We are pleased to offer an extensive set of supplemental resources to accompany A Primer of GIS: Second Edition: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts, by Francis Harvey.

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Resources by Chapter

Chapter 1. Goals of Cartography and GI: Representation and Communication

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  • National Geographic’s online Education offers a highly interactive introduction to geography and cartography. The Mental Mapper offers a good introduction to mental mapping and you can follow one of the lesson plans. See http://education.nationalgeographic.com.
  
  
  • Three hundred and twenty-one definitions of the word map are collected at J. H. Andrews’s website and analyzed visually by John Krygier: http://makingmaps.net/2008/11/25/321-definitions-of-map.
  
  
  • The ICA website provides up-to-date information about cartographic research, teaching, and publishing around the world: www.icaci.org.
  
  
  • The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) website offers information about some of the newest GI research: www.ucgis.org.
  
  
  • For many, the USGS website is the first place to go to for information about mapping in the United States: www.usgs.gov.



Chapter 2. Choices in How We Make Representations

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  • Geographic representation is an important topic for research in GIScience. See www.spatial.maine.edu/~max/UCGIS-Rep.pdf.
  
  
  • A prominent GIS software producer’s view on geographic representation can be found at www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/~/media/files/pdfs/industries/k-12/pdfs/geoginquiry.pdf.
  
  
  • A discussion about changes to cartographic representation helps one to think about connections to geographic representation. See www.questia.com/library/1G1-72433261/representation-and-its-relationship-with-cartographic.
  
  
  • These presentation materials provide a succinct overview of accuracy issues: www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/gqc/courses/images/kirkland.pdf.



Chapter 3. GI and Cartography Issues

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  • A general overview of projections can be found at http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm.
  
  
  • For a very comprehensive set of graphics showing a great number of projections, see http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html.
  
  
  • For more information on perhaps the most seminal work on projections, John Snyder’s Map Projections: A Working Manual, see http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp1395.
  
  
  • More mathematical descriptions of projection are available at http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/MapProjections.html.
  
  
  • For general information about scale, see http://geography.about.com/cs/maps/a/mapscale.htm.
  
  
  • The USGS provides general information about map scale at http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs01502.html.
  
  
  • The importance of scale for geographic representation is handled at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/maps/question3.html.
  
  
  • To see how cartographic generalization developed, read www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Cartographic_Generalization_TR_NOS127_CGS12.pdf.



Chapter 4. The Many Uses of GIS with Case Examples

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  • A recent overview of GIS-related industry developments: The Boston Consulting Group. (2012). Putting the U.S. geospatial services industry on the map. Retrieved from www.valueoftheweb.com.
  
  
  • Providing a long-overdue assessment of economic impacts: Oxera Consulting. (2013). What is the economic impact of geo services? www.valueoftheweb.com.
  
  
  • Also a good overview of GIS industry-related developments: U.S. Department of Labor. (2010). High growth industry profile—Geospatial technology. Retrieved 11 May, 2011, www.doleta.gov/BRG/Indprof/geospatial_profile.cfm.



Chapter 5. Projections

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  • A good resource for fundamentals of geodesy is provided by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Geodesy for the Layman, available online at www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Geodesy4Layman/toc.htm.
  
  
  • For information about homemade map projections using plastic bottles and the like, see http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/imaging/mapproj.html.
  
  
  • This first of four articles offers a very well written and detailed discussion of the new U.S. datums: Minkel, D. H., & Dennis, M. L. (2012). Frames for the future: New datum definitions for modernization of the U.S. NSRS (Part 1 of 4). The American Surveyor, 9(1). Available online at www.amerisurv.com/content/view/9609.



Chapter 6. Locational and Coordinate Systems

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  • NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey maintains key resources for locational and coordinate systems at www.ngs.noaa.gov.
  
  
  • The documentation of the U.S. SPCS prepared by James Stem is available from NOAA at www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/ManualNOSNGS5.pdf.
  
  
  • A list of NGS publications on horizontal reference systems can be found at: www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/pub_horiz.shtml.
  
  
  • Roman centuration and surveying is described nicely by Richard Hucker in www.fig.net/pub/fig2009/papers/hs01/hs01_hucker_3471.pdf.
  
  
  • The National Atlas provides an introduction to the PLSS at http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html.
  
  
  • Detailed instructions for the PLS are contained at www.blm.gov/cadastral/Manual/73man/id1.htm.
  
  
  • A very thorough and well-developed introduction to the history and legalities of land surveys and information in the United States is available at www.premierdata.com/literature/Intro%20Land%20Information.pdf.
  
  
  • A good description of the metes-and-bounds survey system from Tennessee is available at www.tngenweb.org/tnland/metes-b.htm.
  
  
  • Detailed description and parameters for the SPCS are available at www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/ManualNOSNGS5.pdf.
  
  
  • Resources on U.S. datum measurements and conversions are available at www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/pc_prod.shtml.
  
  
  • The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management maintain a website for information for specific PLS questions at www.geocommunicator.gov.
  
  
  • The Information and Service System for the European Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) has a website at www.crs-geo.eu.
  
  
  • Math on a Sphere | An Interactive Exploration of 3D Surfaces for Public Audiences is available at www.crs-geo.eu and http://mathsphere.org.
  
  
  • How maps can deceive us by distorting space is available at: http://geography.about.com/od/understandmaps/a/How-Maps-Can-Deceive-Us.htm.



Chapter 7. Databases, Cartography, and Geographic Information

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  • Note: You can find thousands of excellent descriptions of databases on the web. They range from those that are very technically advanced to those that are very simplistic. A search on the words “database introduction” should give you a list of many from which you can quickly choose the introduction best suited to your needs.
  
  
  • For an introduction to SQL, try the interactive tutorial at http://sqlzoo.net/.



Chapter 8. Surveying, GPS, Digitization

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  • An excellent starting point for resources on the history of surveying is available online at www.fig.net/hsm.
  
  
  • An overview of geodesy and its different uses is available online at www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Geodesy4Layman/toc.htm.
  
  
  • A very thorough overview of the GPS system focusing on technical aspects is available online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS.
  
  
  • An overview and details about the roles of GPS for aeronautics (and beyond aviation) is available online at http://gps.faa.gov/index.htm.
  
  
  • For information related to European GNSS activities, see www.esa.int/esaNA/index.html.
  
  
  • The American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) offers much information about current surveying training and activities online at www.acsm.net.



Chapter 9. Remote Sensing

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  • This PBS Nova program offers a splendid introduction to remote sensing and is also online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html.
  
  
  • NASA provides many fascinating images at its website at http://visibleearth.nasa.gov.
  
  
  • For information about Landsat 7, see the website http://landsat.usgs.gov/index.php.
  
  
  • Documentation of wetland destruction using animations is available online at http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002200/a002210/index.html.
  
  
  • A detailed description of applying remote sensing in agriculture online is available at www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/sweet-spot.html.
  
  
  • A very insightful time lapse series of images to convey the process of Amazon deforestation is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIA0lqfcN4.
  
  
  • For in-depth discussion of everything related to remote sensing, with an emphasis on Landsat, but covering other sensor technologies in great detail, see http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  
  
  • For an excellent interactive tutorial about various aspects of remote sensing, see http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii.
  
  
  • An introduction to LiDAR is available online at www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/_/pdf/lidar101.pdf.



Chapter 10. Locations and Fields: Discrete and Nondiscrete Geographic Information

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  • For an introduction to some of the fundamental GI representation issues, see the Wikipedia entry online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system.



Chapter 11. Cartographic Representation

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  • ColorBrewer offers an excellent resource on uses of color in cartography online at http://colorbrewer2.org.
  
  
  • For information on geovisualization research and concepts, see www.geovista.psu.edu/sites/icavis/icavis/ICAvis_overview(1).html.
  
  
  • For practical guidelines for U.S. NPS mapmaking (Chapter: Mapmaking for Parklands), see www.nps.gov/jeff/historyculture/mapmaking.htm.
  
  
  • The practical mapmaking guidelines developed by the U.S. Forest Service are available online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS17532.
  
  
  • Some very interesting information graphics produced with and based on maps can be seen at http://fathom.info.



Chapter 12. Map Cultures, Misuses, and GI

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  • The Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) website offers a number of good resources and pointers to additional resources and discussions. See www.iapad.org.
  
  
  • The Aboriginal Mapping Network offers a number of good mapping resources. See www.nativemaps.org.
  
  
  • An interesting collection of artistic engagements with many aspects of mapping culture is available online at www.printeresting.org/2009/11/25/the-maps-as-art-exhibition-and-book.
  
  
  • An example of using mapmaking with indigenous people is discussed and presented in a video at http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/06/surui-cultural-map.html.



Chapter 13. Administration of Spaces

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  • For an FAO discussion of land tenure, see ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/005/y4307E/y4307E00.pdf.
  
  
  • For an example of unexpected consequences from digitizing cadastral material and opening access, see http://crookedtimber.org/2012/06/25/seeing-like-a-geek.
  
  
  • A starting point for information about the U.S. NSDI is available online at www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html.
  
  
  • Information about individual U.S. state open records and Freedom of Information Laws is available online at www.nfoic.org/state-freedom-of-information-laws.
  
  
  • The European Commission’s INSPIRE guides the creation of SDIs for environmental programs. See http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu.
  
  
  • The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) is an organization promoting the development of SDIs around the world. See www.gsdi.org.
  
  
  • See information about Digital Earth concepts realized through the Planetary Skin Institute at www.planetaryskin.org.
  
  
  • A conceptual heir to the Digital Earth concept is Google Earth, available online at http://earth.google.com.



Chapter 14. Online Mapping and Geocoded Worlds

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  • A good introduction to Mapserver is available at www.mapserver.org/introduction.html.
  
  
  • A very insightful overview of Google Earth is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth.
  
  
  • The Open Geospatial Consortium provides a vast amount of information related to online mapping at www.opengeospatial.org.
  
  
  • Online mapping has opened countless possibilities for citizen science. A wonderful example of online global land cover validation is at geo-wiki.org.
  
  
  • The 1-meter resolution aerial photos from Minnesota along with additional information are available at www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/airphoto/program_details.html.
  
  
  • BroadbandHub provides a short video guide to put Internet data and uses into an analogy with water volumes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVYID9rMGE.
  
  
  • IBM has a number of interesting resources on Big Data at www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata.
  
  
  • A well-written discussion of using Big Data for spatial business analysis can be found at www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2012/10/15/big-geographic-data-from-tokyo-retailers-to-flood-zones.
  
  
  • An interesting application of Big Data and cartographic visualization to help understand some of the history of globalization is at http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2012/11/reading-digital-sources-case-study-in.html.
  
  
  • Professor Shashi Shekhar provides a good overview of spatial Big Data through several presentations at www.cs.umn.edu/~shekhar/talk/2013/sbd.html.



Chapter 15. GI Analysis and GIS

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  • Applications from around the world showing uses of GIS and remote sensing in urban analysis are available online at http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/case-examples/index.html.
  
  
  • Archaeological applications involving GIS-based analysis are available online at www.informatics.org/france/france.html.



Chapter 16. Geospatial Statistics

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  • A GIS-based terrain analysis exercise can be found online at www.scribd.com/doc/90131023/Exercise-03-Siting-a-fire-tower-in-Nebraska.
  
  
  • For more archaeological examples, see www.archaeophysics.com.



Chapter 17. Considering the Past and Future of GIS

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  • OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world; see http://openstreetmap.org.
  
  
  • The GISCI website provides a concise list of important principles as well as discussion of ethical issues for GIS professionals. See www.gisci.org.
  
  
  • The Value of the Web site provides reports and infographics on geoservices at www.valueoftheweb.com.
  
  
  • Google Earth is now famous for its mapping and visualization capabilities. See www.google.com/earth/index.html.