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This article is from the Geographic
Information Systems FAQ, by Lisa Nyman lnyman@census.gov with
numerous contributions by others.
4.3: What are some books and magazines available on GIS? (Geographic Information Systems)
____ GeoInfo Systems Magazine, PO Box 7678, Riverton, NJ 08077-9178
$59/year. Email: geoinfomag@aol.com
____ GIS World and Business Geographics magazines, and the 199x GIS
Sourcebook, all from GIS World Inc, 155 E Boardwalk Drive,
Suite 250, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Email: info@gisworld.com
____ Proceedings: 5th International Symposium on Spatial $50.00
Data Handling. IGU Commission on GIS, August 1992,
Charleston, South Carolina.
Two volume set contains more than seventy selected papers
representing the state of the art in geographical information
processing.
____ Time in Geographic Information Systems, by Gail Langran. $40.00
Taylor & Francis, 1992.
Thorough examination of the conceptual, logical, and physical
design of temporal GISs. This book reviews the literature;
discusses implementation issues such as clustering, quality
control, and volume control; and introduces original and
previously unpublished research on the extension of existing
spatial data structuring techniques to a three-dimensional
space-time application.
____ Accuracy of Spatial Databases, edited by Michael Goodchild. $77.00
Taylor & Francis, 1989.
Detailed treatment of error and accuracy, particularly of
modelling uncertainty and reliability, testing accuracy, and
the practical implications for use of spatial data.
____ An Album of Map Projections, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1453,
John Snyder and Philip Voxland, 1989.
____ Analytical and Computer Cartography, by Keith Clarke. $52.00
Prentice Hall, 1990.
____ Applications of Spatial Data Structures, by Hanan Samet. $45.25
Addison-Wesley, 1989.
Applications of hierarchical data structures in computer
graphics,image processing, and GIS.
____ Building Databases for Global Science, edited by Helen $93.00
Mounsey. General Editor: Roger Tomlinson.
Taylor & Francis, 1988.
Papers from the first meeting of the International
Geographical Union's Global Database Planning Project.
____ Design and Analysis of Spatial Data Structures, by $43.25
Hanan Samet. Addison-Wesley, 1990.
Hierarchical (quadtree and octree) data structures.
____ Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems: A $60.00
Compendium. ACSM, 1990.
____ Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems $49.95
Robert Laurini and Derek Thompson
Academic Press, London, UK 1992, 700 pages approx.,
ISBN 0-12-438380-7. (Particularly nice illustartions ;-))
____ Geographic and Land Information Systems for $45.00
Practicing Surveyors: a Compendium. ACSM, 1991.
____ Geographic Information Systems: A Management $57.00
Perspective, by Stan Aronoff. WDL Publications, 1989.
An excellent introduction to GIS principles and applications
for users and managers.
____ Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction, by $51.00
Jeffrey Star and John Estes. Prentice Hall, 1990.
Introductory textbook for students and professionals.
____ Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic $51.00
Modelling, by Dana Tomlin. Prentice Hall, 1990.
Introduction to cartographic modelling, emphasizing
environmental decisions, that develops a high-level
cartographic computing language.
____ Geographic Information Systems for Resource $60.00
Management, edited by William Ripple. ACSM, 1986.
Papers on land suitability; water, soil, and vegetation
resource management; and urban and global GIS applications.
____ Geographical Information Systems: Principles and $295.00
Applications, edited by David J. Maguire, Michael
F. Goodchild and David W. Rhind. John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Two-volume boxed set contains sixty new papers; the most
ambitious, extensive, and authoritative GIS book to date.
____ The Geography Coloring Book, by Wynn Kapit $10.00
Harper Collins, 1991.
A creative and expert study aid for learning geography.
Contains coloring plates and index.
____ The Global Positioning System and GIS, by Michael Kennedy
An educational tool intended as an introduction for all mapping science
professionals, managers, and students. For use in the classroom, or
as a self-teaching guidebook, "GPS and GIS" explains how GPS works,
examines software and hardware options, and provides theory to
application in a manual. Ann Arbor Press ISBN 1-57504-017-4
____ Handbook of Relational Database Design, by Candace $46.00
Fleming and Barbara von Halle. Addison-Wesley, 1989.
This book provides a practical approach to designing relational
databases. It contains two complementary design methodologies: logical
data modeling and relational database design. The methodologies are
independent of product-specific implementations and have been applied
to numerous relational product environments.
____ (workbook). UGC Corporation, 1990.
Management-level primer on GIS with accompanying video.
[Ed. note: at one time this was offered without the video free
of charge]
____ How to Choose A GIS Consultant, available free from
EI Technologies, LLC, 2620 S. Parker Road, Ste. 150,
Aurora, CO 80014.
____ Interpreting Space: GIS and Archaeology, edited by $79.00
Kathleen M. S. Allen, Stanton W. Green and Ezra B. W.
Zubrow. Taylor & Francis, 1990.
The first book to address the use of GIS in archaeology and
anthropology.
____ Introduction to Database Systems, Vol I, by C. J. Date. $46.25
Fifth edition. Addison-Wesley, 1990.
____ Introduction to Database Systems, Vol II, by C. J. Date. $45.25
Addison-Wesley, 1985.
____ Introduction to Urban GIS, by William Huxhold (paper). $32.50
Oxford University Press, 1991.
____ Introductory Readings in Geographic Information $39.00
Systems, edited by Donna Pequet and Duane Marble.
(paper). Taylor & Francis, 1990.
Selection of articles on various aspects of GIS.
____ Map Appreciation, by Mark Monmonier. $41.00
Prentice Hall, 1988.
Teaches how to work with maps and promotes graphic literacy.
____ Map Generalization: Making Rules for Knowledge $95.00
Representation, edited by Barbara Buttenfield and Robert
McMaster.
John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
This book is the first to focus on the development of a rule
base for digital mapping. It identifies the problems involved
in the development of a rule base for digital maps used in
GIS, and it provides a framework to help solve these problems,
improve efficiency, preserve consistency, and incorporate
sound principles into digital mapping.
____ Mapping the Next Millenium: The Discovery of New $30.00
Geographies, by Stephen Hall
Random House, 1992.
Contains reports from the scientific frontiers where virtually
every aspect of the physical cosmos is being mapped, including
the floor of the ocean, the hole in the ozone layer, the
interior of the earth, atoms and chromosomes, the farthest
planets of the solar system, the large-scale structure of the
universe, and even the mathematical construct known as pi.
_____ Map Projections---A Working Manual. USGS Professional Paper 1395.
by John Snyder. $32. Available from USGS Distribution Center, Box
25286, MS 306, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.
____ Principles of Geographical Information Systems for $44.00
Land Resources Assessment, by P. A. Burrough.
Oxford University Press, 1986.
Textbook for more advanced GIS specialists.
____ Reactive Data Structures for Geographic Information Systems,
Peter van Oosterom 1994
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-823320-5.
This 200-page book is part of the "Spatial Information Systems" series
of Oxford University Press (General Editors: P.H.T. Beckett,P.A. Burrough,
M.F. Goodchild, and P. Switzer). The full price of the book is 25 pounds.
In addition to an overview of GIS-technology this book contains many
recent research results. This is illustrated with many figures (80) and
references (296) and easy accessible by an index with 872 entries.
____ Statistics for Spatial Data, by Noel Cressie. $90.00
John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
The most comprehensive and readable text to date on the
analysis of spatial data through statistical models. It
unifies a previously disparate subject under a common approach
and notation.
____ Three Dimensional Applications in Geographic Information $66.00
Systems, edited by Jonathan Raper.
Taylor & Francis, 1989.
Survey of approaches and problems in modelling real
geophysical data.
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