Resources for working with GIS by topic

Below is a list of electronic and print resources for learning more about some GIS topics. Many of the print resources can be browsed in the GIS collection in Rotch Library. It is best to search Barton, the MIT Libraries catalog, for the most current and extensive list of available titles.

• Getting started with ArcGIS
• Map Projections
• Creating a readable map
• Maps and the Internet
• Other

Getting started with ArcGIS:

ESRI Virtual Campus class: Learning ArcGIS 9

Getting to know ArcGIS desktop : basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo / Tim Ormsby ... [et al.].
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | G70.212.G489 2004

Map Projections:

“Map Projections”, The Geographer’s Craft website by Peter H. Dana
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html
The Geographer’s Craft website by Peter H. Dana
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/contents.html

ESRI Virtual Campus class: Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems

Barton subject search: map projection

Datums and map projections for remote sensing, GIS, and surveying / Jonathan C. Iliffe.
Lindgren Library - Stacks | G109.I55 2000

Seeing through maps : the power of images to shape our world view / Ward L. Kaiser & Denis Wood.
Rotch Library - Stacks | GA105.3.K34 2001

Map projections : a reference manual / Lev M. Bugayevskiy, John P. Snyder.
Rotch Library - Reference Collection | GA110.B93 1995

The world in perspective : a directory of world map projections / Frank Canters and Hugo Decleir.
Lindgren Library - Stacks | GA110.C34 1989

Map projections : georeferencing spatial data.
Rotch Library - Stacks | GA110.M36 1994

Creating a readable map:

ESRI Virtual Campus class:
ArcGIS Annotation: Tips and Tricks
Cartographic Design using ArcGIS 9
Creating and Editing Labels and Annotation

Barton subject search:
cartography
or limit your search to subjects
cartography and geographic information system*

Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users / Cynthia A. Brewer
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | GA105.3.B74 2005

Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS / John Krygier, Denis Wood
Location Rotch Library - GIS Collection | GA105.3.K79 2005

Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS / John Krygier, Denis Wood
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | GA105.3.K79 2005

Maps and the Internet:

Barton subject search: Geographic information systems and Internet

Geography mark-up language (GML) / Ron Lake ... [et al.].
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | G70.2.G4775 2004

Web and wireless geographical information systems : 4th international workshop, W2GIS 2004, Goyang, Korea, November 2004 : revised selected papers / Yong-Jin Kwon, Alain Bouju, Christophe Claramunt (eds.).
Internet Resource - MIT Access Only
Barker Library - Stacks | G70.212.W23 2004

Internet GIS : distributed geographic information services for the Internet and wireless networks / Zhong-Ren Peng, Ming-Hsiang Tsou.
Rotch Library - Reserve Stacks | G70.212.P47 2003

Maps and the internet / edited by Michael Peterson.
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | CDROM GA102.4.E4.M355 2003
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | GA102.4.E4.M355 2003

Getting started with ArcIMS.
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | G70.212.G67 2004

ESRI Virtual Campus class: Learning ArcIMS

Other

How to Lie with Maps
Author Monmonier, Mark S.
Rotch Library - Reserve Stacks | G108.7.M66 1996

A history of spaces : cartographic reason, mapping, and the geo-coded world / John Pickles.
Rotch Library - Stacks | GA105.3.P52 2004