ESRI Press

A to Z GIS; an illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems, 2d ed.

This dictionary meant for students and professionals consists of terms relating to geographic information systems (GIS) and their use in research, field studies, and practical applications. Approximately 1,800 terms — general, not software-specific — are included, as well as color illustrations, and articles by other contributors about annotation and labels, features, geometry, layers in ArcGIS software, map projections and coordinate systems, remote sensing, and topology. Terms that describe concepts, processes, and operations, and those from related fields such as cartography, computing, geodesy, geography, GPS, and remote sensing, are included. Definitions incorporate subject area classifications. Wade is a project manager at ESRI and Sommer is a research specialist at ESRI. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Charting the unknown; how computer mapping at Harvard became GIS. (CD-ROM included)

Chrisman (geomatic sciences, U. Laval, Quebec) was a researcher at the Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis from 1972 to 1982. He explores some of the themes addressed by the Laboratory's collaboration between planners, geographers, cartographers, mathematicians, computer scientists, artists, and others that led to the origins of geographic information systems technology. The disk contains three short films illustrating early attempts, and videotaped interviews with 10 people who were involved. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)