| IN SC 597, Summer 1999 | Previous version of this course |
| ESRI | Free data, scripts, and extensions |
| Open GIS Consortium | The Open GIS specifications document describes the technical underpinnings of GIS |
| Archives | Archives of messages appearing on the class list server. (You will be asked to log in: archives are available only to authorized e-mail addresses.) |
| Color models | Information on color and its representation |
| Coordinate systems, datums, and projections | More information from the Open GIS Consortium |
| Models and algorithms for earth observation | Organized tutorial covering physics, file formats, data correction, visualization, and a little GIS (discussing raster versus vector formats) |
| The Geographer's Craft Project | Wealth of GIS background information supporting a two-semester online course in geographical reasoning and analysis (see the lecture notes) |
| UT Geographic Resources | Large, organized collection of links to U.S. and world data sets. |
| National Map Accuracy Standards | Brief overview of map accuracy requirements in the U.S. |
| File formats | Links to detailed technical descriptions of many file formats, including those commonly used by GIS programs. |
| Digital Photogrammetry |
Detailed discussion of all issues related to the practical use of digital photogrammetry. (OEEPE Workshop on the Application of Digital Photogrammetric Workstations, March 4-6, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland) Also see the 1999 workshop for updates on some issues. |
| GeoWorld | GIS web and print magazine. Good articles. Free subscriptions. |
| Earth Remote Sensing | Interpolation and resampling algorithms in detail. |
| Followup | A page of links to introductory GIS web pages as recommended by readers of the Arcview list (May 2000). |
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Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. 1983, Graphics Press, CT.
Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. 1990, Graphics Press, CT.
Snyder, John P. Map Projections--A Working Manual. (U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395.) 1987, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
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Aronoff, Stan, Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. 1993, WDL Publications, Ottawa, Canada. ISBN 0-921804-91-1.
Aronoff, op. cit.
Chou, Yue-Hong, Exploring Spatial Analysis in Geographic Information Systems. 1997, OnWord Press, Santa Fe, NM. ISBN 1-56690-119-7 (paper).
Goodchild et al., eds., Environmental Modeling With GIS. 1993, Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-0508007-6.
Bentley, Jon, Programming Pearls. 1986, Addison-Wesley, MA (paperback).
Knuth, Donald., The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching. Second Edition, 1998, Addison-Wesley, MA. ISBN 0-201-89685-0.
Maguire, Steve, Writing Solid Code. 1993, Microsoft Press, Seattle, WA. ISBN 1-55615-551-4.
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Ripley, Brian D., Spatial Statistics. 1981, John Wiley & Sons, NY. ISBN 0-471-08367-4.
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Tukey, John. W. Exploratory Data Analysis. 1977, Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-07616-0. (Techniques for pencil-and-paper analysis of data.)
Winchester, Simon., The Professor and the Madman. 1999, Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-060-99486-X.