Chapter 5 References - For More Information About:
Origins of GIS
• Goodchild, M.F., and K.K. Kemp, eds. 1997. “Unit 23: History of GIS.” August 30.
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/gis.notes/ncgia/u23.html.
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Price, M. 2008. Mastering ArcGIS. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, Introduction.
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URISA. 2013. “Roger Tomlinson.” Accessed August 15. http://www.urisa.org/awards/rogertomlinson.
Representing the Real World With GIS:
• Bernhardsen, T. 2002. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 3.
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Bratt, S., and B. Booth. 2004. ArcGIS 9: Using 3D Analyst. Redlands: Esri Press, Chapter 3.
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Esri. 2013. “What Is GIS?” Accessed August 13. http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis.
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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 3.
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McCoy, J., K. Johnson, S. Kopp, B. Borup, J. Willison, and B. Payne. 2001–2002. ArcGIS 9:
Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. Redlands: Esri Press, Chapter 4.
Representing Vector Data in GIS:
• Bernhardsen, T. 2002. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley and Sons, Chapters 3, 4, and 9.
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Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapters 2 and 4.
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Chang, K. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 5th ed. New York:
McGraw Hill, Chapters 3 and 5.
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Heywood, I., S. Cornelius, and S. Carver. 2006. An Introduction to Geographic
Informational Systems. 3rd ed. Edinburgh Gate: Pearson, Chapter 2.
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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 3.
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Theobald, D. 2001. “Understanding Topology and Shapefiles.” ArcUser, April–June.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0401/topo.html.
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United States Geological Survey. 2015. “Hydrography.” Accessed August 28.
http://nhd.usgs.gov/
Representing Raster Data in GIS:
• Bernhardsen, T. 2002. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 4.
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Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapter 2.
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Chang, K. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 5th ed. New York:
McGraw Hill, Chapter 4.
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Environmental Protection Agency. 2013. “Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium
(MRLC).” Accessed August 15. http://www.epa.gov/mrlc.
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Goodchild, M.F. 1997. “Unit 054: Representing Fields.” NCGIA Core Curriculum in
Geographic Information Science. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u054.
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Longley, P.A., M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, and D.W. Rhind. 2005. Geographical
Information Systems and Science. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 3.
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McCoy, J., K. Johnson, S. Kopp, B. Borup, J. Willison, and B. Payne. 2001–2002. ArcGIS 9:
Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. Redlands: Esri Press, Chapter 4.
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Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MLRC). 2013. Accessed August 15.
http://www.mrlc.gov.
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United States Geological Survey. 2012. “Land Cover Institute.” USGS Land Cover Institute
(LCI). http://landcover.usgs.gov.
Attribute Data and Joining Tables:
• Bernhardsen, T. 2002. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley and Sons, Chapters 3 and 8.
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Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapters 2 and 8.
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Chang, K. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 5th ed. New York:
McGraw Hill, Chapter 8.
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Research Methods Knowledge Base. 2006. “Levels of Measurement.”
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/measlevl.php.
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Price, M. 2008. Mastering ArcGIS. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, Chapter 5.
Metadata
• Bernhardsen, T. 2002. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley and Sons, Chapters 11 and 19.
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Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapter 4.
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Federal Geographic Data Committee. 2006. “Content Standards for Digital Geospatial
Metadata.” http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/csdgm.
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Federal Geographic Data Committee. 2013. “Geospatial Metadata.”
http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata.
Obtaining Geospatial Data:
• Chang, K. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 5th ed. New York:
McGraw Hill, Chapter 5.
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Data.gov. 2013. “Datasets.” Accessed August 15. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset.
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GeoCommunity. 2013. “Everything You Want to Know About SDTS.” Accessed August 15.
http://data.geocomm.com/sdts.
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United States Geological Survey. 2013. “Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS).” Spatial
Data Transfer Standard (SDTS). http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts.
Esri and ArcGIS:
 ArcNews. 2014. “The ArcGIS Platform in 2014.” Accessed August 28.
http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/summer14articles/the-arcgis-platform-in-2014
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Dangermond, J. 2013. “Transforming ArcGIS into a Platform.” Accessed August 28.
http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/winter1213articles/transforming-arcgis-into-a-platform
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Esri. 2013. “ArcGIS.” Accessed August 15. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis.
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Esri. 2013. “ArcGIS for Desktop.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop.
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Esri. 2013. “ArcNews.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/arcnews.html.
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Esri. 2013. “ArcUser.” Accessed August 15. http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/index.html.
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Esri. 2013. “ArcWatch.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/index.html.
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Esri. 2013. “History.” Accessed August 15. http://www.esri.com/about-esri/history.
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Esri. 2013. “Industries.” Accessed August 15. http://www.esri.com/industries.html.
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Price, M. 2008. Mastering ArcGIS. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, Chapters 1 and 2.
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URISA. 2007 Salary Survey.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120709045416/http://www.urisa.org/2007_salary_survey.
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Zeiler, M. 1999. Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design. Redlands:
Esri Press, Chapter 3.
Some Other GIS Software Programs:
• Bolstad, P. 2008. GIS Fundamentals. 3rd ed. Ashland: Atlas Press, Chapter 1.
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Caliper. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.caliper.com.
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Clark Labs. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.clarklabs.org.
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GRASS GIS. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://grass.osgeo.org.
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Intergraph. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.intergraph.com.
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Manifold. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.manifold.net/index.shtml.
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MapInfo. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.mapinfo.com.
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Open Source GIS. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://opensourcegis.org.
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Quantum GIS. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.qgis.org.