Parcels
How Property Shapes Geography
$80.74
- Paperback
188 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2026
Summary
Discover how invisible property lines quietly govern our lives—shaping homes, cities, and power itself—and why understanding land, parcel by parcel, is key to solving the challenges of the modern world.
Land parcels are rarely seen or discussed, yet they quietly organize nearly everything: where homes sit, who owns land, how cities grow, how taxes are collected, and how governments exercise authority. On a small scale, parcels answer everyday questions—where a fence may go, who is res…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781589488519 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1589488512 |
| Author: | Jerry Paffendorf, Nancy von Meyer |
| Publisher: | ESRI Press |
| Imprint: | ESRI Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 188 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 215mm |
| Series: | Power of Where |
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About The Author
Jerry Paffendorf
Jerry Paffendorf
Jerry Paffendorf is an entrepreneur, land data innovator, and advocate for making property information more accessible and useful to the public. He is best known as the cofounder and CEO of Regrid, a company dedicated to assembling and standardizing parcel data across the United States.
Nancy von Meyer
Nancy von Meyer is a nationally recognized leader in land information systems, geospatial policy, and property data standardization. She is the author of GIS and Land Records: The Parcel Data Model (Esri Press, 2004). She brings decades of experience at the intersection of government, technology, and land administration, helping to illuminate how parcel data underpins decision-making at every scale.
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