--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:31:28 -0800 From: Jenny Stone <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fw: Urls to ya..... Sender: Jenny Stone <[log in to unmask]> Interesting links from the cartography listserv... Jenny Stone ___________________________________ GIS Librarian * Map Collection University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 * Seattle, WA 98195-2900 phone: 206.543.9392 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Gillespie <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 9:26 AM Subject: Urls to ya..... | cartography | | Here's a few sites that I've bookmarked in my travels that might be of | interest to this group......bon apetite! | | ============================================ | | http://www.essc.psu.edu/~cbrewer/ColorSch/Schemes.html | | Color Use Guidelines for Mapping and Visualization by Dr. Cindy Brewer / | Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University | ============================================ | | http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/ | | Mathematics of Cartography, By Cynthia Lanius, Rice University | ============================================ | | http://www.sonoma.edu/GIC/Geographica/TopoMaps/TopoSymb.html#Surface-feature s | | USGS Topographic Map Symbols | ============================================ | | http://www.geosys.com/cgi-bin/genobject/mapskills/tigdd27 | | Map Skills | | To increase readers' enjoyment of maps, GeoSystems created MapSkills, | designed as both an | instructional aid and a visually exciting medium for learning. | ============================================ | | http://www3.deasy.psu.edu/projection/index.html | | Mapping the Projection To The Need | by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping | ============================================ | | http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/cartocom/cartocom_f.html | | Cartographic Communication | Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum, The Geographer's Craft Project, | Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin. | ============================================ | | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/maps/ | | Making Maps Easy to Read | | These WWW pages summarise a research project that set out to discover some | of the factors that make maps easy to read and to use. | This project was conducted at University College London, at the Royal | College of Art and at the University of Nottingham. | | ============================================ | | http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/Cartography/cart.html | | Cartographic Materials Page | | The electronic resources which are linked to this Web page are cartographic | in nature. Cartographic resources include maps, charts, remote sensing | images, and | other spatial data. There are direct links to electronic copies of maps and | images; there are also links to secondary sources such as map catalogues, | inventories, | bibliographies, and so on. | ============================================= | | http://www.aag.org/ | | The Association of American Geographers (AAG) | ============================================= | | http://www.mercatormag.com/ | | Mercator's World, The Magazine of Maps, Exploration and Discovery | ============================================= | | http://www.survmap.org/commun42/cagis00.htm | | Cartography and Geographic Information Systems | | This quarterly publication, co-sponsored by the Cartography and Geographic | Information Society (formerly the American Cartographic Association), is an | official | journal of ACSM devoted to the advancement of cartography in all its | aspects. The editor is Professor Robert Cromley of the Department of | Geography, University | of Connecticut. | ============================================= | | Http://www.mappingsciences.org.au/ | | Mapping Sciences are the disciplines that deal with acquisition, management | and communication of geospatial information. | | Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia is a learned society established in | 1952 to engender the professional development | of individuals and organisations involved in the many facets of the mapping | sciences. | ============================================= | | http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/sc/bulletin/bulletin.htm | | The SoC Bulletin | | The journal of the Society of Cartographers | | The Bulletin contains articles of broad cartographic interest, substantial | review sections on maps, atlases and cartographic literature, reports on | cartographic equipment & | materials and computer cartography, and information and announcements about | new developments, publications and meetings relating to the subject. The | Bulletin now | attracts contributors and reviewers eminent in their own particular fields | indicating the reputation gained by the Society through its Bulletin. | | and | | | http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/sc/index.html | | The Society of Cartographers | | The Society was founded in 1964 at the University of Glasgow and was | originally named the Society of University Cartographers. In 1989 the | Society adopted a new | title and constitution opening up membership to all in the cartographic | community. | ============================================= | and a funny one..... | | | http://pf.emr.ca/~don/jwz/pages/cmds58.html | | The 58 Commandments of ArcInfo | ============================================= | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Ian Gillespie, Geomatics Unit Coordinator | Atmospheric Environment Branch - Ontario Region | Environment Canada | Burlington, Ontario, L7R 4A6 | Phone: 905-336-4527 | Fax: 905-336-4906 | email: [log in to unmask] | | | | http://www.cciw.ca/green-lane/geomatics/ | | | ______________________________________________________________________ | To unsubscribe, write to [log in to unmask] | ______________________________________________________________________ | Free Holiday Offer from MyFavoritiePC.com! | Get a Free PC with a 3-year subscription to the Microsoft Network. 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