
Geography
Alexander B. Murphy. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2018. xii and 162 pp., maps, diagrams, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth (ISBN 9781509523009); $12.95 paper (ISBN 97815095230
Beyond the boundaries
Comprehensive, spatially explicit data that include regulatory information are essential for evaluating the level of protection that marine protected areas (MPAs) and other marine managed areas (MMAs) provide to marine life, and to inform progress towards ocean protection targets. An analysis based on the ProtectedSeas database, which includes information on regulated activities, found that 85% of U.S. waters are in managed areas that restrict li…
A Five-Star Guide for Achieving Replicability and Reproducibility When Working with GIS Software and Algorithms
The availability and use of geographic information technologies and data for describing the patterns and processes operating on or near the Earth’s surface have grown substantially during the past fifty years. The number of geographic information systems software packages and algorithms has also grown quickly during this period, fueled by rapid advances in computing and the explosive growth in the availability of digital data describing specific …
The Guide to the Geographic Approach
A New Inventory and Conservation Assessment of United States Islands
To support conservation-focused research and management we developed a new 30-m resolution polygon data layer of the nonlacustrine and nonriverine islands of the United States, with associated attributes describing key physical and conservation geography characteristics. Islands were grouped into a three-tiered hierarchy of island regions (twelve), island provinces (twenty-eight), and individual islands (19,023). Islands were classified as either…
Computer Science (6 works) · Geographic Information Systems Studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Data science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Coastal and Marine Management (2 works) · Data mining (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works)