Read more about GIS at Collins
- Albrecht, Jochen. Key Concepts & Techniques in GIS. Los Angeles, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2007.
- Antenucci, John C., ed. Geographic Information Systems : A Guide to the Technology. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991.
- Bishop, Michael P. and John F. Shroder, eds. Geographic Information Science and Mountain Geomorphology. Berlin ; New York: Springer, 2004.
- Bonham-Carter, Graeme F. Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists : Modelling with GIS. 1st ed. Oxford ; New York: Pergamon, 1994.
- DeMers, Michael N. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1997.
- Dorling, Daniel and David Fairbairn, eds. Mapping : Ways of Representing the World. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman, 1997.
- Environmental Systems Research Institute and Melanie Harlow, eds. Using ArcMap : ArcGIS 9. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 2004.
- Knowles, Anne Kelly, ed. Past Time, Past Place : GIS for History. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2002.
- Longley, Paul, ed. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Chichester ; New York: Wiley, 2001.
- Ormsby, Tim, ed. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop : Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo. 2nd , updat for ArcGIS 9 ed. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2004.
- Schuurman, Nadine. GIS : A Short Introduction. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Geographic Information
The third week in November brings us Geography Awareness week and GIS day to spark our thoughts about geography, location, and GIS data. Check out some of the resources at Collins library to learn more about these topics in historical and scientific contexts.
The Geospatial Revolution
Suddenly we have the potential to identify location on a massive and precise scale with GIS. What does this mean to us, as scholars and citizens?
Check out Penn State's Geospatial Revolution Project, makers of the video above, to see how people are answering these questions.
Explore Some Digital Geospatial Resources
Try some of these easy to use web applications and sites to get a glimpse of what you can do with digital information:
- Get the basics and build a foundation at Cartography 2.0.
- ESRI's Mapping For Everyone, which lets you visualize human and geographic information within your browser.
- Or get a little more hands-on with ARCGIS Explorer, which requires a download, but gives you more flexibility.
- See what others have done with Google Earth, which includes among its many layers visits to the moon, undersea trenches, and archaeological sites.
- Check out TerraServer, an online library of maps and images of the United States, currently provided free by Microsoft in partnership with USGS.
- Find answers at wiki.gis.com, a wiki written by the GIS community.