2007 92 pages $14.95

Mapping for Congress: Supporting Public Policy with GIS, a new book from ESRI, illustrates how GIS is used to provide policymakers and citizens with information about public policy issues in the form of a map. The book profiles the work of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division’s Congressional Cartography Program, detailing how Library of Congress GIS professionals are able to help members of Congress and congressional staff understand public policy issues in a geographic context. Also included in the book are more than thirty maps highlighting national trends and providing insight into how these patterns might influence current and future public policy.

About the editor:

Nancy Sappington, with Christopher Thomas, Milton Ospina, Brent Roderick, Ray Carnes, Michael Law, and Polly Barbee, with thanks to the Congressional Cartography Program of the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Ginny Mason and Jacob Zonn.