The Spatial Edge
The Strategic Advantage of GIS Skills Across Higher Education
$59.50
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2026
Summary
Bring your campus together academically and operationally with The Spatial Edge: The Strategic Advantage of GIS Skills Across Higher Education.
Although GIS is now widely taught in higher education, it is typically associated with a handful of areas of study: geography, planning, natural resources, and landscape architecture. The Spatial Edge uses a series of case studies to show how integrating a geographic approach can unite campuses and address challenges by foste…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781589488960 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1589488962 |
| Author: | Thomas Fisher, Len Kne |
| Publisher: | ESRI Press |
| Imprint: | ESRI Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Thomas Fisher
Thomas Fisher
Thomas Fisher is the Director of the Minnesota Design Center and holds the Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design. He is a graduate of Cornell University in architecture and Case Western Reserve University in intellectual history. Previously, he served as the Editorial Director of Progressive Architecture magazine.
Recognized in 2005 as the fifth most published writer about architecture in the United States, Fisher has authored nine books, over 50 book chapters or introductions, and more than 400 articles in professional journals and major publications. He has been named a top-25 design educator four times by Design Intelligence and has lectured at 36 universities and over 150 professional and public meetings. His extensive writings cover architectural design, practice, and ethics. His most recent book is Designing our Way to a Better World (University of Minnesota Press, 2016).
Len Kne
Len Kne is the director of U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota. U-Spatial is an internationally recognized center that supports the geospatial needs of over 2,000 researchers across 150 departments and centers. Kne brings extensive experience with GIS and Information Technologies from higher education, the private sector, government, and non-profit organizations to his work at U-Spatial. He is also on the faculty of the Master of Geographic Information Science program and looks forward to the day when everyone is thinking spatially.
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