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| September 8, 2011 Free GIS BooksFree GIS, PublicationsBuilding a collection of reference and academic texts on GIS can be costly. There are some free online source materials that can be a valuable contribution, especially if your book budget is nonexistent. Most of these free GIS books are available in downloadable PDF format and can be read from a computer or on an ... read more July 1, 2011 New GIS WorkbookPublicationsEsri Press has released a new GIS tutorial book: Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook, explains the methods, tools, and processes needed to apply full-scale GIS analysis to a spatially based problem. Readers are guided through a hypothetical project of selecting a suitable location for a park near the Los Angeles River in California. “This book provides the ... read more June 26, 2011Beyond Mapping ArticlesPublicationsSpanning from 1989 to the present, the collective articles from Joseph K. Berry’s Beyond Mapping column in GeoWorld Magazine are available on the InnovationGIS.com web site. Berry has written extensive about the subject of GIS over the past 13 years. His articles cover topics including spatial analysis, the direction of GIS, geospatial technology, and applications ... read more April 14, 2011Seven Cartography Book PicksPublicationsBrain Pickings has listed seven cartography books considered must-reads that explore the art and science of cartography. Selections include books about map as art, personal geographies, hand drawn maps, the use of cartography in social activism, maps as oddities, the use of cartography in depicting time, and imaginative maps. To see which volumes made the list ... read more April 5, 2011 How to Hire a Crime AnalystPublicationsThe Police Foundation has developed a free publication entitled “Selecting the Best Analyst for the Job: A Model Crime Analyst Assessment Process for Law Enforcement Agencies.” Written by Karen L. Amendola and Greg Jones and published in December of 2010, the book is available online via PDF format. The abstract: The rapid growth in applications and usage of ... read more March 21, 2011GIS BooksPublicationsLooking to build your GIS reference library? Listed here are essential books about geographic information systems and cartography. Reference Books A to Z GIS Edited by Tasha Wade and Shelly Sommer – ESRI Press – 2006 Terminology book from Esri Press. The book contains 243 pages of quick definitions and illustrations. The book also contains a handy appendix ... read more December 23, 2010NetzinesLink Library, PublicationsThese online geospatial magazines will help keep you up-to-date on the new tools, tips and tricks of the trade. Many have informative articles as well as industry news. ArcNews Online Online version of ArcNews. Dedicated to users of ESRI products. Contains case studies and news about ESRI products. ArcUser Online ArcUser magazine contains tutorials, productivity tips, and articles ... read more November 12, 2010 Book Review: OpenStreetMap ~ Be Your Own CartographerPublicationsIf you’ve been interested in contributing to OpenStreetMap but aren’t sure how or where to start, Jonathan Bennett has written a reference book about the collaborative geographic data creating service. Jonathan Bennett has been extensively involved with OpenStreetMap since 2006 and is a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The book also receives the benefit of ... read more September 22, 2010 Pen Display Technology Adds Precision and Speed to USGS Volcanic MappingPublicationsWhite paper from Wacom In an effort to map volcanoes and assess eruption risks, The United States Geological Survey (USGS) turned to Wacom interactive pen display technology to streamline GIS data updates and editing workflows. The Wacom pen display enables agency geologists to streamline, and in some cases eliminate, several steps in transferring data from paper maps where ... read more November 10, 2009 Freakonomics Interviews Frank Jacobs on the Influence of MapsPublicationsThe Feakonomics blog from the New York Times posts an Interview with Frank Jacobs, of the popular Strange Maps blog and the upcoming book Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities. Annika Mengisen interviews Jacobs on what he believes the most influential maps in history have been, how online mapping has affected cartography, and the organizations ... read more |
