There is an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library that covers many of the topics you mention: *Mapping, Society, and Technology* / Manson (2017) <https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/mapping-society-and-technology> . On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 8:03 AM Janet Reyes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > A faculty member in History has asked for recommendations for a book he > could use for readings in an upcoming graduate seminar on “Nature, Space > and Place in Historical Research.” > > > > He’s looking for suggestions for “short, easily digestible readings about > scale, raster versus vector, choropleth maps, census data, and metadata” – > possibly a book that includes these discussions as chapters. He wants to > help the History graduate students “think about maps as sources, problems > in their construction, how maps lie, etc., and how to bring historic maps > into a GIS.” > > > > I’ve found a few contenders by searching around, but any recommendations > you have on specific books would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > *Janet Reyes* > *Geospatial Information Librarian* > UCR Library | University of California, Riverside > > P.O. Box 5900 | Orbach Library, Room 128 > > Riverside, CA 92517-5900 > > Office: 951.827.6421 | Fax: 951.827.2255 | [log in to unmask] > > > > Web <https://library.ucr.edu/> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/ucrlibrary> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/ucrlibrary> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/ucrlibrary/> | YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/user/ucrlibraries> > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D7A4CC.F0051EB0] > > > -- Ryan Mattke Map & Geospatial Information Librarian Head, John R. Borchert Map Library <https://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert> Adjunct Faculty, MGIS Program <http://cla.umn.edu/mgis> Program Lead, Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network <https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/btaa-gdp/> Co-Director, Mapping Prejudice Project <https://mappingprejudice.umn.edu/> Phone: 612.624.5757 Web: http://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert <https://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert> ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-9289