Chapter 1 References - For More Information About:
What Is Geospatial Technology and Geospatial Data:
• Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapter 1.
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Chang, K. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 5th ed. New York:
McGraw Hill, Chapter 1.
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Dangermond, J. 2009. “GIS Professionals Lead the GeoWeb Revolution.” ArcNews, Fall.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall09articles/gis-professionals.html.
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Esri. 2013. “What Is GIS?” Accessed August 13. http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis.
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Federal Geographic Data Committee. 2007. “National Spatial Data Infrastructure.” February
20. http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html.
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Forne, J. 2010. “Geospatial Technology Assists Haitian Relief Efforts.” New Zealand
Geospatial Strategy, January 28. http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/geospatial-technologyassists-haitian-relief-efforts.
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Goodchild, M.F. 1997. “Unit 002: What Is Geographic Information Science?” NCGIA Core
Curriculum in Geographic Information Science. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u002.
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Jensen, J. 2006. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Chapter 1.
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Kennedy, M. 2009. Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS. 2nd ed.
Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 2.
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Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation.
Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 1.
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Longley, P.A., M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, and D.W. Rhind. 2005. Geographic
Information Systems and Science. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 1.
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Macfarlane, C.M., and C.M. Rodgers. 2008. “Geospatial Technology Support in Small
Academic Libraries: Time to Jump on Board?” Issues in Science and Technology
Librarianship. Fall 2008. doi:10.5062/F4GF0RFV.
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National Geospatial Advisory Committee. 2009. “The Changing Geospatial Landscape.”
Report of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee.
http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac/NGAC%20Report%20%20The%20Changing%20Geospatial%20Landscape.pdf/view?searchterm=The%20Changin
g%20Geospatial%20Landscape.
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United States Department of Labor. 2005. “Identifying and Addressing Workforce
Challenges in America’s Geospatial Technology Sector.” Revised November 2.
http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/pdf/Geospatial%20Final%20Report_08212007.pdf.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2013. “Geospatial Services.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.fws.gov/GIS/index.htm.
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United States Geological Survey. 2013. “Geospatial Technology.” Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/factsheet/geotech.htm.
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United States Geological Survey. 2013. “The National Map.” The National Map.
http://nationalmap.gov.
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United States Geological Survey. 2013. “National Geospatial Program.” National Geospatial
Program. http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo.
Geospatial Jobs and Applications:
• Career Voyages. 2013. “Geospatial Technology.” Accessed August 14.
http://web.archive.org/web/20090812235106/http://careervoyages.gov/geospatialtechnologymain.cfm.
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Career Voyages. 2013. “Geospatial Technology: Industry Overview.” Accessed August 14.
http://web.archive.org/web/20090812224657/http://careervoyages.gov/includes/incsmallwind
ow-allindustries-industryoverview.cfm?industrynumber=12.
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Directions Staff. 2004. “US Department of Labor Issues Report on Geospatial
Technologies.” Directions Magazine, July 4.
http://www.directionsmag.com/columns.php?column_id=71.
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Esri. 2013. “GIS for Archeology.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.esri.com/industries/archaeology.
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Esri. 2013. “GIS for Defense and Intelligence: Geospatial Intelligence.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.esri.com/industries/defense/geo_intel.
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Esri. 2013. “GIS for Urban and Regional Planning.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.esri.com/industries/planning.
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Esri. 2013. “Health and Human Services.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.esri.com/industries/health.
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Esri. 2013. “Industries.” Accessed August 14. http://www.esri.com/industries.html.
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Esri. 2013. “Map Book Gallery.” Accessed August 14. http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum.
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Gewin, V. 2004. “Mapping Opportunities.” Nature 427 (22): 376-377. doi:10.1038/nj6972376a.
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Henry, M., and L. Armstrong, eds. 2004. Mapping the Future of America’s National Parks:
Stewardship Through Geographic Information Systems. Redlands: Esri Press.
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O*NET. 2013. “Quick Search for: Geospatial.” Accessed August 14.
http://online.onetcenter.org/find/quick?s=geospatial.
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O*NET. 2015. “Find Occupations.” Accessed August 28. http://www.onetonline.org/find/
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United States Department of Labor. 2005. “Identifying and Addressing Workforce
Challenges in America’s Geospatial Technology Sector.” Revised November 2.
http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/pdf/Geospatial%20Final%20Report_08212007.pdf.
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United States Department of Labor. 2013. “High Growth Industry Profile: Geospatial
Technology.” Accessed August 14.
http://www.doleta.gov/brG/Indprof/geospatial_profile.cfm.
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URISA. 2015. “GIS Salary Survey.” Accessed August 28. http://www.urisa.org/resources/2014urisa-gis-salary-survey/
Geography and Geospatial Technology:
• Dangermond, J. 2004. “Speaking the Language of Geography—GIS.” ArcNews, Fall.
http://www.esri.com/news/ArcNews/fall04articles/speaking-the-language1of2.html.
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Dangermond, J. 2008. “GIS—Geography in Action.” ArcNews, Winter.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0809articles/gis-geography-in-action.html.
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Getis, A. 2007. “What Holds Us Together.” ArcNews, Winter.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0708articles/what-holds-us-together.html.
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Goodchild, M. 1992. “Geographical Information Science.” International Journal of
Geographical Information Systems 6 (1): 31-45.
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Goodchild, M. 1997. “Unit 002: What Is Geographic Information Science?” NCGIA Core
Curriculum in Geographic Information Science. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u002.
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Goodchild, M. 2007. “Geography Prospers from GIS.” ArcWatch, April.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0407/feature.html.
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Johnson, R., ed. 1986. The Dictionary of Human Geography. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Longley, P.A., M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, and D.W. Rhind. 2005. Geographic
Information Systems and Science. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 1.
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Wright, D., M. Goodchild, and J. Proctor. 1997. “Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of
GIS as ‘Tool’ Versus ‘Science.’” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87 (2):
346-362. http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/annals.html.
Volunteered Geographic Information and User-Generated Content:
• Goodchild, M.F. 2008. “Citizens as Sensors: the World of Volunteered Geography.”
GeoJournal 69 (4): 211-221. doi:10.1007/s10708-007-9111-y.
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Google. 2013. “What Is Google Map Maker?” Accessed August 14.
http://support.google.com/mapmaker/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157176.
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Helft, M. 2009. “Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions.” New York Times,
November 16. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/technology/internet/17maps.html.
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Howe, J. 2006. “The Rise of Crowdsourcing.” Wired, June.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html.
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“Map Invasive Species with Your Smartphone.” Saugerties Times, May 7, 2012.
http://www.saugertiesx.com/2012/05/07/map-invasive-species-smartphone.
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Open Street Map. 2013. Accessed August 14. http://www.openstreetmap.org.
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Sui, D.Z. 2008. “The Wikification of GIS and Its Consequences: Or Angelina Jolie’s New
Tattoo and the Future of GIS.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 32 (2008): 1–5.
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USGS. 2015. “This is the home of The National Map Corps.” Accessed August 28.
https://my.usgs.gov/confluence/display/nationalmapcorps/Home
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Wiki. 2013. “What Is Wiki?” Accessed August 14.
http://www.wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki.
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Wikimapia. 2013. Accessed August 14. http://wikimapia.org.
Geolocation:
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Geolocation. 2015. Accessed August 28. http://www.geolocation.com/
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Leetaru, K.H., S. Wang, G. Cao, A. Padmanabhan, and E. Shook. 2013. “Mapping the Global Twitter
Heartbeat: The Geography of Twitter.” First Monday 18: (5-6):
http://firstmonday.org/article/view/4366/3654#p2
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Mobiforge. 2013. “HTML5 for the Mobile Web - a guide to the Geolocation API.” Accessed August
28. http://mobiforge.com/design-development/html5-mobile-web-a-guide-geolocation-api
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Pilgrim, M. 2015. “You are Here – Dive Into HTML 5.” Accessed August 28.
http://diveintohtml5.info/geolocation.html
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Whitehead, T. 2015. “Paris Charlie Hebdo attack: Je Suis Charlie hashtag one of most popular in
Twitter history.” The Telegraph: January 9. 2015.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11336879/Paris-Charlie-Hebdoattack-Je-Suis-Charlie-hashtag-one-of-most-popular-in-Twitter-history.html
Google Earth:
• Draughn, M. 2005. “Google + Keyhole = Google Earth.” Windypundit, May 28.
http://www.windypundit.com/archives/2005/05/google_keyhole_google_earth.
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Google. 2004. “Google Acquires Keyhole Corp.” News from Google, October 27.
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/keyhole.html.
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Google. 2013. “Google Earth.” Accessed August 14. http://earth.google.com.
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Kuchinskas, S. 2005. “Google to Earth.” InternetNews, June 28.
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3516311.
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Ratliff, E. 2007. “Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World.” Wired, June 26.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/15-07/ff_maps.