Modeling Our World - The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Concepts
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- 17 October 2010 | By Jeff Thurston | 3480
This book originally appeared in 1999 and has been updated and re-written a decade later. Geographic information system (GIS) modeling is the key to understanding GIS – and how to communicate to others about the world we live in through mapping and cartography. The information and knowledge included in 'Modeling Our World' is the foundation for understanding ArcGIS and geodatabase concepts. Many of the descriptions and concepts in this book apply to all GIS.
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The Mapmaker's Eye - David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
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- 30 August 2010 | By Jeff Thurston | 2929
Unlike many of his sea-going counterparts, explorer and geographer David Thompson spent most of his life on the ground paddling and walking the rivers and land of western Canada and the Pacific north-west. His mark was made throughout these regions, extending from Hudson Bay to British Columbia and into the United States where he crossed lands previously touch by Lewis and Clark to those in the headwaters of the Missouri River. Mapmaker's Eye traces the life and journeys of David Thompson whose efforts charted the Columbia River's length and crossed much of western Canada for the first time while working for the North West Company.The GIS 20 Essential Skills
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- 12 September 2010 | By Jeff Thurston | 3913
The GIS 20 Essential Skills is a guide that describes the most commonly used skills used by geographic information system (GIS) users. The book is the result of many years experience gathered through ArcGIS training and education programs by the author. As a result, the book is filled with powerful tips, information and approaches for working with GIS effectively. This material will get new and experienced users up and running quickly and solves many basic problems and questions that arise when using GIS.Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis
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- 19 July 2010 | By Jeff Thurston | 1667
Spatial data are important to scientific studies and research. They are the raw pieces of information that inform us about the processes involved in many fields. Scientists involved in oceanography, forestry, soil science, energy, human geography, health, transportation, urban planning and many other field collect, manage, process and visualize both simple and complex processes using spatial information. In many cases we find that these activities using both commercially available tools and freely available tools. In some cases, due to the nature of the work under study, specially designed and programmed software tools and technologies are developed that enable the active pursuit of spatially related data and methodologies.