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

Recommended book:
Getting to know ArcGIS desktop : basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo

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

Map Projection Distortion Visualization Tool - An interactive website where one can change map projections for a global map, and view the resulting distortions.

ESRI Virtual Campus class: Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems

Barton subject search: map projection

Recommended books:
Datums and map projections for remote sensing, GIS, and surveying

Cartographic science: a compendium of map projections, with derivations

Seeing through maps : the power of images to shape our world view

Map projections : a reference manual

The world in perspective : a directory of world map projections

Map projections : georeferencing spatial data

Creating a readable map:

ESRI Virtual Campus classes:
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 GIS-related cartography: cartography and geographic information system*

Recommended books:
GIS cartography : a guide to effective map design

Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users

Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS

Maps and the Internet:

Barton subject search: Geographic information systems and Internet

Introduction to Open Web Mapping

OpenGIS Standards at OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium)

Introduction to Keyhole Markup Language (KML)

Recommended books:
Geography mark-up language (GML)

Web and wireless geographical information systems : 8th international symposium, W2GIS 2008

Internet GIS : distributed geographic information services for the Internet and wireless networks

Maps and the internet

Other Recommended Books:

How to lie with maps

A history of spaces : cartographic reason, mapping, and the geo-coded world